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Article Archive for April 2010

In search of a place to call home
By Poornima
Posted in Featured, Multimedia, Portfolio, Sustainable living on 3 April 2010
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“Obviously we have no money, We are going back. We cannot staying here anymore,” Jabbar Sattar said in a tired voice. Jabbar a former Iraqi translator for the US military procurement unit embedded at the Iraqi Defense Ministry in Baghdad came to the US 14 months ago with his wife and two sons. In 2006 [...]

From child combatants to symbols of hope
By Poornima
Posted in Featured, Portfolio, South Asia on 3 April 2010
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By Poornima Weerasekara in Ambepussa “Kindness will help you make friends,” the bold print hung on a lime green wall is the first thing that grips your attention as one enters the administration building at the Ambepussa rehabilitation centre for ex-child combatants. Tucked away in a lush green alcove, in Wahawita Ambepussa, about two and [...]

City in tug-of war with downtown businesses over development
By Poornima
Posted in Portfolio, Sustainable living on 3 April 2010
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MENLO PARK – Mayor Richard Cline recently said that a group of downtown business owners have launched a “silent but stealthy cold war” on two key development projects in the city. Downtown businesses and property owners that have dominated the cityscape for decades are resisting high density office and real estate development along Santa Cruz [...]