A downed Chadian army helicopter lies in the desert sands just outside Abeche.
In Abeche now, the day was very calm. After checking with various people about the security situation, we took a drive up north to Biltin to have a chat with the governor and get his authorization to work as journalists in the area. […]

Before Kofi Annan enters the history books with merits on a job well done in Kenya, before you buy into the propaganda of American goodwill in this story, it would be worth it to examine the quick turn of events that led to the February 28 power sharing agreement.
President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila […]

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While I was in Afghanistan I met Hanifa, pictured above. I was doing a project on women who self-immolate. There is a post earlier on the blog about it, but it is only now that I am getting around to finally editing the full project. Hanifa is nine years old. She was […]

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While I was waiting for my Afghan visa in Delhi, a friend of mine mentioned in passing something about a widow’s village in Herat province in western Afghanistan. As soon as I arrived in Kabul I began asking around if anyone knew where it was. It took me nearly two weeks to finally […]

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Amine, pictured above, is 16 years old. She was forced to marry at the age of 14 but has many problems with her husband and his family. She doused herself with oil and set herself on fire to protest her unwanted marriage but her father says that she must return to her husband […]

Thailand was ushered into 2007 with a rather unsavory surprise this New Years Eve. Just as the sun was going down, three bombs detonated at various key points around the city, killing 2 and injuring several others. I had barely donned my end of the year threads when the phone rang with the tip off. […]

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Ohayo, Nippon. You are the favored contender in the competition with India for the country with the most contradictions. Your taxis have doors that open automatically, your toilets wash and dry your parts, your 7 elevens sell iPods, and your cars talk, but I can’t find an ATM that takes my cash card, […]

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Would you believe me if I told you I’ve been living on a tiny island inhabited by animist sea gypsies, that is surrounded by some of the most pristine waters in the world, that not only are inhabited by pirates, yes, pirates, but also boast the greatest variety of soft corals, and teem […]

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I arrived in Phnom Penh, the capital city of Cambodia, after a six day tour of the wondrous relics left by the ancient Khmer kingdom of Angkor: massive, towering, epic feats of architecture and sculpture which left me tingling all over with excitement at the capacity for beauty of this ever […]