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...point of view toward the United States changed when he went into exile and lived for two years in New Orleans and Brownsville,” she says. Despite her experience with producing documentaries on Mexican history, Schyfter welcomes assistance from Harvard’s vast network of resources. “It’s coming along well,” she says. “Who can have trouble at Harvard with all the experts, and the libraries, and the resources?” According to Schyfter, Harvard’s experts in 19th century and American history...
...inequity is straining the network of fragile cease-fires in tribal areas. "We have sent many letters registering our complaints to the government, but we haven't heard back," says Colonel Gun Maw. Not hearing back from the Burmese junta is something to which the spokesman for the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) is accustomed. An ethnically based movement in northern Burma's Kachin state, the KIO waged a long insurgency against the Burmese regime before signing a peace treaty in 1994. Most Kachin are Christian, and they believe their faith makes them particularly vulnerable to persecution by the exclusively Buddhist...
...most of them too small and remote to rate a visit from a Unilever sales representative. The program, called Shakti (Energy), was meant to aid some of the company's poorest customers, but it has accomplished more than that. The 40,000 or so women working for Shakti's network have proven to be reliable representatives - and their clients reliable consumers - even in a downturn. "Because of the financial crisis this project has become even more important for us," says Hemant Bakshi, Unilever executive director for customer development in Mumbai. "If we want to continue to grow during difficult times...
...forum discussion following the awards presentation, Ifill offered an anecdote that explained why she preferred the public broadcasting sector to a cable news network...
...Great Firewall" blocks web sites on an array of sensitive topics (democracy, for instance), while tens of thousands of government monitors and citizen volunteers regularly sweep through blogs, chat forums, and even e-mail to ensure nothing challenges the country's self-styled "harmonious society." Together this massive network of Internet nannying is imperiously called "the Golden Shield Project." Thousands of websites (many porn-related) are blocked outright, and destinations such as YouTube, Flickr and Wikipedia are heavily restricted. Web users in Internet cafes - where the vast majority of Chinese go online - must supply personal information in order to sign...