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...offending country. Press freedom, however, is more than just a matter of domestic policy; independent scrutiny of the government is a fundamental human right, and a vital part of any functioning democratic society. After all, it was journalists who discovered many of the mass graves resulting from Serbian ethnic cleansing in the nineties and a myriad of corruption cases in Latin America over the decades. Just as loans are suspended to nations that engage in terrorism, weapons proliferation, or genocide, closure of media outlets must be seen as a similar assault on basic freedoms. Without the press, digging out human...
...reports of militiamen decamping to Kirkuk in force may be inaccurate. According to Iraqi laws designed to preserve the fragile ethnic balance of the city, no one can move into Kirkuk without the permission of the Kirkuk governorate, and that permission has not been granted, according to Rebwar Talabani, the deputy governor of Kirkuk. A small number of families have fled to Kirkuk from Baghdad, "but we will not accept them as citizens of Kirkuk and we will not allow them to stay here," he said. "What people say about the Sadr movement is exaggerated by the media...
...largest and most disciplined in Iraq, and would be a formidable guerrilla force if fighting started in the mountains of their homeland. On the other hand, many Shi'ites have insisted that if the new Iraqi government is going to crack down on and try to disband ethnic militias, then the Peshmerga shouldn't be exempted...
Deogratias: A Tale of Rwanda by Jean-Philippe Stassen, a Belgian who lives in Rwanda, makes the greatest impression of this first round of books. First there is its setting, modern Rwanda, just after the ethnic massacres of 1994 that left 800,000 people dead in 100 days. Rich in authentic cultural and environmental detail, the book's authority is established within a few pages, putting you in a world never seen before in the medium. A harrowing tale about a madman, Deogratias, who imagines himself a dog, the story moves back and forth in time before and after...
...ethnic groups in this country, African-Americans are among the most churchgoing,” Hylden writes in an e-mail, noting that more and more African-Americans are attending the University...