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Lisa Schirch

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A Diplomatic Surge in Afghanistan?

Lisa Schirch | Posted May 25, 2011 | Politics


Afghan President Hamid Karzai will unveil new reconciliation efforts with the Taliban at this week's London Conference on Afghanistan's political future. After US President Barack Obama's announcement of another troop surge last month, Afghans have been asking: "Where is the diplomatic surge to address the root causes of Afghanistan's turmoil?"

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Marian Salzman

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Generation Real-Time

Marian Salzman | Posted May 25, 2011 | World


A few years ago I was publicly fretting over the arrival of millennials--young people in the generation after X--in the workplace. I described how these new adults would bring with them a sense of entitlement, a need for constant praise, a habit of multitasking to the point of distraction and...

Oleg Kozlovsky

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Russian Activist Uses Blog-Power to Beat FSB

Oleg Kozlovsky | Posted May 25, 2011 | Media


A lot of pessimists In Russia and abroad say that our country is so badly lost, so hopeless that you can't really change anything "from below," i.e. on the citizens' level. I consider them just as wrong as the opposite extreme—bullish optimists who see no problems in Russia and believe...

Emile Hirsch

Confronting Cholera: My Zimbabwe Diary

Emile Hirsch | Posted May 25, 2011 | World


The following events took place in April 2009, when I was privileged enough to be invited by Oxfam America to learn about their programs abroad. Focusing primarily on the rampant Cholera epidemic, but also on the importance of sanitation systems and crumbling economies, the diary feels especially timely now, given...

Ademola Bello

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Al-Qaeda in Nigeria: Grazing in the Sahara

Ademola Bello | Posted May 25, 2011 | World


The following article is cross-posted on RealClearWorld.

As a Nigerian who was born a Muslim and who was once attacked by militants who held a gun to my head and accused me of abandoning the faith because my play Bondage criticized Sharia law, I am saddened that...

Anne Mai Bertelsen

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Make the Right Donations: Create a "Give Registry"

Anne Mai Bertelsen | Posted May 25, 2011 | Impact


The devastation of the Haiti earthquake has motivated thousands of well intentioned individuals and groups to provide support and assistance. Yet, so often in the most critical early days of a disaster, our good intentions -- driven by the initial shock and horror -- lead us into actions that are...

Wajahat Ali

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Muslims Helping Haiti

Wajahat Ali | Posted May 25, 2011 | World


Haiti is experiencing unimaginable suffering from its devastating earthquake, with more than 150,000 dead and one to three million individuals displaced. Individuals, groups and governments from around the world have stepped in to do what they can. United by their religious tradition of charity, Muslims have emerged as effective partners...

Lisa Conte

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Why a Gates Foundation Gift Was Not Enough for Haiti's Children

Lisa Conte | Posted May 25, 2011 | World


The post-earthquake horror in Haiti and the nation's desperate need for aid, as we learn from Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, is not going away anytime soon. For me, the area of greatest concern is the Haitians' lack of access to clean drinking water. The repercussions go far...

Jeff Katz

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Haitian Adoption: What It Says About America

Jeff Katz | Posted May 25, 2011 | World


The New York Times published a magnificent story about the Heaton family of Roca, Nebraska (population 130), who are in the process of adopting two Haitian girls, ages 7 and 2. Like 900 other Haitian children just flown to the United States, these children had been in the...

Julia Moulden

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Nominate A Journalist For Haiti Coverage

Julia Moulden | Posted May 25, 2011 | Living


The devastation of Haiti has captured the world's attention. Wouldn't it be great to say 'thank you' to the people who've brought us the news and put a human face on what's happening on that tiny island nation?

The Dart Awards for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma is...

Alison van Diggelen

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Global Warming: It's Too Late

Alison van Diggelen | Posted May 25, 2011 | Green


In an exclusive Fresh Dialogues interview, Robert Ballard, ocean explorer of Titanic fame says, "If you want to know the truth: it's too late. All the ice is going to melt. There's a lag and it's already in the system."

Ballard, a...

John Norris

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Dispatch from Congo: Ferocious Attacks by the Lord's Resistance Army

John Norris | Posted May 25, 2011 | World


Many of the stories Enough's field researchers hear while immersed in their work in some of the world's worst conflict zones don't make it into our policy reports, press releases and Congressional testimony. Indeed, as each field researcher can attest, some of the most compelling stories and interactions...

