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Avatar and the Vocabulary of Evildoers -- Or, Why James Cameron's Script Isn't as Bad as You Think

Josh Schrei | Posted 01.07.2010 | Entertainment

Read More: Rwanda, Linguistics, Avatar, Mining, James Cameron, Environment, Environmentalism, Nuclear Testing, Indigenous Rights, Indigenous People, Entertainment, Film, Movies, Entertainment News
Josh Schrei

The sad truth is that the history of the colonization and destruction of indigenous peoples brings with it a panoply of one-liners and inhumane vernacular that would make even Cameron cringe.

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When Menstruation Means Inequality

Halle Tecco | Posted 12.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Rwanda, Women, Developing World, Women's Issues, Women's Health, Health, Africa, Non-Profits, Sustainability, Living News
Halle Tecco

For millions of women in the developing world, menstruation is a nightmare. With a dearth of feminine product options, women turn to rags, mud, and even tree bark to physically conceal the situation.

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Mass Drug Administration; Not a Cure, But a Necessary Treatment

Josh Ruxin | Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Health, Neglected Topical Diseases, Health, Swine Flu Pandemic, Swine Flu, Rwanda, Politics News
Josh Ruxin

It's scary to think that Neglected Tropical Diseases can be so easily defeated with a very modest investment, far less than it takes to fight pandemics like AIDS and tuberculosis. Yet they continue to be ignored.

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Abysmal UN Report On Congo Leaked To Media

David Sullivan | Posted 11.30.2009 | World

Read More: Rwanda, Catholic Church, Conflict Minerals, Fdlr, United Nations, Burundi, Gold, Tanzania, Uganda, UN Security Council, Kimia II, Congo, China, World News
David Sullivan

Africa Confidential reports that China is pushing to delay the Security Council's discussion of the U.N. Group of Experts report on Congo. Let's hope the United States pushes back on these efforts.

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Today: A tanker hijack and a Swiss vote to ban minarets

WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 11.30.2009 | Home

Read More: Munich, Poland, Germany, Rwanda, Philippines, Bangladesh, France, Mauritania, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Home News

Stories compiled by Gizem Yarbil, Connie Kargbo, Channtal Fleischfresser, Christine Kiernan, Ivette Feliciano, and Mohammad al-Kassim, and edited by ...

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Impacting AIDS this World AIDS Day

Josh Ruxin | Posted 11.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rwanda, Anti-Retroviral, Usaid, Global Health, International Development, Pandemic, Unaids, Obama, HIV/AIDS, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, World Health Organization, Africa, Abstinence Education, HIV/AIDS Africa, Condoms, World AIDS Day, Gates Foundation, Politics News
Josh Ruxin

World AIDS Day has become a time to reflect on the daunting challenges we face in the battle against this tenacious killer. Although huge strides hav...

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Seeing Iraq In Light Of What Happened In Rwanda, Bosnia, And Herzegovina

Zainab Salbi | Posted 11.25.2009 | World

Read More: Rwanda, Women, International Relations, Bosnia, Iraq, Economic Development, World News
Zainab Salbi

As an Iraqi, I am sad to see the lack of political will or desire to gather all sectors with the purpose of rebuilding the country, learning from peer countries like Rwanda and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Racing to Save the Eyesight of 84 Million People

Josh Ruxin | Posted 11.19.2009 | World

Read More: Rwanda, Trachoma, Neglected-Tropical-Diseases, Blindness, Mass Drug Administration, World News
Josh Ruxin

Last year, a horrible disease impaired and robbed 8 million people of their vision. Right now, 84 million people are infected with this disease. But there can also be cause for hope.

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Ashley Judd: Please, Population Control is Not the Answer for Congo

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Ashley Judd, Family Planning, Rape, Population Services International, Children, Midwives, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Kinshasa, Gold, Media, Ngo, Hague, Congo, Diamonds, War Crimes, USA Today, Forced Sterilization, Human Rights, Celebrity, Howard Wolpe, China, Depo-Provera, Eugene Serufuli, James Kabarebe, Rwanda, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

Congo's economy is not undermined by "unregulated fertility" rates. Civil society has been destroyed by decades of war and over a hundred years of exploitation of Congo's wealth by international interests.

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Half the Sky

Josh Ruxin | Posted 11.09.2009 | Books

Read More: Hunger, Violence Against Women, Poverty, Maternal Health, Maternal Mortality, Rwanda, Books News
Josh Ruxin

Nick Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn's new book should be of particular concern to anyone familiar with Millennium Development Goal number five: reducing maternal mortality.

