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...Actually, the locals couldn't have been more welcoming to the moviemaking invaders. "I had many preconceived notions about Vietnam," says Caine, "and every one of them was wrong. I thought it would be a war-torn country, very bitter people. Instead, I found a very beautiful country with few signs of war. I never encountered any animosity, just people who seemed genuinely pleased...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Sigh for Old Saigon | 10/21/2002 | See Source »

...plane and leave behind everything she knew? All she carried with her was a ratty suitcase and a ticket stamped with the words “Does not speak English. Please Assist.” Did she just run off with my father for the chance to leave a war-torn country? How do people understand each other, and more importantly, fall in love, when they don’t even speak the same language...

Author: By William L. Adams, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Elementary Vietnamese | 10/17/2002 | See Source »

...Bombay, Dil Se) Ratnam has set personal stories inside the cataclysmic events that have marked India's past decade. Here he suggests that no one, not even a bright, questing child, is safe from their taint. But this being a Bollywood-style musical?though with a Southern accent?a war-torn world can still sing, dance and hope. In that sense, A Peck on the Cheek suited the festival perfectly. It is an art film that is also tender entertainment. It shows people coping with national tragedies. And, like Toronto, the movie is?in the very best sense?nice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Star Is Reborn | 9/23/2002 | See Source »

...said SEEDS OF PEACE. An essay she had written in the spring of 2001 about the plight of Lahore's street kids had won her a trip in August to a Maine camp sponsored by a New York group called Seeds of Peace, which brings together young people from war-torn regions around the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Muslim Teen: MTV or the Muezzin | 9/9/2002 | See Source »

However, justice is necessary for peace, and the courts in war-torn countries are often inadequate—corrupt, under-funded, understaffed—to handle cases of this magnitude. International criminal law—which enables accused war criminals to be tried in other countries for “crimes against humanity”—is a relatively new field, and the most notable recent advancement is the establishment of a permanent International Criminal Court (ICC). Yet much work remains to make international justice work. International law needs to be further developed before it is clear what...

Author: By J. hale Russell, | Title: Serving Justice to War Criminals | 8/2/2002 | See Source »

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