Niko Kyriakou

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Swine Flu Didn't Fly

Niko Kyriakou | Posted May 25, 2011 | World


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For makers of the swine flu vaccine, 2009 was a year to remember. By June, CSL Limited's annual profits had risen 63 percent over 2008. GlaxoSmithKine's 2009 earnings spiked 30 percent in the third quarter alone, to $2.19 billion. Roche made a stunning 12...

Ashley Rindsberg

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The Real Culture Wars: Big Music, Hollywood, and Silicon Valley

Ashley Rindsberg | Posted May 25, 2011 | Entertainment


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Who are we kidding -- we have no culture. Don't get me wrong, there is a cultural force in America that produces painting, cinema, music, and literature. But in no sense is it ours. Culture today is owned, operated and, in the final...

Josh Sternberg

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Holocaust Memorial Day and Arson in Crete

Josh Sternberg | Posted May 25, 2011 | World


Sixty-five years ago today, Soviet troops walked under the sign "Arbeit Macht Frei" not knowing the cruel joke the Nazis were making. Once inside, they found "hundreds of thousands of...

John Norris

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Dispatch from Congo: 'We Are Being Exterminated'

John Norris | Posted May 25, 2011 | World


Many of the stories Enough's field researchers hear while immersed in their work in some of the world's worst conflict zones don't make it into our policy reports, press releases, and Congressional testimony. Indeed, as each field researcher can attest, some of the most compelling stories and interactions...

Carolyn Makinson

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Haiti: Women and Girls at Risk

Carolyn Makinson | Posted May 25, 2011 | Impact


Imagine being nine months pregnant, ready to give birth, when your life is turned upside down. You have nowhere to live, and your local hospital is in ruins. Even if you weren't planning to give birth in a hospital, you at least expected to have a bed, running water and...

Anushay Hossain

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For France Banning The Burqa Is Not The Answer

Anushay Hossain | Posted May 25, 2011 | World


The issue of banning the burqa in France has generated so much heat over the past few months that one would assume the ban had already come into effect. Not so.

Since French President Nicolas Sarkozy famously stated, "The burqa is not a religious sign, it is a sign...

Hajo Meyer

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An Ethical Tradition Betrayed

Hajo Meyer | Posted May 25, 2011 | World


I was 20 years old when Auschwitz was liberated by the Soviet army 55 years ago. This occurred just in time because 10 months imprisonment in Auschwitz-Gleiwitz-1 had weakened me considerably. One needed a hell of a lot of luck in order to survive that long under the circumstances in...

Esther J. Cepeda

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A Message to Those Hating on Haiti: Consider Yourself Hugged

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted May 25, 2011 | Chicago


Our constitutionally protected freedom of speech is a beautiful thing. "The freedom to speak without censorship and/or limitation," as Wikipedia so elegantly puts it, is

the synonymous term freedom of expression, sometimes used to indicate not only freedom of verbal speech but any act of seeking, receiving and imparting information...
UNFPA

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Pregnant and Vulnerable: Meeting the Needs of Women in Haiti

UNFPA | Posted May 25, 2011 | World


The following article was written by Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

When crisis strikes, women continue to get pregnant and give birth, and they may face rising violence. Humanitarian aid to protect their sexual and reproductive health is urgently needed.

Even before the earthquake, Haiti...

Bob Libal

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Devastated then Detained: Will the US Incarcerate Haitians at Gitmo?

Bob Libal | Posted May 25, 2011 | World


In the wake of devastation following this month's earthquake in Haiti and the ongoing problems delivering aid to Port-au-Prince, the State Department has begun identifying assets to deal with a potential immigration influx to the United States. Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, better known for its questionably legal military operations, emerged as...

Sabria Jawhar

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Saudi Flogging of Spoiled Brat Only Part of the Story

Sabria Jawhar | Posted May 25, 2011 | World


Things are getting a little out of hand in Jubail, Saudi Arabia. Apparently a public girls school is at the center of an international uproar over the lashing and prison sentence of a young woman found guilty of assaulting the school's headmistress.

Originally it was reported in the media that...

James Ross

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Seeking Justice after Sri Lanka's Elections

James Ross | Posted May 25, 2011 | World


The decisive re-election of Sri Lanka's Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday presents the president with a momentous choice. He can continue the Sinhalese nationalist policies that defined his first term, or he can address the serious grievances of the minority Tamil population that lay behind the country's 26-year-long civil war. That turnout...