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Does duty call in Libya?
On Independence Day in 1821, then-Secretary of State John Quincy Adams delivered an address on foreign policy to Congress. The question that preoccupied them all at that moment was how to respond to the wave of revolutionary independence movements...Tags: Nazi Party, The New York Times, Disasters and Accidents, U.S. Military, Spain
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Did Obama avert a bloodbath in Libya?
Remember when a crusading president, acting on dubious intelligence, insufficient information and exaggerated fears, took the nation into a Middle Eastern war of choice? That was George W. Bush in 2003, invading Iraq. But it's also Barack Obama in 2011,...Tags: Mushrooms, Muammar Gaddafi, Murder, Barack Obama, Iraq
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Looking to the future
Jean-Pierre Niyikora's story is told without tears, but with a sense of direct honesty that shows he still hurts. Yet, when he's asked about returning to Rwanda, the country where he was born - but also the country where his parents, most of his...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Africa, Education, Family
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EGYPT: Cairo scoffs at new Nile water agreement
Babylon & BeyondEgypt, the largest user of Nile River water, has played down the importance of a new Nile Basin Cooperative Framework agreement that could limit how much water flows into the country. The treaty, signed Friday by Rwanda, Ethiopia, Uganda and...... -
Summer accessories that give back
All The RageI stopped by a cute party at the Rose Café in Venice on Wednesday night for a pop-up store with an ethical bent. The event was called A Night of Ethical Shopping, and there was jewelry for sale from Hands...... -
Tracy Kidder tries to transcribe human lives
![Tracy Kidder's 2003 book, "Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World," inspired legions of young people to go out and do something for the poor and disenfranchised. It also lighted a fire under donors -- the checks came pouring in to Farmer's Boston-based organization, Partners in Health, which builds medical clinics in poor communities around the world.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2009-08/48750623-21104155.gif "Tracy Kidder's 2003 book, "Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World,\" inspired legions of young people to go out and do something for the poor and disenfranchised. It also lighted a fire under donors -- the checks came pouring in to Farmer's Boston-based organization, Partners in Health, which builds medical clinics in poor communities around the world.")
Tracy Kidder's 2003 book, "Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World," inspired legions of young people to go out and do something for the poor and disenfranchised. It also lighted a fire under donors --...Tags: Tuberculosis, Burundi, Murder, Tracy, Crimes
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Treating the sick without bias
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterTeboho mahate was shivering. He had trouble keeping his balance. He couldn't talk, and he had bitten his tongue. A seizure. "Any pain anywhere?" asked Dr. Jennifer Furin. Teboho, 14, held his head. Furin looked into his eyes, checking for dilated...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Tuberculosis, Finance, Employees, Bill Clinton
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The World's Elder Statesman
James Traub's latest book, "The Best Intentions: Kofi Annan and the U.N. in the Era of American World Power," will be published in October.THE CAREER of U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, which will come to an end Dec. 31 with the completion of his second five-year term, has been bookended by dramatic peacemaking trips to the Middle East. During the first, in February 1998, he headed off...Tags: Armed Conflicts, Israel, Lebanon, Lion (animal), Iraq
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Presentations on Bhutan, Malaysia and Africa
BHUTAN Presentation Robbie Green presents "Bhutan: Land of the Thunder Dragon," focusing on the nature, people, art and culture of this nation. When, where: 7:30 p.m. Monday at Distant Lands, 56 S. Raymond Ave., Pasadena. Admission, info: Free. RSVP...Tags: Malaysia, Bhutan, Pasadena (Los Angeles, California), Trips and Vacations, Los Angeles Times
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Our correspondents take you around the world to the Middle East and Africa
This is the second of three installments from the Tribune's foreign correspondents on their tips for finding the best of the best around the world.
Last week we covered Rome with Christine Spolar, Moscow with Alex J. Rodriguez and London with Tom...Tags: South Africa, Lebanon, Israel, Syria, Dining and Drinking
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Militia adds to region's troubles
Thousands of Hutu rebels with the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda, or FDLR, have brought instability and violence to eastern Congo for more than a decade. The rebels fled to the Democratic Republic of Congo after ethnic Tutsis seized power...Tags: Armed Forces, Congo, Wars and Interventions, Defense
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Tom Cruise May Season with 'Salt'
Zap2It.comColumbia Pictures is developing the spy thriller "Edwin A. Salt" as a possible starring vehicle for Tom Cruise. According to Variety, the studio is already in talks with "Hotel Rwanda" director Terry George to helm the film, which is based on a script by...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Jennifer Connelly, Salt, Bryan Singer, Politics
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