Word: plight
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Fortunately, she can be lured back to film for the right director. While on location in Newfoundland with Alan Rudolph for Afterglow, she took the plight of the local Inuit people to heart and is now campaigning on their behalf. An inveterate lefty, she plans to leave Britain for somewhere like-minded, France or Spain. "I won't see my own history being dismantled in front of my own eyes...
...refugee, Imtiaz Butt, stood on the edge of the cliff, pointing out where 100 students were pulled into the river. He spoke bitterly of the plight of the Kashmiris, whose lives have been ripped apart by India and Pakistan's tussle over land. Talking to one reporter, he said, "We were told that we would stay at the camps for only a few months. But over 15 years have passed now, and we are still here. Half our families are still on the other side of Kashmir." He and many other refugees were unable to find jobs in Pakistan...
...From TIME.com • Kashmir Aftershocks: The Plight of the Living-And The Dead TIME's New Delhi bureau chief reports on the grief and protests that have gripped the earthquake zone
...From TIME.com • Kashmir Aftershocks: The Plight of the Living-And The Dead TIME's New Delhi bureau chief reports on the grief and protests that have gripped the earthquake zone
...From TIME.com • Kashmir Aftershocks: The Plight of the Living-And The Dead TIME's New Delhi bureau chief reports on the grief and protests that have gripped the earthquake zone