On Tuesday, in what could be one of the biggest breakthroughs in the government crackdown on a loose, large confederation of politically inspired "hacktivists," he was unmasked and revealed to have helped the authorities catch several fellow hackers in Europe and the United States.
On Tuesday, in what could be one of the biggest breakthroughs in the government crackdown on a loose, large confederation of politically inspired "hacktivists," law enforcement officials in New York unmasked and revealed the Anonymous hacker who they said helped them catch several fellow hackers in Europe and the United States.
By contrast, Afghanistan's tribes — a term that covers everything from large confederations to cousin-networks and extended families — are not natural vehicles for creating loyalty to a central government.
The tea party movement is a large, fractious confederation of Americans who are defined by what they are against.
David Brooks, in "The Tea Party Teens" (column, Jan . 5, describes the tea party movement as "a large, fractious confederation of Americans who are defined by what they are against".
Yesterday it seemed as if the crisis was raising the old question of the finalité of European unification: should Europe become a nation writ large, a confederation, a federal state, a mere economic community, an informal UN, or something historically new: namely, a cosmopolitan Europe founded on European law that performs the role of politically coordinating Europeanised nation-states?
Africa is Fifa's largest continental confederation, with 54 voting national associations.
The Ahmar clan head Hashid, the largest tribal confederation in Yemen.
Hashid and its largest rival confederation, Bakil, have been known for centuries as the "wings" of the ruler.
The protest was called by the country's most powerful business group, Fedecámaras, and supported by the largest labor confederation, which represents more than one million workers.
Carlos Ortega, left, the fiery former head of Venezuela's largest labor confederation, has been arrested in Caracas and charged with treason and inciting rebellion for leading a two-month antigovernment oil strike that devastated the economy two years ago, the government announced.
