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...last week have been the most violent in the last forty years, but are hardly a new phenomenon. In fact, they started during the anniversary of a failed rebellion on March 10th, 1959. Ten years before that, and just months after securing control of continental China after a long civil war, the aptly named Maoist People’s Liberation Army (PLA) invaded Tibet. The New York Times and other international media outlets covered the desperate radio broadcasts of a “shocked” Dalai Lama, Tibet’s spiritual and political leader, in the wake...
...This is a really complex issue,” he said. “I feel that the court did not take into account the motives of affirmative action. It’s a limitation on progress.” Several nationally prominent groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, brought forth the lawsuit. U.S. District Judge David M. Lawson dismissed the suit, thus temporarily delaying the fight over the constitutionality of the ban. By Any Means Necessary, another group that opposed the 2006 decision, announced yesterday that they would...
...this is a snap shot,” he said. “If it blows up...if the calm of today is replaced by a storm of renewed suicide bombings and civil war in the next six months it will be a big, big story...
...becoming an aid worker Iraq civil society has no background before 2003. It was all controlled by government, a totalitarian regime. Iraqis couldn't do any humanitarian work - government does everything. You're not allowed to question anything. If you question it, either you're persecuted or you're an outlaw. After 2003 July, I joined UNIFEM and NGOs started to form in Iraq, women NGOs. They were quite active in thinking of the future, trying to make something. After 2005, it was really difficult, [there were] a lot of humanitarian violations. Networking was completely something...
...problem rising, like, IDPs [internally displaced people]. We have women trafficking, and prostitution. We have juvenile detainees suffering. Before we didn't have child soldier problem, a lot of drug victims, complete failure of public services. These things need to be identified. This is the job of all civil society and media, just to draw attention that the humanitarian crisis needs to be worked at different levels...