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On August 10th, Bolivians will vote in a landmark recall referendum to test the mandates of President Evo Morales, Vice-President Alvaro Garcia, and eight of the country's nine governors. In a growing division between social classes and ethnic groups, escalating civil unrest, violence, and even isolated acts of terrorism have threatened the country's stability during the polarizing presidency of Evo Morales. As the vote nears, violent civil unrest is expected to increase and polarization between groups will likely deepen. ...moreThe 2008 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 2008, is a quadrennial soccer tournament for European nations. The tournament will be jointly held in Austria and Switzerland, beginning on June 7th and culminating with the final game in Vienna, Austria on June 29th. Soccer games are an emotional sport for most Europeans, and the Euro 2008 will be no exception. Despite the good nature of the tournament, hooligan violence is a constant threat, while the location within Europe makes terrorism a concern as well. Austrian and Swiss police have enacted several security plans and will be supplemented by several other foreign police agencies and various military units. This report highlights the various threats faced by police and security officials during the Euro 2008 football championships. ...moreOne day after the government announced that it planned to shut down Hezbollah's supposed illicit communications network, Hezbollah's leader Hassan Nasrallah declared open war. The security situation in Beirut deteriorated quickly, with reports of street-side gun battles between Sunni government supporters and Shia opposition members led by Hezbollah militia, underscoring the critical risk of violence in the city. ...moreAs Lebanon's Shia parliamentary leader is expected to postpone the presidential election for the third time in as many months, rival factions have threatened to destabilize the country's political system in a violent showdown. This report seeks to explain the various factions, their stake in the election, and potential scenarios of violence. ...moreIncomes are rising for most people in China, but since the mid-1990s rural incomes only rose at about half the rate of urban incomes, creating dangerous social conditions that create an environment fertile for insurgency or civil unrest. Although rising rural unrest in China has not amounted to a nationwide movement, protests have become numerous in part because they are small, localized expressions of discontent over layoffs, unpaid wages, land seizures, use of natural resources, pollution, ethnic tensions, misspent state funds, forced immigration, police killings, and local government corruption. Although state-controlled media cannot freely report such incidents, a recent onslaught of media coverage has once again highlighted the brewing unrest in China's countryside. ...more
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