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Women In The Muslim World Need Genuine Reform

Ida Lichter, M.D. | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Islamic Dress, Women's Rights, Muslim Brotherhood, Muslim Women, Hijab, Female Circumcision, Arab Spring, Islam, Shirin Ebadi, Muslim-Reformers, Turkey, Aceh, Suffragettes, One Million Signatures Campaign, Women Reformers, Nigeria, King Abdullah, Reform, Iran, Fgm, Taliban, Political Islam, Azza Al-Jarf, Misogynist, Freedom and Justice Party, Tuareg, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, President Hamid Karzai, Discriminatory Laws, Oppressive Laws, Wahhabi, Kuwait, Islamists, Caning, Dissidents, Yemen, Islamic Holy Sites, Afghanistan, Wajeha Al-Huwaider, Rallies, Insurgency, Boko Haram, Religious Police, Feminists, Brutal, Muslim, Religion News
Ida Lichter, M.D.

Is misogyny prevalent and gaining traction in the Muslim world and why did most women vote for Islamists in Middle East elections?

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Second Sumatran Elephant Found Poisoned In Indonesia

AP | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Indonesia Elephant Poisoning, Aceh, Indonesia Elephants, Indonesia, Elephants, Indonesia Aceh Province, Sumatran Elephant, Aceh Elephant Poisoning, Aceh Sumatran Elephants, Animals, Sumatran Elephant Poisoning Indonesia, Video, Green News

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — An official says a second endangered Sumatran elephant has been poisoned in western Indonesia, apparently by villagers ...

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Relief In Indonesia As Residents Survey Quake Damage

AP | By FAKHRURRADZIE GADE | Posted 04.12.2012

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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- Residents surveying damage from two powerful earthquakes that reignited memories of the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami...

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Reports: 7 Years After Tsunami, Girl That Was Thought Lost Finds Home

Posted 12.22.2011

Read More: Aceh Tsunami, Indonesia Aceh, Indonesia Tsunami Girl Returned, Indonesia, Indonesia Christmas Tsunami, Aceh, Indonesia Tsunami, World News

For nearly seven years, Wati's parents believed their daughter had died when a tsunami hit Indonesia's Aceh in December 2004. Yet on Wednesday, the 15...

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PHOTOS: Hard-Line Police Shave Punkers' Mohawks, Remove Piercings

AP | FAKHRURRADZIE GADE | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Indonesia Police Punkers, Indonesia Punkers, Aceh Punkers Indonesia Police Shave Punkers, Indonesia Religion, Aced Religion, Indonesia, Aceh, Indonesia Punk-Rock, World News

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — Police in Indonesia's most conservative province raided a punk-rock concert and detained 65 fans, buzzing off their spik...

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Long After Tsunami, Rotary's Youth Centre Continues in Aceh, Indonesia

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: William B. Boyd, Australia, Aceh, Rotary International, Bill Boyd, Sri Lanka, Manado, Banda Aceh, Haiti, Rotary Youth Centre Aceh, Jakarta, Oiww, Tsunami, Dedek Arahman, Indonesia, Sumatra, James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation, Jim Luce, Orphanage, Arkansas, Bush and Clinton Foundation, John Hewko, International Development, Orphans International Worldwide, Fulbright Tsunami Relief Program, Bali, Fulbright Scholars, Turramurra, World News
Jim Luce

I arrived in Aceh a few weeks after the catastrophic Tsunami of December 2004. As founder of Orphans International Worldwide (OIWW), I wanted to use ...

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Balinese Natural Birthing Center Threatened by Global Downturn

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women?S Issues, Aceh, Thought Leader, Direct Relief International, Birth Center, Robin Lim, Alisa Chazani., Women?S Health, Health, Bumi Sehat, Youth Center, New York City, Midwifery, Haiti, Child Birth, Tsunami, Haiti Earthquake, Indonesia, Stewardship Report, Balinese Maternity Clinic, Jim Luce, Postpartum Home Care, Port-Au-Prince, Bumi Sehat Bali Clinic, Global Citizen, Bali, Denpasar, World News
Jim Luce

Mid-wife and clinic founder Robin Lim is a legend in the world of women's maternity health. I have heard of her from Port-au-Prince in Haiti to New-...

