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World Links: Verdict Delivered In Burma, Taliban Attack Thwarted In Kuwait
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Crossing Heaven’s Border: Video: Refugee Escape Stories from Around the World
Every refugee has a story. Here are nine of them, from Iraq, Tibet, Burma, Cuba, Congo and Rwanda.
Jul 1st, 2009 | 0 comments | 3,214 Views
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World Links: 60 Killed in Baghdad; 50,000 Trapped in Sri Lanka
A roundup of links to local stories of global importance from around the world.
Apr 24th, 2009 | 0 comments | 903 Views
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U.N. Approves Program to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation
The project -- known as Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD) -- will be launched in Democratic Republic of Congo, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Tanzania and Vietnam.
Mar 19th, 2009 | 1 comment | 2,112 Views
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First Trial for International Criminal Court
Will the Obama administration reverse Bush's antagonism towards the ICC?
Jan 26th, 2009 | 2 comments | 2,410 Views
(3 votes) Loading ...“African of the Year” Helps Congolese Rape Victims
Congo has the globe's highest incidence of rape, with recorded victims ranging from as young as two months to as old as 83 years.
Jan 16th, 2009 | 0 comments | 1,689 Views
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Lord’s Resistance Army Calls for Truce
In recent weeks, the Ugandan rebel group known as the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) has been attacking villages, raping women, abducting children, and leaving hundreds of people dead in north-eastern DR Congo.
Jan 12th, 2009 | 1 comment | 2,107 Views
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Anthony Gambino on the Crisis in Congo
Interview with Anthony W. Gambino author of a recent Council on Foreign Relations report, Congo: Securing Peace, Sustaining Progress, about the crisis in Congo.
Nov 12th, 2008 | 5 comments | 2,233 Views
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Peruvian Water Supply in Peril
A variation on a theme, this scenario has been playing out from Congo to the Philippines: mining operations from the developed world move into ore-rich, but impoverished areas of developing countries.
Oct 30th, 2008 | 0 comments | 1,929 Views
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Democracy in the Rough: Book Excerpt: In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz
To what extent can Congo’s current problems be traced back to the legacy of Mobutu Sese Seko’s rule? Africa correspondent Michela Wrong offers some insight in this introduction to her book about the rise and fall of the man also known as The Leopard.
Sep 12th, 2006 | 0 comments | 4,030 Views
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Democracy in the Rough: Photo Essay: The Troubled Heart of Africa
Explore the history of the DRC from Belgian King Leopold II to Joseph Kabila in this photo essay.
Sep 12th, 2006 | 0 comments | 4,430 Views
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Democracy in the Rough: Essay: Building a Congolese State Where There Was None
Ruling through peace after years of relying on violence doesn’t come easy. This point was proved by three days of fighting that broke after the first round results of the presidential elections in the Congo were announced on 20 August.
Sep 12th, 2006 | 1 comment | 2,542 Views
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Democracy in the Rough: Filmmaker Notes: Fred de Sam Lazaro
Filmmaker, Fred de Sam Lazaro, talks about making "Democracy in the Rough," and the problems he ran into along the way.
Sep 12th, 2006 | 0 comments | 2,294 Views
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Democracy in the Rough: Resources
Links to information on the history of the Congo and the U.N. Peacekeeping Mission (MONUC) there.
Sep 12th, 2006 | 0 comments | 2,871 Views
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