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...That's Caspian (Ben Barnes), the rightful heir to the throne of the Telmarines, who currently rule Narnia. He escapes the castle just before evil Lord Miraz (Sergio Castellitto) can kill him and is exiled among rancorous dwarfs, a talking badger, centaurs and minotaurs, the recently returned four Pevensie children and, after a high body count, Aslan (voiced by Liam Neeson...
...world lacks consensus about when coercive measures in the name of averting humanitarian disasters are permissible and the war in Iraq has given interventions of any kind a bad name. But try telling that to Burmese like San San Khing, who has lost her money, home, food and two children and now suffers in a refugee camp in Kaw Hmu township. "We urge the U.N. and foreign governments to provide assistance ... without waiting for permission of the military junta," pleads a Burmese alliance of political activists and Buddhist monks. "Just come now." What, exactly, are we waiting...
...Some 2,500 Jewish children in Warsaw were spared death at the hands of the Nazis from 1940 to 1943 thanks to the efforts of Polish social worker Irena Sendlerowa. Through a variety of means--smuggling children through sewers, hiding them in suitcases or even in her clothing--Sendlerowa brought young Jews to safety while German forces razed the Warsaw ghetto. Later, when captured and tortured, she never gave up their names. Though honored by her country and nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize, Sendlerowa did not consider herself a hero...
...vigil for the better part of a day after the school was flattened by the May 12 earthquake. He's looking for his grandson but not really expecting to find him. "After the quake hit, I ran to the school and started removing rubble," Zhang says. "I uncovered several children. Some were dead, some still alive. But I couldn't find my grandson." Unlike many others waiting in the steady drizzle, Zhang seems to have accepted that his grandson probably won't make it out alive. When a neighbor asks about the boy, Zhang replies flatly, "He's dead...
...China and Tibet--where military intervention in demonstrations against Beijing's rule resulted in bloodshed in March, sparking global protests that sullied China's image ahead of the Olympic Games. Others point to a string of recent calamities--a destructive snowstorm, an outbreak of disease that killed dozens of children, a fatal train accident--as evidence of some kind of heavenly displeasure...