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Orphans International Worldwide Unveils New Website for Sponsoring Kids - Including Haiti

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Leadership in Helping Humanity, OIWW Global Standards, Miss J, Emmanuel Jal, Ambassador Giulio Terzi, North Sulawesi, Family Care, Orphelin at St-Paul, Oiww, Indonesia, Malagasy Orphaned Children, John Lee, Gonaives, Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil, Bali, Aceh, Italy, Classical Music Education Program, Morgan Freeman, America?S Next Top Model, Manado, College Prep Leadership Training Program, Child Soldiers, Royal House of Rajpipla, Full Care, Haiti, Jay Alexander, J. Alexander, Tsunami, Michael Bierman, Child Slaves, Hurricane Jeanne, Musical Education, Italian Ambassador to U.S., Gua Africa, OIWW- Haiti, Sudan, Global Citizenship Award, CharityHelp International, India, Madagascar, Orphans International Worldwide, Oiww-Madagascar, Oiww-Indonesia, World News
Jim Luce

Orphans International Worldwide (OIWW) unveiled its new website, the third since its founding in 1999. I created the first, which was indeed primitiv...

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Obama's Bad Prescription for Indonesia

Amy Goodman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sukarno, East Timor, Henry Kissinger, Aceh, Indonesia, Patrick Leahy, Gerald Ford, Papua Province, Ann Dunham Soetoro, Suharto, Allan Nairn, Kopassus, Sagom Tamboen, Barack Obama, Nairn, World News
Amy Goodman

We should spend time focusing on Obama's plans for Indonesia, and the possibility that he may restore funding and training for one of the world's most notorious, human-rights-abusing military forces, the Indonesian Kopassus.

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Finding Meaning In Inescapable Suffering: From Aceh To Haiti

Alex Pattakos | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Haiti Earthquake, Tsunami, Indonesia, Aceh, Suffering, Alex Pattakos, Viktor Frankl, Unesco, Haiti Earthquake Relief, Port-Au-Prince, Unicef, Asian Tsunami, Meaning, Healthy Living News
Alex Pattakos

Although it may be difficult to comprehend, such suffering also provides us with an opportunity to find meaning in the situation, even if it sometimes must come long after the event we are forced to endure.

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Life in Aceh, Indonesia

Antony Loewenstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islam, Natural Disasters, Indonesia, Aceh, Foreign Affairs, Muslims, Muslim, World News
Antony Loewenstein

Acehnese identity is intimately related to Indonesia's wish for integration into the world and historical desires for independence. Many there crave true freedom, but know it's long off.

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Indonesia's Aceh Passes Law On Stoning To Death

AP | FAKHRURRADZIE GADE | Posted 05.25.2011

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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — Lawmakers in a devoutly Muslim Indonesian province voted unanimously that adulterers can be sentenced to death by stonin...

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Interview with the Red Cross Secretary General in Geneva

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt, Rotary International, Cyclone Sidr, Sri Lanka, Doctor Without Borders, Thailand, International Rescue Committee, Ethiopia, Red Crescent, Indonesia, Climate Change, Hurricane Katrina, And, Turkey, Aceh, David Meltzer, Henry Dunant, Red Cross, Cyclone Bhola, Turkish Red Crescent, Palestine, Bangladesh, Memory of Solferino, Cyclone Preparedness, New York, Cyclone Gorky, Humanitarian Response, Tsunami, Austro-Sardinian War, Geneva, Malaysia, American Red Cross, India, Secretary General of The, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Bekele Geleta, Ifrc, Solferino, World News
Jim Luce

Bekele Geleta grew up in Ethiopia where he developed a strong understanding of the critical role of Red Cross Red Crescent principles, such as neutrality in matters of politics and religion.

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Traveling as Press vs. NGO Head: Same Adventure

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Europe, Lome, United Nations Department of Public Information, Hong Kong, Guatemala City, Sri Lanka, Galle, Air France, South America, Asia, Ngo, Guyana, Chennai, Dallas, Paris, Singapore, Peru, Indonesia, Port-Au-Prince, Tokyo, Amsterdam, Miami, Dominican Republic, Aceh, Dubai, Swine Flu, Mexico City, Journalist, Africa, Ghana, San Salvador, Central America, International Development, Santo Domingo, Mexico, Colombia, New York, Haiti, Refugee Camps, Frankfurt, Jakarta, Tamil, Tsunami, Hurricane Jeanne, Togo, Post 9/11, India, Orphans International Worldwide, Huffington Post, JFK Airport, Bangalore, Gonaives, Bucharest, Media News
Jim Luce

I have flown from Haiti to Peru to Guyana in the Americas, Hong Kong to Indonesia to Sri Lanka in Asia, and Togo to Ghana in Africa.

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2004 Tsunami Victims Remembered From Indonesia To India

AP | MICHAEL CASEY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: India, Tsunami Anniversary, Thailand, Tsunami, Aceh, Indonesia, Tsunami 2004, Natural Disasters, World News

BANGKOK, Thailand — Southeast Asia's tsunami-ravaged coral reefs have bounced back with surprising speed, according to a study released Friday, ...

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