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U.N. Birthday Rocks for Its Peacemakers

Jim Luce | Posted 11.06.2009 | New York

Read More: India, Aterciopelados, Summer Olympics Beijing 2008, U.N. Department of Public Information, Emmanuel Jal, U.N. Day Concert 2009 a Tribute to Peacekeeping, Humanitarian, Shankhar Mahadevan, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, The War Against War, Angelique Kidjo, Cnn International, Jayashri Wyatt, Sierra Leone, Global Citizens, Wyclef Jean, Lauren Saffa, U.N. Secretary General, Norway, Lang Lang, Salman & Samina Global Wellness Initiative, Earth Wind and Fire, Xian Song & Dance Troupe, Africa, Zahir Hussain, Senegal, Leonardo Dicaprio, Cotonou, U.N. Department of Peacekeeping Operation, Oslo, Education Sans Mutilation, Wikipedia, Rwanda, Melissa Etheridge, Sting, South Asia, Berlin Philharmonic, Entwined Twins, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Pakistan, Isha Sesay, Culture Project, You Are Not Alone, Amnesty International, Blood Diamond, Shrinivas Uppalapu, Julianne Hoffenberg, John Mahavishnu McLaughlin, Benin, New York, Junoon, Barack Obama, Time 100, Colombia, Killing Me Softly, Ghatam, The First Time Ever, General Assembly, Salman Ahmad, Fisher Stevens, Interfaith Dialogue, Thought Leaders, Steven Lawrence, China, Bbc, Allan Buchman, National Geographic, Day-O, United Nations, Jim Luce, Harry Belafonte, Paris, Injustice, Vienna Philharmonic, Sudan, She Mama Africa, Selvaganesh Vinayakaram, Malaika, Cancion Protesta, John Lee, Sister Fa, Samir Chatterjee, Blue Helmets, Roberta Flack Singing, War Child Film, Berlin, Grammy-Award, Mridangam, Cross-Cultural Dialogue, Nile Rodgers, Indi-Jazz Fusion, Afghanistan, Kanjira, Eleanor Roosevelt, Freedom of Expression Award, Nobel Peace Prize, We Are the World, Alain Le Roy, God Grew Tired of Us, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, The Price of Silence, Two Sheps That Pass., Female Genital Mutilation, Emma McCune, Orphans International Worldwide, Haiti, New York Times, U.N. Peacekeepers, Swahili, Alicia Keys, Hutu-Tutsi Conflict, Sufi Rock, Remember Shakti, Michael Owen, USA for Africa, New York News
Jim Luce

Flashbulbs popping non-stop, H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations in New York, entered the U.N. General Assembly Hall in New ...

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Electronics and Atrocities: Tech Supply Chains Must Do No Harm

David Sullivan | Posted 11.05.2009 | Technology

Read More: Rwanda, War Crimes, Satellite Imagery, Sexual Violence, Conflict Minerals, Human Rights, Defense Authorization Act, President Obama, Science, Cell Phones, Congo, Electronics, Technology News
David Sullivan

Electronics companies should commit resources to trace supply chains back to the point of extraction, conduct audits, and check assurances for fraud to certify electronics products as conflict-free.

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Human Rights Watch Damns MONUC in Congo: Leaked UN Internal Memo Supports the Accusations

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 11.02.2009 | World

Read More: Dr Congo, Rwanda, Nkunda, Maiming, Anneke Von Woudenberg, Monuc, Hrw, Fdlr, Raping, Civilians in War, Fardc, Cndp, Atrocities, Kimia II, Laurent Nkunda, Eve Ensler, United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), World News
Georgianne Nienaber

What has happened to the innocent in Congo goes far beyond anything that rational minds can comprehend. Is this why the US has turned such a blind eye to what is happening there?

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Forgiveness: Human or Divine?

Josh Ruxin | Posted 10.28.2009 | World

Read More: Documentary, Forgiveness, Genocide, Rwanda, World News
Josh Ruxin

Can a woman not only forgive the man who killed her husband, her child, her mother, but accept him as her friend and neighbor? Can a man forgive himself for the brutal act he committed?

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Seattle Teen Gives Rwandan Girls The Gift of Education

Huffington Post | Tam Vo | Posted 10.22.2009 | Impact

Read More: Girls, Women, Seattle, Education, Library, Jessica Markowitz, Genocide, Rwandan Education, Schoolchildren, Learning, Rwanda, Impact News

You are never too young to change the world, and Jessica Markowitz is living proof. The Seattle Times reports that Markowitz was just a sixth grader w...

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Famine and Plenty, Both in Times of Drought

Josh Ruxin | Posted 10.16.2009 | World

Read More: Drought, Genocide, Hunger, World Food Day, Food Security, Rwanda, Mayange, Millennium Villages, Paul Kagame, Kenya, Kigali, World News
Josh Ruxin

In Rwanda and across Africa, the Millennium Villages project has demonstrated that food scarcity can be all but vanquished if the required resource management, investment and political will are available.

