Landmine Victims Play Music

Beyond Angkor Wat: Sadness in Cambodia

Landmine Victims Play Music
Siem Reap, Cambodia - It's the woman with the infant in her arms. I can't take my eyes off her.  More than the other pictures of frightened children, of men with missing ears, their eyes swollen shut, or the faces reflecting sheer terror or numb acceptance, it is her face that mesmerizes me.  Maybe it's that she doesn't seem to know about the torture. 

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Recent Trends in the Politics of Thailand: Perspectives on Thaksin Shinawatr

"Thaaaaaak….sin, GET OUT!" shouted thousands of demonstrators near the Parliament Building in Bangkok, Thailand. The scene was heated. Speakers rotated on and off the main stage in front of the crowd. Their speeches were broadcasted down Outer Rachadamnern Road while people attentively sat down to listen, observed the scene and read pamphlets about the country's new danger, Thaksin Shinawatr, the 23rd Prime Minister of Thailand.  

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Bhutan’s Outsiders in Limbo

The broad leaves of banana trees obscure hundreds of rows of bamboo huts set out in compact grids that reach the fringes of the forest. The intersecting pathways are neatly swept, and many huts sport fenced gardens of white and yellow roses. Outside their huts, women sit and talk while they work at their wool looms. The men play carrom, a traditional board game, or drink tea while children play or attend school. Life seems tranquil in Beldangi II Extension.