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Gary Myers, 49, isn't a thrill seeker, but this past summer he leaped at the chance to travel to civil war--engulfed Liberia. Myers, who was a surgeon in Oklahoma, had grown frustrated with American medicine's commercialism. With his kids grown and some money saved, he volunteered with...
After three years of drought, five years of failed harvests and 22 years of war, the refugees have exhausted their meager savings and killed their livestock. In August the camps around Mazar-i-Sharif had a two-week supply of food. After Sept. 11 all aid was suspended as agencies...
DIED. TOVE JANSSON, 86, the creator of Finland's beloved Moomin trolls; in Helsinki. Jansson wrote and illustrated the original Moomin books, whose tales of the eccentric, hippo-like creatures spawned comic strips, cartoon series and even theme parks. She is also celebrated for her illustrations in J.R.R. Tolkien's...
In the end, it's difficult to regulate access to technology or its use. The nature of the Internet - borderless, fast, atomized, anonymous - works against the state's traditional grip on power. According to international press monitor Reporters Sans Frontieres, 20 governments now significantly restrict Internet access. But Web users...
The cease-fire between the two sides is close to collapse. Two weeks ago two so-called "peace zones" in Bireuen and north Aceh were formally scrapped. Both the Indonesian army and Brimob have been reinforced, pushing up the security forces' overall strength in Aceh to 37,000. The military...