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Meet the Human I.P.O.

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 07.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Walletpop, Human IPO, Andrea-Chalupa, Andrea Chalupa, Michael-Merrill, WalletPop.Com, Mike Merrill, urbanhonking.com, Mikey-Merrill, K. Mikey Merrill, Rwanda, K. Michael Merrill, Business News

K. Michael Merrill is wealth and community personified. In an exclusive post for Walletpop.com, Mikey shares how he "went public" to raise money for various projects and to feel rich everyday.

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In Focus: Somalia Defeats Rwanda To Win Third-World Cup

The Onion | The Onion | Posted 07.03.2009 | Home

Read More: Khartoum, Rwanda, Sudan, Somalia, Home News

KHARTOUM, SUDAN—The host city of the 2006 Developing Nations Football Championship erupted in cheers that nearly drowned out the cries of the st...

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Genocide Prevention Rather Than Response Gains Favor In Policy Circles

Huffington Post Contributor | John Heffernan | Posted 06.22.2009 | World

Read More: William Cohen, Rwanda Genocide, Rwanda, Darfur Genocide, Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa, Foreign Affairs, Genocide, Liberia, Congo Violence, Congo, Sudan Genocide, Madeleine Albright, Advocacy, World News

Last week, the United Nations Security Council traveled to Ethiopia, Rwanda, Congo and Liberia to discuss Africa's hotspots -- areas that are threaten...

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Rwandan War Crimes Verdict Issued In Canada; First Of Its Kind

AP | AMY LUFT | Posted 06.22.2009 | World

Read More: Rwanda War Crimes, Rwanda Genocide, Rwanda, Rwandan Militias, Foreign Affairs, Rwanda Women, Rwandan Genocide, Desire Munyaneza, Canada War Crimes Trial, Canada, Advocacy, War Crimes, World News

MONTREAL — A Rwandan man was found guilty Friday of war crimes during his country's 1994 genocide, becoming the first person convicted under a n...

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The Cornerstone of Obama's Foreign Aid Policy: Health and Wealth

Josh Ruxin | Posted 06.22.2009 | World

Read More: Family Planning, Microfinance, Wealth, Health, Maternal Health, Business, Health Care, Barack Obama, Rwanda, World News

The data doesn't lie: sickness and poverty have grown together during the last few decades. We now have a chance to turn the tables and foster health and wealth.

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Cannes 2009 Exclusive: My Neigbor, My Killer Director Anne Aghion On Rwanda (Video)

Michael Giltz | Posted 06.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Documentary, Anne Aghion, Cannes Film Festival, Genocide, Rwanda, Director, Cannes-France, Entertainment News

Coming to Cannes is usually a no-brainer. But for film-maker Anne Aghion, accepting an invitation to bring her documentary My Neighbor, My Killer was a genuine risk.

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Meticulous and Marching - The Rwandan Exit from Congo

Sean Carasso | Posted 06.20.2009 | World

Read More: Fdlr, Falling Whistles, Democratic Republic of Congo, Child Soldiers, Rwanda, Congo, World News

Today was a wild day and one I don't think I'll soon forget. Woke up at sunrise to head, once again, to the border and attempt to gain entrance. The...

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Not the Time to Declare Victory

Jean-Marie Guehenno | Posted 06.20.2009 | World

Read More: Rwanda Genocide, Rwanda, Rwandan Militias, Congo Rape, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda Women, Congo, World News

Policy making must not be based on wishful thinking. Congo has not yet reached a strategic turning point.

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What Have You Got to Give? How to Add Action to Hope

Ken Dychtwald Ph.D. | Posted 06.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Peace Corps, Rachael Ray, Michelle Obama, Vips, Tom Hunter, With Purpose, Mali, National Parks Service, Bette Midler, Hugh Jackman, Summer of Service, Nathan Lane, Rwanda, Travel, Volunteerism, Volunteering, The Giving Life, Living News

America's largest contributors to charity are not the rich, but everyday hard-working men and women like yourself.

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Rwanda: Returning Refugees Need More Than Comforting Words

Refugees International | Refugees International | Posted 06.18.2009 | Home

Read More: Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Home News

During the 1994 mass migration of Rwandan refugees into the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo, what many people didn't realize was that there w...

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Cannes 2009 Day Two: Precious, Vampires, Genocide and Despair!

Michael Giltz | Posted 06.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Uk, Documentary, Cannes Film Festival, Movies, Rwanda, Sapphire, Entertainment News

Some people come to Cannes and do nothing but go to parties. Some people come to Cannes and never see the sun. That's me. So here are my first reactions to the four movies I saw today.

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Volcanic Eruptions Threaten Beleaguered Eastern Congo

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 06.09.2009 | World

Read More: Kivu, Goma, War, Humanitraian Disaster, Volcano, Congo, Rwanda, Nyamulagira, Nyiragongo, World News

There is absolutely no infrastructure in this part of the world to handle the humanitarian crisis which will occur if a major eruption takes place. Scientists say the eruption "is imminent".

