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...among the most disciplined guerrillas on earth: an often suicidal force locked in a 20-year struggle to secure autonomy for Sri Lanka's Tamil minority. Today, the Tigers are fighting each other as rival factions clash north of the eastern city of Batticaloa. The violence follows the March split by the Tigers' eastern commander, Colonel Karuna Amman, who broke ranks from the northern leadership?a dangerous move in a group that demands total loyalty to its supreme commander, Vellupillai Prabhakaran. On April 9, Prabhakaran issued a death warrant for Karuna and sent 1,000 of his troops to hunt...
...They've fallen out before. Three times in the past 15 years, KMT leaders have split to form their own parties. One renegade, mainland-born James Soong, now leads the PFP. A fiery speaker, Soong carried with him many of the KMT's mainland-born legislators. Since making an uneasy peace with Lien and running as his vice-presidential candidate, Soong has turned the postelection fracas to his advantage. KMT insiders insist he pressured Lien to dispute the election results on the night of March 20, and Soong's followers dominated the stage in massive demonstrations that followed. Protests that...
...separate poll of Greek Cypriots, more than 60% opposed the plan. The biggest political party said it would support the initiative if the vote were postponed, but international pressure in favor of the deal is mounting. Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, who supports the plan, said that a split vote with the south rejecting the arrangement and the north approving it should lead to formal partition of the island, in which the north, which is currently recognized only by Ankara , gains international recognition as a separate state. - By Andrew Purvis. With reporting by Anthee Carassava An Open-Source Spy RUSSIA...
...Czech Republic and Poland are also struggling. Support for the Czech Republic's ruling Social Democrats is at a low at 14.5%. Polish Prime Minister Leszek Miller announced in March that he will step down May 2 - a day after his country joins the E.U. - after his ruling party split amid allegations of corruption and mismanagement. There is similar turmoil in Lithuania, where deputies voted to impeach scandal-plagued President Rolandas Paksas. But given Paksas' reputation for erratic behavior, the change will likely improve Lithuania's image within...
Princeton’s Undergraduate Student Government (USG) President Matt Margolin said that students are split on whether grade inflation needs to be addressed...