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•  Follow the frog
  In our ongoing quest to find good and exciting advocacy videos, I found this one from the RainForest Alliance. HT to Susan for the tip! Full post on www.theroadtothehorizon.org ...
  Sat, 23 Mar 2013 04:06:08 PDT
•  5 Broken Cameras
  "5 Broken Cameras" is a film, shot almost entirely by a Palestinian farmer, Emad Burnat. Emad bought his first camera in 2005 to record the birth of his youngest son. He registers life in the Occupied Territories, following his family through five years of village turmoil. Emad watches from behind t...
  Fri, 22 Feb 2013 22:25:34 PST
•  This is what winning looks like
  John Allen, the US general in charge of NATO's troops in Afghanistan, handed over his command to his successor. But not without a farewell speech, in which he declared: "This is victory, this is what winning looks like, and we should not shrink from using these words." (Full) Dear General Allen,...
  Sun, 17 Feb 2013 23:55:06 PST
•  Alitalia crash reveals dead bodies in the closet
  The crashed "Alitalia" plane as it looked on Saturday Last Saturday night, a plane crashed at Fiumicino (FCO), Rome's main airport. The initial news reports mentioned "an Alitalia flight from Pisa to Rome, veering off the runway after landing in strong winds". Already from that moment, I was a ...
  Wed, 06 Feb 2013 10:11:33 PST
•  The complexity of the US "Fiscal Cliff"
  TV screen shot: Last night the Belgian program "Ter Zake" tackled the difficult subject of the US "Fiscal Cliff". Or was it the "Ficscal Cliff"? Full post on www.theroadtothehorizon.org ...
  Thu, 03 Jan 2013 08:18:35 PST