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Hidden
Wars: by DMN Staff
The victims are not only soldiers but children, old men,
women and the infirm. They die from bullets, disease,
hunger and neglect. This is the world of the forgotten-
the faceless thousands who live with the terrible reality
that their only escape may be death. August 2000
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Kosovo
- A Fragile Peace: by Jim Mahoney
Out of roughly 10,000 ethnic Serbs who once lived in Urosevac,
a city of 60,000 in southeastern Kosovo , only a few dozen
remain. Mrs. Stankovic and an adult daughter are among
them. U.S. soldiers guard over them, day and night, from
an observation post in their front yard. October 1999
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Images
of Destruction: by David Leeson
As Turkey struggles to cope with the worst natural disaster
in its history, the numbers tell a stark tale: 14,000
dead, thousands still missing, a half million homeless,
$10 billion in damage. With video. September 1999
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Houseful
of History: by David Leeson
Most people in this seaside village know something about
the shell-scarred house named 10 ,000 Times Lucky. But
no one knows the story, with all its history and heartbreak,
quite like 87-year-old Lin Yun. With video. September
1999
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The
Ukaj Family: by Erich Schlegel
The harrowing flight to refuge from Kosovo is over now.
Another journey, more likely to be toward further uncertainty
than back home, looms somewhere in the future. But for
now there is little Nezir Ukaj and his family can do,
except remember. May 1999
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Panama
Canal: by Joe Stefanchik
When Old Glory slides down the Panama Canal Commission
flagpole for the last time at noon Dec. 31, there will
be no shortage of Panamanians and Americans wishing it
weren't so. May 1999
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Samaritans
in Albania: by Erich Schlegel
When a group of Texas Baptist Men arrived in Shkoder,
Albania, the old tobacco factory held 700 Kosovars. Four
days later, there were more than 3,000 seeking shelter
there. Officials expected that number to double within
a few days more. May 1999
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Albania's
Refugee Crisis: by Erich Schlegel
The horrible plight of Kosovo's Albanians has gripped
the world. More than 600,000 refugees have fled ethnic
brutality in Yugoslavia. Albania is Europe's poorest country
but it has shown a prouder side during the refugee crisis,
which has expanded Albania's population by 10 percent
in a month. April - May 1999
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John
Paul II: DMN staff
The words of John Paul II: "Tomorrows society, thanks
to you, must know, through the joy that emanates from
your Christian faith lived to the full, that the human
heart finds peace and fullness of happiness only in God.
Try to put into practice the words of St. Paul: Do not
allow yourself to be conquered by evil; rather conquer
evil with good." January 1999 |
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The
Baltic Republics: Allison V. Smith
Across the Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia,
the world of just seven years ago has been turned inside
out. The symbols of a half-century of Communist repression
toppled quickly after a right-wing coup in Moscow failed
on Aug. 21, 1991, and Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia -
forcibly annexed by the Soviet Union in 1940 - were cast
free in the ensuing power vacuum. September 1998
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Cuba
in Evolution: by Erich Schlegel
It's a sprawling nation the size of Pennsylvania, yet
Fidel Castro has often run Cuba like a little country
estate, taking charge of every detail, picking out new
tractors, even deciding which sugar mill gets a new truck.
Now though, the power Mr. Castro has wielded for almost
four decades is quietly slipping through his hands. September
1998
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The
Border: by Erich Schlegel
Once a dusty no-man's land caught in the past,today's
U.S.-Mexico border is undergoing its biggest transformation,
leaping into the global economy and leaving behind a centuries-old
"anything goes" way of life. From the Gulf of Mexico to
the Pacific Ocean, the powerful forces of economic globalization,
the explosion of lawlessness spawned by brutal drug lords
and the constant meddling by Washington and Mexico City
are tearing at the fabric of the 2,000-mile border. July
1998
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People
in Motion: by DMN staff
In a world riddled by ethnic strife, famine and economic
collapse, more than 100 million migrants have fled their
homes in search of better times abroad, an exodus unparalleled
in human history. The goal for most of these people in
motion is to arrive safely in the United States or Western
Europe, beacons of political stability and economic opportunity
in a troubled world. December 1997
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Landmines
in Angola: by Joe Stefanchik
Ingraca Mateus labored in a small field near her village
of mud-brick huts. As she turned the sun-baked soil, her
hoe struck a mine. It didn't go off. Undeterred, the 30-year-old
woman kept on digging. Her hoe hit another mine. And then
a third. She quit for the day. November 1997
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Landmines
in Korea: by William Snyder
From the U.S. Army barracks, the demilitarized zone into
the brown hills of North Korea can be seen. If war comes,
chances for the U.S. are not good as the possibilty exists
for 52,000 casualties in the first 90 days. Still, the
army knows that between them and 1.3 million heavily armed
enemy soldiers of the North lies a deadly swath of about
a million land mines. November 1997
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Legacy
of Loss: by Joe Stefanchik
Twelve-year-old Pinto Cruz spends his days in a battered
wheelchair with two flat tires and a tin can wired on
as a footrest. Perhaps 30 feet away is a line of foxholes,
obscured by brush - and probably more mines like the one
that blew his leg off. Angola 's bloody civil war, which
ended in 1995, left this African country devastated. December
1997
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Deadly
Zone: by William Snyder
Kim Sae Yong made a promise to his dying father: When
the two Koreas finally become one, he will find his missing
grandfather's grave in the communist north and reunite
their divided family. In the northernmost villages in
South Korea, many feel powerful emotions about the crumbling
fortunes of the north and the potential reunification
of the two Koreas. October 1997
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