Martial Law Backfires in Beijing;But Many Chinese Demonstrators Fear a...

The Washington Post;  May 25, 1989 ;   Jim Hoagland;   787 words ...Martial law, Beijing style, has become an authoritarian's...it was supposed to trigger. As the fifth day of martial law came to a close, Beijing continued to be a city...what Premier Li Peng intended when he imposed martial law on Saturday. Instead of crushing the protest movement, the ...

VOA NEWS: SOMALIA MARTIAL LAW STRENGTHENS PRESIDENT'S POWER

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 13, 2007 ;     394 words ......Islamic courts has declared martial law. Lawmakers in Somalia...declare three months of martial law as part of a plan to...Douglas Mpuga that the Martial law gives more power to the President. "Today martial law was passed by parliament...deems necessary to bring ...

Twilight of the General; Six Years After the Fall of Communism in Poland,...

The Washington Post;  September 22, 1995 ;   Christine Spolar;   787 words ......declared war on itself. Why martial law? What did he fear? Whom...December 1981 declaration of martial law, is still searching for...more than 100 died under martial law. It would take five years...he had secured a separate peace with the past -- for the...aware of the fact ...

China Lifts Martial Law In Tibet; Diplomats Say Move May Be Cosmetic

The Washington Post;  May 1, 1990 ;   Daniel Southerland;   787 words ......announced the lifting of martial law in the remote Himalayan...the decision to lift martial law was aimed partly at softening...returned to normal and martial law would be lifted as of...authorities to impose martial law in the region for the...weeks said that under ...

VOA NEWS: THAI GENERALS PLEDGE TO LIFT MARTIAL LAW BY YEAR'S END

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 24, 2006 ;     464 words ......military-appointed government says it plans to lift martial law before the end of this year. Meanwhile, economic...asked during an interview with CNN when the martial law he imposed after ousting twice-elected Prime...that he anticipates the government will end martial law in ...

MARTIAL LAW TALKS UNFAIR TO ARROYO

The Manila Times;  September 26, 2005 ;     518 words ...ANY talk of martial law is unfair to President...Biazon, said that even if martial law would be declared, it...approve declaration of martial law, which should not exceed...Justice had prepared a martial law decree, but media reports...government "in the interest of ...

FILIPINOS PROTEST NEW THREATS TO DEMOCRACY RALLIES MARK MARCOS' CALL FOR...

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  September 22, 1999 ;     427 words ......placed the Philippines under martial law with noisy protests against...associates. Marcos imposed martial law on Sept. 21, 1972, padlocking...that my husband declared martial law for the good of the people, to attain peace for the country,'' she said...during the dark days of ...

Filipinos Protest Martial Law Date

AP Online;  September 21, 1999 ;   OLIVER TEVES, Associated Press Writer;   480 words ......09-21-1999 Filipinos Protest Martial Law Date MANILA, Philippines...the Philippines under martial law with noisy protests Tuesday...associates. Marcos imposed martial law on Sept. 21, 1972, padlocking...that my husband declared martial law for the good of the people, to ...

Spy tells how Soviet threats pushed Poles to martial law

Chicago Sun-Times;  April 17, 1987 ;     601 words ......government began planning for martial law immediately after the creation...about Jaruzelski's assertion that martial law saved the country from a far...involved with preparations for martial law. He reportedly often acted as...November, 1981, a month before martial law ...

Martial Law declared in Somalia

Xinhua News Agency;  January 13, 2007 ;     287 words ...Martial Law declared in Somalia NAIROBI, Jan...Saturday to declare three months of martial law in a move aimed at restoring security...state of emergency, also known as martial law, and we have mandated the president...will enable the government to impose martial law ...

Urgent: Indonesian govt imposes martial law in Aceh

Xinhua News Agency;  May 19, 2003 ;     203 words ...Urgent: Indonesian govt imposes martial law in Aceh JAKARTA, May 19 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian government announced the imposition of a martial law in the restive province of Aceh starting on Monday...Minister for Political and Security Affairs here. The martial law will last for six ...

Indonesia Extends Martial Law in Unsettled Province

The Washington Post;  November 4, 2003 ;   Alan Sipress;   377 words ......decided Monday to extend martial law in Aceh, the country's westernmost...separatist rebels since May, when peace talks broke down and emergency...Megawati initially promised that martial law would last only six months...also said the extension of martial law was required to ...

Prosecutors charge Poland's last communist leader for imposing martial law

AP Worldstream;  April 1, 2006 ;   VANESSA GERA, Associated Press Writer;   622 words ......Jaruzelski, for his imposition of martial law in 1981 as the Soviet-backed regime...his insistence that he imposed martial law to prevent an invasion by the...communist era. Though he conceded that martial law was harmful, he also insisted...ruzelski's chief of general staff during ...

Indonesia's Megawati hints martial law in restive Aceh province may end in...

AP Worldstream;  March 7, 2004 ;   MURIJAL HAMZAH, Associated Press Writer;   395 words ......hinted Sunday that martial law in the region may not...development if there is peace," Megawati said at Syah...presidential decree to extend martial law can end within its allotted...internationally sponsored peace deal broke down. She...presidential decree to extend martial ...

Martial law imposed on two districts in southern Thailand

Xinhua News Agency;  November 3, 2005 ;     213 words ...Martial law imposed on two districts...Commander announced that martial law has been applied in the districts...Agency as saying that the Martial Law order does not mean that...violent attacks. To facilitate peace- keeping operations by the armed forces in the area, the ...