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September 5, 2008

The Israeli Urban Kibbutz Model, Now in Brooklyn

by Rachel Ament, Jerusalem Post, Israel - In the 1970s, the kibbutz movement began to suffer in Israel as young people moved to the big cities. In an effort to save the lifestyle from dying out completely, the Zionist youth movement Hano'ar Ha'oved Vehalomed repackaged the model to fit the modern world.

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The Madness That Is Zimbabwe

by Peta Thornycroft, Independent Online, South Africa - In the madness of Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe, where most people are hungry or on the point of...

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by Gillian Gillers, Tico Times, Costa Rica - For the first time in history, a Chinese president has visited Central America, a former bastion of...

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by Fara Warner, Mother Jones, USA - On July 27, 2000, Jacques Nasser, then president and ceo of the Ford Motor Company, stood before a...

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by Maria Levina, The Moscow Times, Russia - Liquidity, a term rarely heard outside of boardrooms and brokerages just months ago, has been making its...

Peace Studies Take off

by Dana Micucci, International Herald Tribune, France - Peace studies, incorporating anthropology, sociology, political science, theology and history, aim to uncover the roots of conflict,...