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During his college years, Ford converted to Islam. He was initially discreet about his newfound faith, though it gradually began to take over his life. In 1998 he returned to China for more studies, enrolling at the prestigious Hopkins center in Nanjing. There he met local journalist Xie Chunlin, whom he brought back to the U.S. and married in 2000. Ford briefly interned in the office of Portland Mayor Vera Katz but otherwise supported his family by selling cell phones. He became more serious about his faith, letting his beard grow, wearing a Muslim cap and studying Arabic. Friends...
Rieff shares that impression. He is an author and journalist who has spent the better part of the past 10 years observing killers and humanitarians on the job in places like Bosnia, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Afghanistan and Angola. "As I write," Rieff notes, "there are 27 major armed conflicts taking place in the world; 1.2 billion people are living on less than one dollar a day; 2.4 billion people have no access to basic sanitation; and 854 million adults, 543 million of them women, are illiterate." Rieff expresses his admiration for the humanitarians--Doctors Without Borders...
...final decision was made by a selection committee including former presidential candidate Bob Dole, David Gergen, Leon Panetta, columnist Robert Samuelson, historian Robert Remini, civil rights leader Roger Wilkins and journalist Cokie Roberts. Former presidents George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter were honorary chairs of the selection committee...
...plot centers around a videotape that kills its viewers on the seventh day after they watch it. As the film begins, we learn that the niece of the film’s protagonist, a journalist named Rachel (Naomi Watts), has died under very unusual circumstances. Using her investigative skills and instincts, Rachel begins to ask questions about her niece’s death, and hears rumors of the strange, deadly tape...
...spiritual leader requires scouring the country for a child who recognizes his previous incarnation's possessions. In the northern Indian city of Dharamsala, seat of the Dali Lama's government-in-exile, crowning a Miss Tibet may prove almost as hard. For the past year, Wangyal, a freelance journalist, has been trying to put together a pageant that will feature Tibetan beauty?and also publicize the cause of Tibetan independence. The reception from community leaders, however, has been unenthusiastic. Since 1959, when the Dalai Lama fled Chinese-occupied Tibet, Tibetans in exile have fought to preserve their traditions. Breaches...