Nationalism

...to cry. Koizumi explained that he saw "The Last Samurai" on the plane. ("It's like 'Dances with Wolves' but about Japan," he said.) Its nationalistic, hyped-up portrayal of Japan was so pseudo and so absurd that he found himself laughing...

In this article: The Last Samurai, Kill Bill, Dog, Japan, Seattle University, Home Depot, The Great Dictator, and Tom Cruise

Search post-gazette.com: Pakistani Politics Take on a Nationalist Tone By SABRINA TAVERNISE, The New York Times ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- These days, politics here look more and more like a movie Pakistanis have seen before.

In this article: Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistan, United States, Nationalist, Najam Sethi, Anti-Americanism, Pakistan Peoples Party, Muhammad Zia ul-Haq, and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

...century, produced in England and the Netherlands and then shipped to the lucrative markets of Africa. What's now associated with African nationalism isn't really African at all. A historical wrinkle like that one -- Shonibare stumbled upon...

In this article: Damien Hirst, Dorian Gray, YBA, England, Africa, London, Order of the British Empire, and Climate change

...War II but left baseball behind, much in the way that the British made cricket one of their lasting legacies in south Asia. China's Nationalists, who took over from the Japanese, were eager to eradicate most vestiges of the colonial...

In this article: Taiwan, Allegation, Defendant, Nationalists, China Times Eagles, University of Ottawa, and World Series

...linguist known for humility and modesty. The favorite was influential Bishop Amfilohije, a hard-liner known for his anti-Western and ultra-nationalist stands. The 7 million-member church said that its highest body, the Holy Synod, could...

In this article: Slobodan Milosevic, Kosovo, Croatia, Serbia, Communism, God, and World War II

...in June 1999, ''the ethnic cleansing of Kosovo will be complete.'' In July 2005 Pavle shocked many liberal Serbs when he appeared at a nationalist rally organised by the far-right Radical Party, whose former leader, Vojislav Seselj, was...

In this article: Slobodan Milosevic, Kosovo, Vojislav Seselj, Belgrade, Liturgics, and Communism

...has claimed sovereignty over self-ruled Taiwan since 1949, when Mao Zedong's forces won the Chinese civil war and Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalists fled to the island. Ties have warmed since 2008 as the two sides began to talk trade. Here are...

In this article: Taiwan, China, Beijing, Singapore, Nationalists, Venture capital, Tamkang University, Taiwan Stock Exchange, and Industrial Bank

...Labour's safest seats in Scotland, the result leaves Mr Salmond's bid to send 20 MPs to Westminster next year in tatters. And as the Nationalists hold a post-mortem today, Mr Salmond will avoid the media's glare by flying to Jersey for a...

In this article: Labour Party, Alex Salmond, Tories, David Kerr, Scotland, David Cameron, Nationalists, and England

...witnessed in Glasgow North East, that was a much tougher task. The constituency neighbours the Glasgow East seat - which the Nationalists snatched from Labour last year in a stunning by-election victory. Nicola Sturgeon, the...

In this article: Labour, Michael Martin, Nicola Sturgeon, Gordon Brown, Scotland, Nationalists, Recession, Strathclyde University, British National Party, and 2005 General Election

...than 50 per cent of the vote for the past 80 years, really be used as a sign of a wider revival? Certainly, Labour's attacks on the Nationalists appear to be gaining traction. Two and half years after gaining office in Edinburgh, the...

In this article: Labour, Nationalists, Gordon Brown, Edinburgh, Clem Attlee, Margaret Thatcher, and Scotland