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...story noted, elections will be nearly impossible at this juncture. But at least we can now appreciate the full extent of the horror these people have experienced all their lives. As we debate U.S. involvement in Sudan, perhaps we can spare a few minutes to consider the plight of those innocent souls pictured so well by TIME's reporting. RICHARD B. LAWSON Mountlake Terrace, Wash...
Congo needs help, and the first step toward that is focusing media attention. The Congolese have suffered in silence and had their plight ignored for far too long. In fact, the nation seems to have a history of silence. Many people did not know about the atrocities committed during the rule of Belgium's King Leopold II, and many do not know what is going on today. Thank you for bringing attention to a place that dearly needs it. Your story was extremely moving. I hope readers will be persuaded to take action and help restore dignity and peace...
...underestimate. In describing the philosophy behind ABA and Floortime, your report will help parents make a more informed decision. Alisa Vig, Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist Jerusalem You can read more of Claudia Wallis' reporting on treatments for autism at timearchive.com A Region of Unrest Your incisive account of the pathetic plight of the inhabitants of Nigeria's Niger Delta was noteworthy [May 22]. I am glad Time reported that the militants prowling the swamps and creeks of the delta have been armed by politicians, the same people responsible for the continued degradation and consequent state of abject poverty pervading the area...
...American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums, says the activists are "unrealistic and biologically naive; they are taking human moral precepts and trying to apply them to animals." That view, he adds, may have some merit when it is focused on domestic and farm creatures and even on the plight of laboratory animals, but it has no place in wildlife conservation. "We're trying to save animals from extinction," he says of the AAZPA, which includes 158 of the nation's best-known, most prestigious and carefully regulated zoos and aquariums. "If we were to follow the animal-rights ethic...
...glad that time has brought the plight of the people of the Delta region to the attention of the world. While Nigeria's oil industry has produced billionaires, mostly from majority ethnic groups, the people of the Delta are left in penury. All the wealth is stolen and controlled by the majority tribes, who look down on the people of that region as inferior. It is the oil that Nigeria values, not the people. What the Nigerian state does to the people of the Niger Delta is abhorrent and pathetic. Akanimo Akan Lagos...