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...that has claimed 13,000 lives and prompted mass protests in 2006 against the autocratic rule of King Gyanendra, the Maoists have been brought into the political mainstream, via a peace agreement that would turn the oft-romanticized Hindu kingdom into a secular republic representing the true social and ethnic diversity of Nepal's 27 million people. The self-styled People's Liberation Army agreed to retire to rural camps such as this one, to begin preparing their fighters for integration into a new National Army...
...delayed six weeks in order to allow the actors to be relocated. Yet for all the controversy surrounding the scene, in its final form, it is brief and relatively tame. Still, the very fact that the movie’s content—its frank treatment of sexual harassment, ethnic tension, corruption, and Islamic fundamentalism—could put these young actors at risk in their real lives illustrates that the story, while a Hollywood production, is not beyond the realm of possibility. Two contributors who are not unknowns bring Hosseini’s story to life. Director Marc Forster...
...province--which has been under U.N. administration since clashes between Serbian forces and secessionist rebels sparked an international crisis in 1999--took another step toward independence this month when the U.N. failed to negotiate a settlement between the two sides before a Dec. 10 deadline. Differences between Kosovo's ethnic-Albanian majority and Belgrade, which opposes full independence for the province, proved too great to bridge. So too did the gulf between the West and Serbia's traditional ally Russia over the region's future...
...support the creation of an Asian American studies track for secondary concentrators in East Asian studies—a move that seems increasingly likely—the creation of such a secondary field would open up the door to demands for similar equally deserving programs for studying other ethnic groups.Instead of such programs existing in isolation, the University should create a broader program for those who wish to pursue secondary concentration in the study of ethnicities in America. Such a program, which could be overseen by the already-existing Committee on Ethnic Studies, would both be more efficient...
...certain degree Obama's own ethnic background helps him: he can speak convincingly to black voters, and his half sister Maya Soetoro-Ng, who is half white and half Indonesian, has campaigned for him amongst Asian Americans. His rock star status has helped recruit high school and college kids, though it's anyone's guess if they will actually turn out. Harrington's daughter, Caitlin, a freshman at the University of Iowa, organized 47 of her classmates to caucus at home - signing them up through "Rock the Caucus" on Facebook - and is working to find them all home precincts...