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"the most technologically advanced, sophisticated and dangerous cartel operating in Mexico."

Commandos from the Mexican army deserted and set up a cartel, known as Los Zetas.

Chechens are predominantly Sunni Muslim.

As well as different cultural and religious beliefs, as for any group of people throughout history subdued by external rule or empire,

With the Soviet Union's collapse in 1991, a number of regions managed to break away and gain independence.

"People do not feel comfortable living on a territory where they are a minority unless they have safeguards."

Meanwhile, Bosnia is becoming even more polarized, as Serbs, Croats and Muslims migrate to places where their ethnic groups are in the majority.

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Unfortunately, Gamsakhurdia's commitment to democracy and rule of law was not as strong as his romantic Georgian nationalism, which encouraged chauvinist and intolerant tendencies among his fellow Georgians. Not only did he favor ethnic-Georgian dominance in a population composed of nearly one-third non-Georgians, he dreamed of Georgia as a regional great power, a kind of Caucasian fulcrum between Russia, Turkey and Iran.

Tensions increased with all the country's minorities (including Armenians, Mengrelians and Azeris), but with real ferocity in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. There had been serious interethnic violence in both regions starting in 1989, which led to South Ossetia's secession in 1990.

Gamsakhurdia was deposed in early 1992 in favor of an unelected Shevardnadze.

The principle of individual criminal responsibility set out in article 6 of the Statute of the ICTR18 does not include the notion of responsibility based on membership in a criminal organisation. The notion was considered in the context of the establishment of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)19 as there had been reports of atrocities committed by paramilitary groups such as the "Tigers" (a Serb group commanded by Zaljko Raznjatovic (aka Arkan)), the "Cetniks" (a Serb group commanded by Vojislav Seselj), the "White Eagles" (a Serb group commanded by Mirko Jovic) and the "Fire Horses" (a Bosnian Croat paramilitary group).

"As an individual, you almost don't exist in this society. You are just a member of a certain ethnic group."

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Bosnia suffers from a "dependency syndrome" that dates back centuries, to when it was part of the Ottoman Empire.

The Peace Implementation Council, a group of 55 nations and agencies that oversees the Dayton accords and appoints the viceroy, has been trying for years to abolish the position and restore full sovereignty to Bosnia. But foreign diplomats say they are not confident that Bosnia is ready to govern itself.

Georgia contends that its primary conflict is with Russia, which has supported separatism in Georgia's breakaway regions since the early 1990s. Russia, conversely, insists that the conflict is between Georgia on one hand and South Ossetia and Abkhazia on the other; its own role is simply that of a mediator. As a result, Russia’s lawyers argued in court, it could not be in dispute with Georgia in this case. The judges disagreed. Russia’s claim to third-party status, Ms Kalandadze insisted, is now untenable.

South Ossetia and Abkhazia tend to defer to their Russian sponsors. Talks failed to prevent Russian vetoes from hastening the departure of OSCE and UN missions from both territories, where Russia has stationed overwhelming military forces.

Georgia's president, Mikheil Saakashvili, made a unilateral declaration to that effect at the European Parliament last November. The authorities in the two breakaway provinces followed suit. But Moscow then insisted that the three parties should put their pledges in writing, while refusing to commit itself to such an agreement. Georgia objects to the implicit legitimacy this would lend South Ossetia and Abkhazia, and instead wants a bilateral agreement with Russia. The result: stalemate.