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Worst 10 Humanitarian Crises Of 2008

Doctors Without Borders | Posted 12.22.2008 | World

Read More: Worst Ten Humanistarian Crises, Top Ten Humanitarian Crises, Top Ten, Zimbabwe, Sudan, Pakistan, Doctors Without Borders, Burma, Somalia, Iran, Congo, Iraq, Lists, World News

Massive forced civilian displacements, violence, and unmet medical needs in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia, Iraq, Sudan, and Pakistan, alon...

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Burma's Junta Doesn't See Humor in Zargana's Comedy

Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 12.12.2008 | Home

Read More: Freedom of Speech, US Election, Marc Kielburger, Tina Fey, Jon Stewart, Craig Kielburger, Comedy, Burma, Home News

When it comes to comedian Zargana, no one's laughing. Any person who has ever performed knows how hard this can be. In comedy, moments of silence fee...

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Journalists Caught In Crackdown By Myanmar Junta

AP | Posted 11.30.2008 | World

Read More: Un Declaration of Human Rights, Freedom of the Press, Press Freedom, Human Rights, Myanmar Protests, Burmese Junta, Myanmar, Myanmar Nation, Burma, Thet Zin, Sein Win Maung, Burmese Protests, World News

YANGON, Myanmar — A court in military-controlled Myanmar has imprisoned two journalists for seven years each for undermining the country's rulin...

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Why The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Needs Reform

Andrew Woods | Posted 11.26.2008 | Business

Read More: Human Rights, Ecuador, Enviornmental Law, Chevron, Burma, Bowoto, Newmont Mining Company, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Bowoto v. Chevron, Oil, Nigeria, Corruption, Big Oil, Business News
Andrew Woods

Paying the soldiers of foreign countries to moonlight as a private security force is an inherently corrupting practice that undermines the rule of law and the neutrality of a foreign army.

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Free Zarganar

Buddy Winston | Posted 11.21.2008 | Home

Read More: Burma Human Rights, Comedians, Human Rights, Burma, Comic, Comedy, Civil Rights, Zarganar, Home News
Buddy Winston

Popular Burmese comic Zarganar has received a 45 year prison sentence by the Burma government for violating the Electronics Act, which regulates elec...

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A Protesting Poet Pays Dearly In Burma

John Lundberg | Posted 11.17.2008 | Living

Read More: Poetic Life, Love Journal, Saw Wai, Poetry, 14th February Poem, Burma, International, Living News
John Lundberg

Last year, a Burmese poet named Saw Wai published a Valentine's Day poem in the aptly named Love Journal, a popular Burmese magazine. His poem, entitl...

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China's Deadly Investments

John Prendergast | Posted 09.30.2008 | Business

Read More: Darfur, Human Rights, China Oil, Zimbabwe, Burma, Genocide, United Nations, Sudan, UN Security Council, China, China Human Rights, Business News
John Prendergast

Washington and activists around the world need to focus on Beijing's investment strategy -- its economic interests are undermined by its present foreign policy and offering China real alternatives.

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First Presidential Debate Shortchanges The World

Susan Morgan and Jirair Ratevosian | Posted 09.29.2008 | Home

Read More: Darfur, HIV/AIDS, John McCain, Human Rights, Zimbabwe, Economic Crisis, Domestic Policy, Burma, Genocide, Commission on Presidential Debates, Global Poverty, Presidential Debates, Congo, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Home News
Susan Morgan and Jirair Ratevosian

Sorry, world. Now that the United States has its own economic crisis, we're apparently too busy to discuss issues like genocide, global poverty, AIDS and the vast array of problems that affect the majority of the global community.

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Bush Goes Looking for Relevance, A Legacy in Asia

Erika Fry | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Thailand Insurgency, Burma, George W. Bush, Burma Junta, Myanmar, Myanmar Protests, Laura Bush Myanmar, Torture Southeast Asia, Rendition, Extraordinary Rendition, Politics News
Erika Fry

While in Bangkok, Bush plans to meet Burmese activists, which may be his best last chance to reshape a legacy here, now dominated by his outsourcing of US torture to Thailand.

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8.8.08: A Day of Olympic Proportions for Burma

Jerri Chou | Posted 08.07.2008 | Living

Read More: Women and Politics, Nonprofits, Women's Rights, Human Rights, Olympics, Rule of Law, Burma, Living News
Jerri Chou

8.8.08 marks the 20th anniversary of the 8,888 student massacre in Burma, the largest protest against the military junta to date, making it a solemn and emotional tandem to the Olympic games.

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Corporations And Human Rights Abuses In Burma

Jennifer Winstanley | Posted 07.31.2008 | Living

Read More: Human Rights, Refugees, Foreign Investment, Burma, Corporations, Giving, The Giving Life, Living News
Jennifer Winstanley

It is easy to point the finger at the Burmese government but what about the corporations that turn a blind eye to massive human rights violations carried out by the military in the course of the joint projects?

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Congress Bows To Big Oil In Burma

The Washington Independent | Mike Lillies | Posted 07.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Tom Lantos, Congress, Chevron, Burma, Big Oil, Business News

Caving to big oil demands, the Senate on Tuesday approved a plan that intensifies trade sanctions against Burma's military regime but abandons an earl...

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Human Rights Abuses In Burma

Indagare | Ka Hsaw Wa | Posted 07.20.2008 | Living

Read More: Burma, Human Rights Burma, The Giving Life, Living News

"For years I have clandestinely interviewed strong and resolute people who 
have suffered human rights abuses in Burma, mostly documenting the pligh...

