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Billie Jean in Baghdad

Kathryn Schulz | Posted 11.16.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Iraqi Refugees, Michael Jackson, This Is It, Michael Jackson Death, Middle East, Iraq Violence, Iraq War, War in Iraq, War, Iraqi, Refugee, Iraq, Syria, Michael Jackson Movie, Teenagers, Entertainment News
Kathryn Schulz

For every five people who have read Lolita in Tehran, roughly a billion have tried, in the privacy of their own rooms, to master the moonwalk.

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The Real Refugees of Kakuma County

Reporters Uncensored | Posted 10.31.2009 | World

Read More: Hurricane Katrina, Kosovo, Refugee, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Refugees, FilmAid International, Kakuma, World News
Reporters Uncensored

This week we're profiling FilmAid International, a non-profit organization that aims to bring the healing and educating power of cinema to refugees in the most desperate situations.

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Business-Building Telenovela Launches for Female Immigrant and Refugee Entrepreneurs [VIDEO]

Emily Goligoski | Posted 10.19.2009 | Impact

Read More: Telenovela, Immigration, Refugee, Financial Planning, Startup Business, English, Ceo Women, Impact News
Emily Goligoski

CEO Women's new telenovela series is helping low-income women start their own businesses from home.

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South African white man granted refugee status

AP | ROB GILLIES | Posted 10.17.2009 | World

Read More: South Africa, Refugee, Race, Brandon Huntley, Persecution, Apartheid, Canada, Post-Apartheid, Asylum, Refugee Status, World News

TORONTO — A white man from South Africa has been given refugee status in Canada after claiming persecution, his lawyer said, angering many in hi...

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Down and Out in Shah Mansour

Kathy Kelly | Posted 07.12.2009 | World

Read More: Unhcr, Refugee, Richard Holbrook, Pakistan, World News
Kathy Kelly

The sun bores down on the Shah Mansoor camp which has become a temporary home to thousands of displaced Pakistanis from the Swat area. In the stifling heat, the camp's residents sit idly, day after day, uncertain about their future.

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Hacking Google: Co-opting a Competition for Social Good

Cameron Sinclair | Posted 07.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Shelter, Humanitarian, Architecture for Humanity, Social Good, Refugee, Google, Sketchup, Guggenheim, Community, Internally Displaced Persons, Green News
Cameron Sinclair

We are hosting a complimentary challenge to Google's on the Open Architecture Network, the world's first open source community dedicated to improving living conditions through innovative and sustainable design.

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Exclusive Interview With Geoffrey Nunberg, On The Years Of Talking Dangerously

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Non-Apology, President Obama, Um, Obama, Linguist, Refugee, Language Police, Wurzelbacher, Grammar Police, Fascist, Bailout, Joe Sixpack, Elite, Socialist, Geoffrey Nunberg, Katrina, Joe, American Dialect Society, Looting, Evacuee, Populism, Elitist, Omnigooglization, I Fought the Law, Joe Blow, Phonetosphere, Socialism, J Edgar Hoover, Joe the Plumber, Volvo Driving, Npr, Lingua Branda, Barack Obama, Interview, Joe Schmo, Loot, Progressive, New Foundation, Talking Right, Chris Weigant, Liberal, Legacy Asset, The Years of Talking Dangerously, Under a Bus, Fresh Air, Pluto, Berkeley School of Information, Under the Bus, Hiawatha, Nunberg, L-Word, Media News
Chris Weigant

Epithets like "socialist" and "fascist" enable people on the right to bond with each other and -- though they may not acknowledge it -- to alienate everybody else.

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The C.I.A.'s tribe in danger

Roger Warner | Posted 04.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Central Intelligence Agency, Vang Pao, Laos, Hmong, Bill Lair, Refugee, Roger Warner, C.I.A., Politics News
Roger Warner

By visiting these "jungle" Hmong, by speaking with them directly, Lair had confirmed that there was an inner core of legitimate refugees whom the U.S. government should help.

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