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...four-year strife between separatists and army troops in Thailand's south has cost some 3,000 lives, yet is probably the world's least covered Islamic insurgency. The fatal 2006 beating of an idealistic Thai schoolteacher has, however, led to Citizen Juling, a documentary that more than makes up for lost exposure - with nearly four hours of raw video footage probing both that crime and society's knee-jerk response. "I left everything in so viewers could come to their own conclusions," says writer turned filmmaker Ing K, who collaborated with photographer Manit Sriwanichpoom and opposition politician Kraisak Choonhavan...
...made the unusual move of revisiting a previously decided case challenging the Bush Administration's practice of extraordinary rendition, in which U.S. authorities hand certain terrorist suspects to outside countries for interrogation. On Dec. 9, the court will hear oral arguments in the case of Maher Arar, a Canadian citizen whom U.S. authorities seized at New York's J.F.K. airport in September 2002 and then sent to Syria, where Arar claims he was tortured before being released without charge. Previously, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York dismissed Arar's case, essentially ruling that national security...
...Yemeni-Jewish mother and a Turkish-Muslim father. I grew up in Germany. I met my Indian Hindu wife when I lived in London for some 20 years. I am often asked where I feel I belong. I always used to answer that I am a citizen of the world. I didn't have a better answer as I could never feel true patriotism toward any country. Obama's win has been like an open-armed welcome. Today, if someone asked me where I feel I belong, I would proclaim sincerely: "Ich bin ein Amerikaner!" Gan Amram-Oymak, BERLIN...
...summit began with a keynote speech by Rufus Phillips, a recipient of the CIA’s Intelligence Medal of Merit and author of “Why Vietnam Matters: An Eyewitness Account of Lessons Not Learned in Vietnam.” Phillips, although an American citizen, spent 14 years living in Vietnam, part of it during his tenure in the CIA. Phillips said that many mistakes that the U.S. made in Vietnam War are being repeated in the two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. “We must not let ourselves be undermined by our own sense...
...stresses that small- and medium-size businesses cannot match the high salaries offered by the casinos. The local government evidently agrees: In his annual policy address on Nov. 11, Ho announced a $1.3 billion stimulus package of infrastructure improvements, income tax cuts, and cash handouts of roughly $640 per citizen. "Anything that allows the industry some breathing room is good," says Lam. "This is a good time to rest, and to re-think policies...