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Judgment without borders
![<em style="signature"></em> 'He may be a sonofabitch," President Franklin Roosevelt is supposed to have muttered, referring to a Nicaraguan dictator, "but he is our sonofabitch."](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2008-10/42738551-04012803.JPG "<em style="signature\"></em> 'He may be a sonofabitch,\" President Franklin Roosevelt is supposed to have muttered, referring to a Nicaraguan dictator, \"but he is our sonofabitch.\"")
'He may be a sonofabitch," President Franklin Roosevelt is supposed to have muttered, referring to a Nicaraguan dictator, "but he is our sonofabitch."
That is foreign policy realism in a nutshell -- straightforward, practical, pursuing the national...Tags: Diplomacy, Crimes, Henry Kissinger, Africa, Washington (U.S. state)
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Feed to lead
![The Times' <a href="/la-oew-fooddiplomacy,0,5191070.storygallery">editorial series on food diplomacy</a> explores the possibility that the United States could improve its global image and enhance national security by launching "a high-profile food diplomacy initiative planned, funded and executed for the purpose of improving national security through humanitarian means." So far the series has examined the , the and the potential .](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2008-06/39702489-23194156.jpg "The Times' <a href="/la-oew-fooddiplomacy,0,5191070.storygallery\">editorial series on food diplomacy</a> explores the possibility that the United States could improve its global image and enhance national security by launching \"a high-profile food diplomacy initiative planned, funded and executed for the purpose of improving national security through humanitarian means.\" So far the series has examined the , the and the potential .")
The Times' editorial series on food diplomacy explores the possibility that the United States could improve its global image and enhance national security by launching "a high-profile food diplomacy initiative planned, funded and executed for the...Tags: Taliban, Illinois, Diplomacy, Marine Science, Medical Services
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'A Thousand Hills: Rwanda's Rebirth and the Man Who Dreamed It,' by Stephen Kinzer
In one great funnel of humanity, half a million refugees came down the road, all at once. It was Rwanda, November 1996, and those of us there as witnesses were awestruck, not only by the ragged spectacle but also the stakes involved. Among those returning...Tags: Crimes, Uganda, Massacres, Wars and Interventions, Genocide
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Nominated documentary short films are all winners
Times Staff WriterBig subjects will come in small packages Friday when the American Cinematheque screens the four Academy Award-nominated documentary shorts. The powerful, densely informative films, ranging from 27 to 40 minutes, tell stories from Africa, Asia and the U.S....Tags: Crimes, Studs Terkel, Africa, The New York Times, Movies
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Statement from National Geographic
Paul Salopek, who was traveling in Africa to report on the culture and history of the Sahel for National Geographic magazine, was detained by Sudanese authorities and on Aug. 26 charged with espionage in a North Darfur court in El Fashir, Sudan....Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Crimes, Periodicals, Africa, Chicago Tribune
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2 Rwandan Doctors Visiting Spokane
Staff reporterSPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - Doctors from Spokane and Rwanda are working together to improve health care in that African nation. Teams of surgeons, nurses and other medical professionals from Spokane have traveled to the central African nation in the past...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Hospitals and Clinics, Africa, Health
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Facing a mess of issues
![During last year's Oscar race, the only topic that was even vaguely controversial was whether it was possible, or fair, for "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" to win all 11 of its nominated categories. (It did.) This year, as if in backlash against the dreamy-landscape-hobbit thing, Hollywood has honored feature films about genocide, abortion and euthanasia (as well as mental illness, artistic angst and alcoholism, but those are pretty much old standards, aren't they?).](http://www.calendarlive.com/media/thumbnails/story/2005-01/16036817.jpg "During last year's Oscar race, the only topic that was even vaguely controversial was whether it was possible, or fair, for "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King\" to win all 11 of its nominated categories. (It did.) This year, as if in backlash against the dreamy-landscape-hobbit thing, Hollywood has honored feature films about genocide, abortion and euthanasia (as well as mental illness, artistic angst and alcoholism, but those are pretty much old standards, aren't they?).")
Times Staff WriterDuring last year's Oscar race, the only topic that was even vaguely controversial was whether it was possible, or fair, for "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" to win all 11 of its nominated categories. (It did.) This year, as if in backlash...Tags: Crimes, Massacres, Genocide, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Movies
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Instinct
FOR THE TIMESFriday June 4, 1999 Anthony Hopkins may no longer hold the title of World's Greatest English-Speaking Film Actor (the un-Oscared Ian McKellen would seem the better candidate, given Hopkins' recent, careless choices), but he's still a weighty,...Tags: Crimes, Stan Winston, Milos Forman, Romance (genre), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (movie)
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Genocide survivors discuss how to cope
Genocide survivors from across the globe gathered in Rwanda on Sunday to open a conference to share traumas and commemorate massacres they vowed must never be allowed to happen again. Rwandans, Armenians, Jews, Cambodians and Bosnians are among those...Tags: Crimes, Massacres, Genocide, Death, News Media
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Misty-eyed on a search for gorillas in Bwindi
Chicago TribuneBwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda You wake up fast when there's a 400-pound gorilla standing outside your tent. "Ruth!" I called over in something of a whisper-yell to the woman in the tent next to mine. "Ruth! Wake up! There's a gorilla out...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Crimes, Africa, Travel, Nature
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'Shake Hands With the Devil'
!["I wish I could turn back right now," retired Canadian Lt. Gen. Roméo Dallaire says meaningfully as he looks out the airplane window. "To me it seems like going back into hell." By the end of "Shake Hands With the Devil," the compelling, overwhelming documentary record of that journey (which won a deserved audience award at Sundance), no one could fail to understand why.](http://www.calendarlive.com/media/thumbnails/story/2005-06/17846885.jpg ""I wish I could turn back right now,\" retired Canadian Lt. Gen. Roméo Dallaire says meaningfully as he looks out the airplane window. \"To me it seems like going back into hell.\" By the end of \"Shake Hands With the Devil,\" the compelling, overwhelming documentary record of that journey (which won a deserved audience award at Sundance), no one could fail to understand why.")
Times Staff Writer"I wish I could turn back right now," retired Canadian Lt. Gen. Roméo Dallaire says meaningfully as he looks out the airplane window. "To me it seems like going back into hell." By the end of "Shake Hands With the Devil," the compelling, overwhelming...Tags: Massacres, Wars and Interventions, Los Angeles, Movies, Death
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Movie review: 'Hotel Rwanda'
TRIBUNE MOVIE CRITIC3½ stars (out of 4) In "Hotel Rwanda," Don Cheadle gives a phenomenal performance as a real-life hero: Paul Rusesabagina, a quiet, meticulous Rwandan hotel manager who, in the face of chaos and slaughter, became an unlikely savior. In the maelstrom's...Tags: Ray (movie), Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Movies, Death, Jamie Foxx
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