Democracy Now!
| Apr 20, 2013
In 1982, reporter Allan Nairn interviewed a Guatemalan general nicknamed "Tito" on camera during the height of the indigenous massacres. It turns out the man was actually Otto Pérez Molina, the current president of Guatemala. Democracy Now!...
Al Jazeera English
| Feb 10, 2013
Suicide bombers targeted a checkpoint controlled by Malian forces in Gao for the second time since French forces arrived one month ago. If rebels shift to guerrilla tactics will the French and Malian military be able to clamp down on such attacks?
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Mosaic
| Feb 4, 2013
After almost 30 years of armed struggle, the Turkish government and leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party, PKK, Abdallah Ocalan, are now looking to peace negotiations to resolve the conflict. BBC reports.
LinkAsia
| Oct 22, 2012
Earlier this week, the Philippine government signed an accord with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. LinkAsia Host Yul Kwon speaks with Steven Rood of the Asia Foundation about the agreement that would end what has been called the world's second ...
The New York Times
| Aug 22, 2012
The Times's C.J. Chivers travels with an antigovernment fighting group calling itself the Lions of Tawhid as it prepares to mount an attack on a regime checkpoint using a truck bomb. The Lions are fighting in and around Aleppo, where the war for S...
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ORF
| Oct 27, 2011
After a repressive history, Uruguay's left-wing government is paving the way for a new generation of digital-savvy, globalized nationals by being the first country to give every child their own laptop.
Associated Press
| Apr 3, 2012
Colombian FARC rebels have freed what it claimed were its last 10 military and police hostages. The president of Colombia hailed the move but said it was insufficient to start a peace dialogue.
Al Jazeera English
| Mar 5, 2012
Despite daring attacks by the Free Syrian Army, the government continues to raid places like Homs and Daraa, and arrest suspected opposition members. Saudi Arabia's foreign minister says giving opposition fighters more guns would help them fight ...
Al Jazeera English
| Oct 28, 2011
The New York Times has reported that the Turkish military is providing shelter to an armed opposition group fighting against Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president. While Turkish officials describe the relationship as purely humanitarian, whereby t...
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...IRS. “I’m entitled to have an opinion that I think it’s evidence of political warfare gone amok on behalf of the administration,” Priebus said o...
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...campaign takes place in northern Mali; something that may pose a real threat to Algeria,” he added. Algerian authorities have arrested 38 terror...
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...Obama of having “built up an atmosphere of guerrilla warfare” that created fertile ground for the scandals now roiling his administration. “This...
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Guerrilla warfare is a form of irregular warfare in which a small group of combatants including, but not limited to, armed civilians use military tactics, such as ambushes, sabotage, raids, petty warfare, the element of surprise, and extraordinary mobility to dominate a larger and less-mobile traditional army, or strike a vulnerable target, and withdraw almost immediately.
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