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78Documentary - 'Sand and Sorrow'
It would perhaps be fair to say that one of the first great tragedies of the 21st century passed by almost unnoticed by the rest of the world. Sand and Sorrow covers the displacement, and attempted genocide, of the indigenous Sudanese people by the...
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79Making a Monster Famous
An example of one of the several campaign signs devoted to finding and arresting Kony in 2012. Knowledge of the atrocities committed by Joseph Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army is over 20 years old. Therefore, he and is army aren't news. However,...
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75After the Fire: Eggers What is the What
Eggers, Dave. What is the What. McSweeney's, 2006 Dave Eggers unabashedly sources his fiction in the lives and experiences of real people. Recently, one of the sources for his fiction is in the news for crimes unrelated to the heroism he...
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54Celebrities and charity: Do they care that you care that they care?
I think it is safe to say that celebrities do a great job at blurring the line between reality and fantasy. The lives of celebrities have been as popular, if not more so, than the products of their chosen fields. Given the utter saturation of media...
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68Human Rights and International Law
“All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood,” as stated in Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights...
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61Kidnapping Groups in Darfur
Kidnappings in Darfur degrade the efforts of the international peacekeepers and aid workers operating in the region. There has been an escalation in kidnapping activity since the International Criminal Court first indicted President al-Bashir for...
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59Darfur Rebel Group Suspends Participation in Peace Talks
According to 6 April press reporting, a Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) spokesperson issued a statement declaring the Darfur rebel group would once again withdraw its participation from the ongoing peace negotiations in Doha, Qatar. JEM stated...
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64First Female Peacekeeper Killed in Darfur
Press reporting indicates on 5 April, a group of unknown gunmen ambushed a United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) police patrol near Kutum, Northern Darfur. The gunmen killed one policewoman and abducted two others. After fleeing...
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72Contemporary Activists Autographs
As an event videographer for Columbia University, C-SPAN and others in New York City from 1999 until 2008 (and a few times since then), I was assigned to help cover hundreds of the education, business, literary, political, media, law and medical...
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64Ten Things You Need to Know About Darfur
Have you been the one who looks at a T-shirt that says “Save Darfur” on it and asked, “Who’s Darfur?” only to be laughed at or frowned upon? Are you curious about what’s actually going on in that obscure, remote place called “Darfur”...
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