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Mar.19.2011
Monday, March 21, 2011, will mark the 45th anniversary of the United Nations' (UN) observance of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. In observance of the day, the UN has previously hosted such events as webcasts that address ways people can help end racism and...
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Feb.22.2011
Out of the 250,000 deaths caused by natural disasters in 2010, the overwhelming bulk of them occurred when the massive 7-point earthquake struck Haiti on January 12 and took some 230,000 lives, prompting concerted relief efforts that are going on to this day. A major part of those efforts has been...
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Jan.25.2011
With the United Nation's proclamation of the year 2011 as the "International Year
for People of African Descent," the annual Black History Month observed by African Americans for nearly a century will reflect a deeper significance when it kicks off next week.
The proclamation was first...
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Aug.05.2009
I am always worried I will run out of paper or pencils and pens, money or brain matter before I die.
As an immigrant, I have only my memories to stand on, and so I am worried about my writing.
As a political dissident, I can't go home to Burma anytime soon, as long as the present junta stays in...
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Jul.09.2009
http://www.upiasia.com/Politics/2009/07/08/burma_and_ban_ki-moon_the_end...
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