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U.N. Ambassador Kohona: Sri Lanka Refugee Situation Improving

Jim Luce | Posted 10.20.2009 | World

Read More: Tamil Tigers, Australia, Ltte, Land Mines, Washington, Tamils, United Nations, Sri Lanka, U.N. Security General, Bosnia, Dr. Palitha Kohona, IDP Tourism, Sri Lankan Refugee, Ban-Ki Moon, Ethel Grodzins Romm, Princess Diana, Sri Lankan Ambassador, Child Soldiers, European Union, Idps, Sri Lankan Ambassador to the U.N., Suicide Bombers, Monsoon, Japan, Afghani-Pakistani Border, International Red Cross, Sri Lankan Foreign Secretary, Colombo, India, Internally Displaced People, Rwanda, Ngo’s, Balkanization, World News
Jim Luce

Fourteen years after the civil war in Rwanda, refugees are still living in mud huts.  In Bosnia, following Balkanization, people lacked heat and ...

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DR Congo: Civilian Cost of Military Operation is Unacceptable

Refugees International | Refugees International | Posted 10.13.2009 | Home

Read More: Goma-Democratic Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Home News

(Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, October 13, 2009) - The Congolese government's military operation in eastern Congo, Kimia II, backed by United N...

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Satellite Imagery Proves Catastrophic Failure of Joint Rwanda/Congo Military Exercises

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 10.13.2009 | World

Read More: Satellite Imagery, Rwanda, Rape, Fdlr, Hrw, Joseph Kabila, Fardc, Kimia II, Huffington Post, Umoja Wetu, Truth, American Association of the Advancement of Science, Democratic Republic of Congo, Burning, Cndp, Africom, Hillary Clinton, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

Reported have said that joint military operations between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have been a catastrophic failure. Now satellite imagery of the Busurungi area in North Kivu clearly shows burned villages.

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Activists Put Congo's Conflict Minerals on the Map

David Sullivan | Posted 10.08.2009 | World

Read More: Rwanda, Russ Feingold, Sexual Violence, Congress, Motorola, Conflict Minerals, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dell, Dick Durbin, United Nations, Mobile Phones, Corporate Social Responsibility, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Consumer Electronics, Human Rights, Mining, Africa, Sam Brownback, Hillary Clinton, Minerals, Electronics, World News
David Sullivan

We've all heard of Conflict Diamonds by now. But a troubling, less visible crisis haunts objects we use everyday. Here is everything you need to know about the next big issue: Conflict Minerals.

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Idelphonse Nizeyimana, Rwanda Queen-Killing Genocide Suspect, Arrested In Uganda

AP | GODFREY OLUKYA and RUKMINI CALLIMACHI | Posted 10.06.2009 | World

Read More: Rwanda, Rwanda Queen, Interpol, Idelphonse Nizeyimana Arrested, Genocide, Rwanda Genocide, Uganda, Idelphonse Nizeyimana, Queen of Rwanda, Queen Rosalie Gicanda, Nizeyimana, Rwandan Queen, Queen of Rwanda, Rosalie Gicanda,, World News

KAMPALA, Uganda — A top suspect wanted for orchestrating the killings of thousands of people in Rwanda's 1994 genocide – including childre...

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Rwanda: Heeding History's Lessons Before It's Too Late

Joseph Sebarenzi | Posted 12.01.2009 | World

Read More: Rwanda, Africa, Hutus, Foreign Affairs, Hutus and Tutsis, Paul Kagame, Tutsis, Advocacy, World News
Joseph Sebarenzi

For Rwanda to thrive, economic performance, for which President Kagame deserves credit, must be coupled with political reconciliation and strong democratic institutions.

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Oprah's Bad Book Club Pick

Rob Spillman | Posted 11.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Say You Are One of Them, Oprah Winfrey, Uwen Akpa, Book Club, Rwanda, Uzodinma Iweala, Genocide, Tin House, Boubacar Boris Diop, Penguin Books, Books, Media News
Rob Spillman

Uwem Akpan, a Nigerian Jesuit priest, is a maudlin, sappy writer, whose book only reinforces Western stereotypes about Africa.

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Rwanda's President on Past Horror and Present Hope

Joel B. Schwartzberg | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: Rwandan President Paul Kagame, Kagame, David-Brancaccio, Paul-Kagame, Pbs, Paul Kagame, Now, Rwanda, World News
Joel B. Schwartzberg

OW on PBS host David Brancaccio interviews Rwandan President Paul Kagame about why he believes universal health care in Rwanda is crucial for the country's social, political, and economic advancement.

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Health Centers: One of the Keys to Eradicating Poverty

Josh Ruxin | Posted 11.08.2009 | World

Read More: Garth Brooks, Health Care, Rwanda, Ngeruka, Poverty, Africa, Genocide, Aids Treatments, Health Cenders, Aids, Malaria, Respiratory Illness, Diahhrea, World News
Josh Ruxin

Located at the epicenter of Rwanda's genocide, Ngeruka is a rural community that faces an array of health problems compounded by the fact that there is merely one small four-room health post servicing the entire community.

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