"I get the rest in taxes from farmers," he says, without elaborating on his collection methods.The government denies rearming militias, though it admits to "selective voluntary citizens' participation" in the fight against the Taliban.
If, as planned at the institute's opening in March, the political newbies are able to take as many as 200 seats, they would start something akin to a revolution: scrapping the upper house, devolving power from Tokyo and rearming the country.That would do for starters.
Militias are said to be rearming, this time with automatic rifles as well as bows and arrows.
"There are fears that they are rearming," says Patterson Ogun, a peace-minded Delta campaigner who has written a report on the amnesty's progress.Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria's new president, has vowed to reboot the scheme since taking office last month.
Minor powers are rearming with conventional weapons as well.The left believes that the world's problems can be solved by simply talking nice.
This time they may really do it Lords of woe Pressing the north to let the south go ReprintsPeace has held since 2005 but both sides have been rearming.
Some say that the Kalenjin militias are now rearming.
Algeria, which disavows the Arab League declaration, might start rearming the colonel across his western border.Two further pressing issues for the coalition will be the enforcement of sanctions against the regime and the question of whether the rebels can gain access to Libya's (diminished) oil revenues.
Both are rearming, with the government reported to be planning to double defence spending to 139.6 billion Sri Lankan rupees ($1.3 billion) next year.
Far from menacing Russia, NATO countries have slashed defence spending, just as Russia is rearming.
Israelis say they are gratified by how seriously foreign governments, especially America's new one, are taking the challenge of stopping Hamas from rearming with rockets.In a marked change of tone, Israeli officials have also praised Egypt for its stern attitude to Hamas and for its efforts to stop the smuggling, despite the bile poured on the Egyptians by Hamas's many admirers.