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What in the World Can Obama Do?

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Al Qaeda, Iran, The Middle East, Natural Disasters, John McCain, Burma, Presidential Campaign, Middle East, Terrorism, Environment., International Relief Organizations, Barack Obama, Humanitarian Relief, Foreign Policy, Politics News
Amb. Marc Ginsberg

The institutions created after World War II, while serving us well in many instances, seem not up to the task to take on this century's challenges. Here are several doable big-think ideas for Obama.

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Dispatch From A Burmese Refugee Camp

Indagare.com | Tiffany Schauer | Posted 07.06.2008 | Living

Read More: Burmese Refugee Camps, Earthrights International, The Giving Life, Burma, Mae Sot, Mae La Burmese Refugee Camp, Living News

"Waking up in Mae Sot. Mae Sot is not a tourist destination. There are virtually no traveler accommodations except for backpacker level guesthouses. A...

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Attacks on Gene Sharp and Albert Einstein Institution Unwarranted

Stephen Zunes | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Albert Einstein Institution, Human Rights, Venezuela, Burma, Gene Sharp, Ned, Democracy, Democracy Promotion, Non-Violence, Neo-Con Agenda, Politics News
Stephen Zunes

Sharp has inspired generations of progressives around the world. So why are foreign governments claiming that he and his small research institute are key players in a Bush administration plot against them?

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Ricky Gervais Of 'The Office' In The Latest Burma Campaign PSA (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Sean Morrow | Posted 06.26.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Burma Human Rights, Burma Cyclone, Ricky Gervais, Video, Psa, Burma, The Office, Public Service Announcement, Sarah Silverman, Ellen Page, Will Ferrell, Tila Tequila, Judd Apatow, Ricky Gervais Burma, Burma Campaign, Will Ferrell Burma, Entertainment News

The Burma Campaign, a UK based human rights organization focused on the Burma Crisis has followed in the steps of the US Campaign for Burma (whose vi...

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The US Must Do More for Burma

Jared Genser | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Burma Cyclone, Burma Human Rights, Burma Junta, Burma Aid Corruption, George W. Bush, Cyclone Nargis, Cyclone, Burma, Bush Burma, Politics News
Jared Genser

The Burmese regime has urged that humanitarian aid not be "politicized," but its using the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis to tighten its grip on power while excluding to help its own people.

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Contraband Images Escape Online From Burma

Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 06.17.2008 | Home

Read More: Myanmar Cyclone, Myanmar, Cyclone Nargis, Burma, Burma Cyclone, Burma Aid, Burma Information Control, Burma Junta, Burma Censorship, Burma Information, Home News
Hanna Ingber Win

The last thing the junta wants is to have its people travel to the cyclone devastated areas, take photographs and then send the images abroad. But that's what my friend did, and here they are.

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In Obama's America, Road to Power No Longer Runs Through Law Firms

Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 06.14.2008 | Business

Read More: Doug Goodyear, Gale Norton, Mark Rey, Law, McCain Lobbyists, John McCain, Lawyers, Burma, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Jim Johnson VP, The Trap, Andy Card, Law School, Daniel Brook, American Forest & Paper Association, Barack Obama, Attorneys, Yale Law, Business News
Glenn Hurowitz

Lawyers will soon have to choose: spend your career serving your country, or spend it serving your corporation. But we have to make sure that those who embrace public service can make a decent living.

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Helping Those Who Don't Want Help

Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 06.13.2008 | Home

Read More: Marc Kielburger, Burma, Myanmar, Craig Kielburger, Cyclone, Home News

Humanitarian workers are scrambling to make up for lost time. The world was in disbelief when the Burmese government closed its borders followin...

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Period Panties Protest

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 06.09.2008 | Living

Read More: Menstruation, Rape, Sharon Stone, Victoria's Secret, Underpants, Crimes Against Women, Panties for Peace, Thailand, Myanmar, Lindsay Logan, Human Trafficking, Sexual Slavery, Junta, Period, Underwear, Burma, Sex Slaves, Karma, Protests, Upskirting, Women's Underwear, Period Panties, Cyclones, China, Ralph Lauren, Political Protest, Panties, The Giving Life, Living News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

I always knew my undies were powerful. In college someone went to the trouble of breaking into my apartment to steal them. (Side story: the perp wa...

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Myanmar Forcing Cyclone Victims Into Menial Labor For Food : Amnesty International

AP | Posted 06.05.2008 | Living

Read More: Myanmar, Burma, Myanmar Junta, Cyclone Myanmar Cyclone, Burma Cyclone, Cyclone Victims, Cyclone Victims Food, Myanmar Government, Myanmar Work for Food, Myanmar Labor for Food, Living News

YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar's military junta has detained a popular comedian who had just returned from an aid trip to the cyclone-ravaged delta, ...

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Is God A Cosmic Monster?

John W. Whitehead | Posted 06.02.2008 | Living

Read More: Christianity, Natural Disasters, Philosophy, God, China Earthquake, Burma, Living News
John W. Whitehead

"I am more afraid that we are really rats in a trap. Or, worse still, rats in a laboratory. Someone said, I believe, 'God always geometrizes.' Supposi...

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A Bilious Situation

Lapham's Quarterly | Posted 05.30.2008 | Living

Read More: Burma Cyclone, Myanmar Cyclone, Cholera Outbreak, Myanmar, Burma, Living News
Lapham's Quarterly

With germ theory still in its infancy, London physician John Snow debunked the fallacy of the "miasma theory," which held that foul air, and not contaminated water, communicated cholera from one Londoner to another.

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