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Currently a religion concentrator, Lieskovsky is most interested in the intersection between literature, anthropology and biology. This past summer, Lieskovsky went to Laos and Cambodia to research her thesis, which deals with the Khmer Rouge genocide. “I’m writing about how genocide in the Cambodian context is kind of like a religion,” she says. “I’m defining religion according to Durkheim’s terms—it’s a kind of belief and ritual.” She continues...
...Cardamoms, the most damage was being caused by hunting. Under an agreement with the Cambodian government, Conservation International pays for 125 rangers to patrol the area to stop poachers and protect against illegal logging. The group is also establishing agricultural and health projects to help local people replace lost income. "The people have been living off illegal forest activity, so going back to farming is less money," explains David Mead, who runs the program in Cambodia. "They don't like that." One plan involves buying draft animals to help locals plow rice paddies so that they will no longer need...
...theirs was a deep and blinding love. Now, despite their protestations of undying love and unending sex, despite their having tattoos of each other's name and adjoining grave plots, Jolie has filed for divorce after two years of marriage. Since they adopted a baby in May from a Cambodian orphanage, she told US magazine, their priorities have shifted: he's been on the road with his band, and she's been tending her new son. She also told the magazine she didn't "disbelieve" rumors that he had been unfaithful while on tour. Are grave plots returnable...
...peril. Even hill-tribe Christmas celebrations, which are held without interference in other parts of Vietnam, are subject to harassment. Leh Ksor, 35, a new resident of Raleigh, recalls how police two years ago used tear gas to break up a Christmas pageant in a highland village near the Cambodian border. Parents, coughing and wheezing, grabbed their children and fled in terror, only to be beaten by waiting police...
...American churches have rallied in support of the Montagnards. The White House has granted special refugee status to the 900 currently in Cambodian camps, which speeds their emigration to the U.S. But Washington is powerless to do anything for those who remain in the highlands. Y Mphiap, who fled Vietnam last year, says tribes staged the mass demonstrations to attract international sympathy. Overseas diplomatic pressure was supposed to force Hanoi to give back their land, he says. Instead, secret police rounded up protesters and put them in jail. Y Mphiap and 22 of his fellow villagers headed for the jungle...