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How do other countries abide by the Geneva Conventions? As the United States debates what “degrading and humiliating treatment” means, we’ll see how other democracies with detainees set interrogation standards and why they haven’t passed the kind of law that President Bush wants, but that so troubles Colin Powell and John McCain. Also, who said what at the United Nations General Assembly; a look at the work of innovative filmmaker Shirley Clarke; and a call-in on arranged marriages.
The World Speaks, Who Is Listening?
Shashi Tharoor, United Nation's Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, and author of Bookless in Baghdad: And Other Writings About Readings (Arcade Publishing, 2005)
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David Bosco, senior editor at Foreign Policy Magazine
- talks about the United Nation's General Assembly meeting and the speeches made by ...
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David Bosco, senior editor at Foreign Policy Magazine
- talks about the United Nation's General Assembly meeting and the speeches made by ...
Chelsea Girl
Amy Taubin, contributing editor to Film Comment and Sight and Sound, writes for Artforum and teaches at the School for Visual Arts,
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Melissa Anderson, Time Out New York film editor
- on filmmaker Shirley Clarke who is to be posthumously honored with a commemorative ...
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Melissa Anderson, Time Out New York film editor
- on filmmaker Shirley Clarke who is to be posthumously honored with a commemorative ...
Human Rights Around the World
Aryeh Neier, president of the Open Society Institute, also founder and former director of Human Rights Watch
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Aisling Reedie, senior legal advisor, Human Rights Watch
- on how the Geneva Conventions are interpreted around the world
» Open ...
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Aisling Reedie, senior legal advisor, Human Rights Watch
- on how the Geneva Conventions are interpreted around the world
» Open ...
Un-Dating
Tova Mirvis, author of The Outside World (Knopf, 2006)
- discusses dating techniques among conservative religious groups
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- discusses dating techniques among conservative religious groups
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Melissa Anderson
Melissa Anderson, Time Out New York film editor, weighs in on the work of film maker Shirley Clarke. September 20, 2006.
Amy Taubin
Amy Taubin, contributing editor to Film Comment and Sight and Sound, writer for ArtForum and teacher at the School for Visual Arts, discusses ...
Required Reading: September 20, 2006
Doubts Rise on Iraqi Premier’s Strength (NY Times)
Settling Disputes Across a Table When Officer and Citizen Clash (NY Times)
M.T.A. Seeks Service Cuts of $20 Million (NY Times)
Boeing Wins Deal For Border Security (Washington Post)
Thais Taking Military Coup in Stride (LA Times)
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