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...year's edition includes stories on the crisis in Zimbabwean cricket after most of the national team went on strike over differences with the selectors; controversial changes to the rule governing "chucking" (illegally throwing the ball as opposed to bowling it); and a look at the way the Asian diaspora is spreading the game to noncricketing countries. Cricket in Iraq, North Korea or Rwanda? You'll find it in Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2005 (John Wisden...
Haggis knows how to spin a heart-rending story, and some of Crash’s story lines do pack an emotional wallop. However, the premise of an honest survey of race relations in a hotbed of global diaspora like Los Angeles is a high-reaching goal that Crash fails to achieve...
...because we want to be here, but because we have to be here," he says. "I love Zimbabwe, but the way things are now, we wouldn't survive." Ironically, the expat community is helping to sustain Mugabe's regime. "What keeps Zimbabwe from total economic collapse is the Zimbabwean diaspora," says Elinor Sisulu, who is a co-ordinator of the Zimbabwe Crisis Coalition, an advocacy group for the expat community in Johannesburg. "Mugabe's investment in education is paying off now. The diaspora is providing something of a buffer against the real anger of the people, because they are being...
...diaspora also funds opposition groups and organizes protests against Mugabe's misrule in Johannesburg, London and other expat centers. In London, a gaggle of protesters gathers every Saturday outside the Zimbabwean embassy. Britain is also the base for Short Wave Radio Africa, which beams news into Zimbabwe, and the recently launched weekly newspaper The Zimbabwean. Activists plan to stage mock polls on election day in Johannesburg, London and Sydney to highlight the ban on expat voting...
Analyzing the current economic situation in Armenia with an emphasis on future growth strategies, government officials from Armenia and executive board members of an Armenian diaspora organization participated in an all-day summit at the Kennedy School of Government yesterday...