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Less than four months after their wedding, Jafar’s parents left behind their family, friends, possessions, and homeland for a new life, knowing they might never return...
...thousands of Tibetans, mostly youngsters, who disagree with the Dalai Lama's moderation but have been conditioned to defer to their spiritual leader. While China's restrictions on the media make it extremely difficult to know what exactly sparked the uprising within Tibet, many young Tibetans outside their homeland feel it is time to stop being pushed around by Beijing. "His Holiness is a monk, he advises patience," says Nwawang, a 33-year-old chef who fled Tibet for India over 10 years ago. "But we can't leave things the way they are. We must act now before Tibet...
...religious holiday's first parade occurred in 1762 in New York, when Irish soldiers conscripted by the British army marched to bond over their shared and distant homeland. Ever since, the event has been more popular abroad than at home - though Dublin's days of revelry is no poor showing - with especially large festivals in Boston and Chicago. "The parade is a celebration of diaspora," Roach said. With hundreds of Irish nationals living in Beijing and over 50,000 Chinese emigrants composing the largest non-European community living in Ireland, the holiday has morphed into a celebration of heritage across...
...Young Tibetans, many of them born outside their homeland, have become increasingly critical of the moderation of the Dalai Lama and other exiled leaders. Although they remain loyal to the Dalai Lama, they believe that demonstrations or even confrontation might be more effective means of securing their rights. "There are two schools of thought," says Lobsang Sangay, a Senior Fellow at the East Asian Legal Studies Program at Harvard Law School. "One says you can never trust the Chinese government because they will never negotiate peacefully, and so confrontation is the best approach. The one led by the Dalai Lama...
...also a major contributor to Republican candidates and causes, and spends millions of dollars each year lobbying for government contracts. (Puryear enjoys a friendship with Cheney's son-in-law, Philip Perry, who lobbied for CCA in Washington before serving as general counsel for the Department of Homeland Security, which has millions of dollars in contracts with CCA, from 2005 to 2007.) The company has likewise given financial support to tax-exempt policy groups that support tough sentencing laws that help put more people behind bars. Like other prison companies, CCA has faced numerous lawsuits that stem from allegedly inadequate...