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Symbol of Unhealed Congo: Male Rape Victims
By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN Published: August 4, 2009 GOMA, Congo — It was around 11 p.m. when armed men burst into Kazungu Ziwa’s hut, put a machete to his throat and yanked down his pants. Mr. Ziwa is a tiny man, about four feet, six inches tall.Funds Drying Up for Congo Rape Clinic (public)
By Scott Baldauf | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor from the October 24, 2008 edition Bukavu, Democratic Republic Of Congo - As a senior surgeon at a hospital in war-torn eastern Congo, Denis Mukwege expected that his workload would ease when a peace treaty was signed earlier this year. But while the war ended on paper, it continued on the ground. The combatants kept their weapons.Aid group: 400 massacred in eastern Congo
Ugandan rebels blamed for deaths since Christmas, Catholic charity says The Associated Press updated 5:45 p.m. CT, Tues., Dec. 30, 2008 NAIROBI, Kenya - Ugandan rebels have killed more than 400 people in northeastern Congo since Christmas, an aid agency said Tuesday.Ben Affleck Heads to the Congo
Ben Affleck is expanding his horizons--literally. The actor has signed up to join Nightline as a special correspondent reporting on the humanitarian crisis in the Congo. Affleck,35, who's first essay airs Thursday on ABC, took a Nightline crew into Africa with the goal of spreading the word on a story that gets relatively little notice in the U.S.The DORF Matrix: Towards a Theory of NPR's Taste in Black Music
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Posted Monday, October 12, 2009 4:07 PM | By Jody Rosen
In August, National Public Radio's flagship music program All Songs Considered published "The Best Music of 2009 (So Far)," a rundown of the top 30 songs and albums of the year-to-date as voted by the show's listeners.
The results of the survey suggest that the All Songs Considered audience has a fuzzy understanding of the word "all." "The Best Music of 2009 (So Far)" consists almost entirely of indie-rockers: acts like The Decemberists, Wilco, Grizzly Bear, Neko Case, Andrew Bird, Regina Spektor, and Animal Collective, the Brooklyn art-rock group that took the top spot in both the best songs and best albums tallies.
Tapping Our Future Is Destroying It
Below is my review of an article posted in the Scientific American Magazine, May 2009 and below is a link to the original article.
Could Food Shortages Bring Down Civilization or Perhaps a Summary of Humanity?
We owe some gratitude to Lester Brown for cleverly tackling such an important issue as food shortage and creating an awareness of this very real threat for our entire planet.
Children's Parliament Sets an Example for India's Politicians
When the Little Ones Run the Show VARANASI, India, May 13 -- As one of the most popular political figures in this impoverished northeastern Indian city, Tazim Ali fields round-the-clock cellphone calls about such everyday problems as child hunger, domestic violence and caste discrimination. The only thing that's unusual is that Tazim is 9. He's the 4-foot-tall president of the Varanasi children's parliament, the first body of its kind in India, which -- with 75 percent of its population younger than 35 -- is one of the world's most youthful nations.AP IMPACT: Secret tally has 87,215 Iraqis dead
By KIM GAMEL, Associated Press Writer Kim Gamel, Associated Press Writer BAGHDAD – Iraq's government has recorded 87,215 of its citizens killed since 2005 in violence ranging from catastrophic bombings to execution-style slayings, according to government statistics obtained by The Associated Press that break open one of the most closely guarded secrets of the war. Combined with tallies based on hospital sources and media reports since the beginning of the war and an in-depth review of available evidence by The Associated Press, the figures show that more than 110,600 Iraqis have died in violence since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. The number is a minimum count of violent deaths.Barack Obama’s India-Pakistan Mess
by Christopher Badeaux (The New Ledger) Barack Obama’s India-Pakistan Mess As an eight year-old boy, I had a handful of treasured possessions: A stuffed dog; a tiny Gizmo who would grow and distort in water (I religiously kept him dry, small, and cute); the first G.I. Joe Snake-Eyes action figure; and a 1983 World Almanac, marked up and annotated with news, trivia, and facts culled from every periodical, TV news program, and library book I could reach. Pretty standard, really.my birdies
just thought id share my birds. my budgies i have: tweetie midnight pheonix jupiter kyo summer pearl sydney punk pegusis bluis moonlight then i have 4 cockatiels: rhino billy charlie millie. 2 zebra finches snowy daze 1 african grey congo called demon hes my lil boy and can talk aswell
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