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Finding the Best in the Worst Circumstances: Reflections on my travels to Rwanda and the DRC with Zainab Salbi

Zainab Salbi | Posted 06.07.2009 | Home

Read More: Women for Women International, Women's Empowerment, Drc, Women, Rwanda, Home News

By Sara Sykes Women for Women International In the Women for Women International headquarters office in Washington DC, I sit in a small office everyd...

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Tackling Malaria: Making Headway Against a Killer

Karl Hofmann | Posted 06.01.2009 | World

Read More: Rwanda, Malaria, Mosquito Nets, Global Health, World Malaria Day, World News

Under the Rwandan government's leadership, we threw every possible malaria intervention at the disease -- nets, drugs, household spraying and local capacity-building -- and we did it faster than ever.

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Why We Remember

Bernard-Henri Lévy | Posted 05.22.2009 | World

I call for another Conference, truly antiracist, truly faithful to the ideals of the United Nations. Let's forget about Durban II. Let's prepare for Geneva III.

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Electrifying Health Care in Rwanda

Josh Ruxin | Posted 05.18.2009 | World

Read More: Rwanda, Earth Day, Health, Solar Panels, Renewable Energy, Public Health, Solar Energy Projects, Solar Power, Earth Day 2009, World News

Solar power needs to be integrated into public health approaches across Africa going forward, just as AIDS drugs have been during the past several years.

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A New Hope to End Genocide

Andrew Slack | Posted 05.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Star Wars, Rwanda Genocide, Yes We Can, Genocide Prevention Month, Kerry, Hope, Darfur, Genocide, Obama, Harry Potter, Rwanda, Politics News

Does the Obama administration plan to commemorate the Rwandan genocide by letting another innocent 1,000,000 Africans die?

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Wading Through the Remnants of a War-Torn Country

Catholic Relief Services | Posted 05.15.2009 | World

Read More: Fdlr, Democratic Republic of Congo, Genocide, Catholic Relief Services, Lake Kivu, Congo, Cndp, Rwanda, Mobutu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Goma-Democratic Republic of the Congo, World News

There we were in a bobbing quandary, broken and almost out of steam, lacking any apparent forward movement, a rudderless metaphor for the people of the Congo

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DRC: Nkunda Languishes While Women Are Raped

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.14.2009 | World

Read More: War Crimes, Drc, Women, Nkunda, Rape, Exploitation, Human Rights Watch, Joseph Kabila, Bosco Ntaganda, Paul Kagame, Congo, Rwanda, Ken Roth, World News

Human Rights Watch (HRW) is reporting ongoing brutal rapes by Rwandan rebel soldiers and regular Congolese army troops in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Fighting Poverty with Acumen

Marc Gunther | Posted 05.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Rwanda, d.light, LED Lights, Acumen Fund, Jacqueline Novogratz, Water Health International, The Blue Sweater, Business News

The Acumen Fund provides "patient capital" to for-profit businesses around the world that help people climb out of poverty.

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Rwanda 15 Years Later: A Survivor's Reflections

Jacqueline Murekatete | Posted 05.10.2009 | World

Read More: Darfur, Rwanda Genocide, Rwanda, Genocide Prevention Month, Holocaust, Darfur Genocide, Never Again, Genocide, World News

I ask myself what, if anything, the world had learned in the 15 years since the Rwandan tragedy? How close are we to fulfilling the vow of "Never Again" that was promised over 60 years ago?

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Rwanda: It Was 15 Years Ago Today

Jane Wells | Posted 05.08.2009 | World

Read More: Genocide, Candles, Darfur, 3 Generations, Hutus and Tutsis, Rwanda, World News

April 7th 1994 was the day the Rwandan genocide officially began. Over the following 100 days over 1 million Tutsi and moderate Hutus were murdered in...

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Stars Light 'Candles For Rwanda' For Genocide Survivors (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

Susan Morgan | Posted 05.08.2009 | World

Read More: Rwanda Genocide, Forest Whitaker, Tony Blair, Nancy Pelosi, Genocide, Sandra Bullock, Celebrity, Clive Owen, Desmond Tutu, Ben Affleck, Africa, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Rwanda, World News

On this tragic anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, 10,000 candles are being lit in Kigali. The ceremony is the beginning of a mass global remembrance, which will continue for a hundred days.

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Remembering The Rwandan Genocide 15 Years Later (SLIDESHOW)

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.07.2009 | World

Read More: Ictr, Alison-Des-Forges, Hutu, Democratic Republic of Congo, Bosco Ntaganda, Tutsi, Genocide, Pail Kagame, Congo, Rwanda, Banyamulenge, Africa, Slideshow, Rwanda Genocide Anniversary, Rwanda Genocide Photos, Rwanda Genocide, World News

The images in this report are atrocious and in some cases obscene. But, they speak the truth of what happened during 100 days in 1994.

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