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FILM: Boys of Mass Destruction
By Katie Vandever
UNITED NATIONS - In a twist of realism, a new feature film, "Johnny Mad Dog", uses a cast of actual ex-child soldiers from Liberia to portray the violent lives of youth forced to participate in armed conflict.
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NORWAY: Make Africa's Tragedies Comic
By Tarjei Kidd Olsen
OSLO - How do you wake up comfortable Norwegians to the distressing realities of child deaths and maternal health in developing countries? Through the comic books they so love.
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BOOKS-US: Blogging Brobdingnagian Blowback
By Khody Akhavi
WASHINGTON - It was neoconservative pundit Charles Krauthammer who, in the wake of the Soviet Union's collapse, inaugurated Washington's unipolar moment.
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BOOKS: Muqtada - One Man's Meat, Another Man's Poison
By Mohammed A. Salih
WASHINGTON - "He is an American spy," the militiamen shouted at Patrick Cockburn four years ago in Kufa, south of Baghdad. He could have hardly imagined that he would live to write a book on the very people who kidnapped him.
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THEATRE-US: Desegregating Schools, Then the Supreme Court
By Lucy Komisar
NEW YORK - As Sen. Barack Obama prepares to accept the Democratic presidential nomination at a 75,000-seat football stadium in Denver, Colorado next month, a play on New York's Broadway takes audiences back to another iconic and groundbreaking figure in U.S. civil rights history.
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BOOKS: You're Not on Their Speed Dial
By Abra Pollock
WASHINGTON - Amidst the rise of multinational corporations, technology that unites people across borders, and new waves of international migration, globalisation has also ushered in the formation of a powerful network of elites who have access to unprecedented resources and influence -- and whose decision-making impacts the lives of millions across the globe.
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Q&A: Will Olympics Break China's Human Rights Paralysis?
Interview with Minky Worden, media director of Human Rights Watch
NEW YORK - Barely a month before the opening ceremony of the 29th Olympics in China, it remains uncertain whether the Chinese government will respect basic human rights and press freedom during the Games.
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LEBANON: Conflict Finds a Creative Side
By Mona Alami
BEIRUT - Can beauty arise from conflict? When looking at the art scene in the Middle East, where a fault line of political instability stretches from Lebanon, Syria and Israel to Iraq and Iran, the answer seems to be a resounding 'yes'.
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AFRICA: Artists Reflect on World Through Toys With A Difference
By Johan Eybers
JOHANNESBURG - It’s not child’s play to showcase ‘‘toys’’ made by artists reflecting on a changing world in African countries. Miniature construction vehicles from Malawi, next to a diminutive Nelson Mandela presiding over South Africa’s first democratic parliament, jostle for space with the Belgian comic hero Tintin on safari in the Congo – all captured in carefully crafted wood.
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RIGHTS-ARGENTINA: ‘The Other Final Match’
By Marcela Valente
BUENOS AIRES - Thirty years after Argentina won its first Football World Cup, human rights groups and former players will pay homage to the victims of the dictatorship ruling the country at the time.
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BOOKS-US: All Doughnuts Lead to the Pentagon
By Ali Gharib
WASHINGTON - U.S. defence spending in recent years has either matched or exceeded the military budgets of the rest of the world combined. Presented with that fact, the next logical question is, where is all the money going? The answer is simple: Everywhere.
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CUBA: The ‘Telenovela’ as Springboard for Public Debate
By Dalia Acosta
HAVANA - Months have gone by and he still receives suspicious calls on his cell-phone. Memories of a woman who became obsessed with him are triggered every time Chucho sees a popular prime time Brazilian TV "telenovela".
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RIGHTS-CHAD: "Africa's Pinochet" Still Eluding Justice
By Katie Vandever
UNITED NATIONS - Two years after the African Union mandated Senegal to conduct the trial of Chadian dictator Hissenè Habré, who is accused of thousands of political murders during his eight-year reign, the prosecution remains in limbo, six human rights groups complained in a joint statement Monday.
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BRAZIL: African Rhythms Open Prospects for High-Risk Youngsters
By Fabiana Frayssinet
SALVADOR DA BAHIA, Brazil - "Axé" is a word that means "positive energy or life force" in the Yoruba language of West Africa, an important concept in the Afro-Brazilian "candomblé" religion. For hundreds of children and young people involved in the Axé Project, it is indeed a force for life.
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BRAZIL: Delivery Boy Newshounds Show Life in Sao Paulo
By Mario Osava
RIO DE JANEIRO - Cleyton Perroni’s motorbike has been a part of his life since he was 12. But 19 years later, its role changed from recreation to an essential working tool as, equipped with a cell phone, he became a reporter of daily life in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo.
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