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Working Under Censorship

President Omar Al Bashir has reinstated a decree censoring Sudanese newspapers. But amid danger of persecution, local journalists continue to work.

Departing for the Yukon

Student Fellow departs for the Yukon to report on the Gwich'in tribal gathering, the Porcupine River caribou herd and the decline of salmon stock in the Yukon River Chinook.

Mao in the Mountains

Following a peace agreement in 2006, the Nepalese government and Maoists have engaged in heated debate over how to integrate the thousands of members of the People's Liberation Army into the national forces.

US Health Officials Worry About TB in Mexico

Tuberculosis, one of the world's deadliest diseases, has long been forgotten by most Americans, but it is re-emerging in a new, virulent form around the world.

Afghans Protest Deadly Nighttime Raid

Mourners continued to gather on Saturday in the small farming village of Koshkaky, in eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, where an early Friday morning raid by US and Afghan Special Forces left eight people dead. The military issued a statement saying that their forces came under attack, and in the firefight a Taliban subcommander and seven militants were killed. They reported that no civilians were harmed. But residents here tell a different story. Independent journalist Rick Rowley of Big Noise Films was at the scene and filed this report.

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Kyrgyz Politics: Exiled Reformer Returns

Alexandra Poolos, for the Pulitzer Center

When I traveled to Kyrgyzstan a few years ago, I had reservations about meeting with Edil Baisalov. At the time, he had lost his funding support through a major U.S. democracy organization and pointed the finger at organization leaders reluctant to further aggravate declining U.S.-Kyrgyz relations. I wasn't sure what to expect from this young reformer or the remote Central Asian country that happens to house the sole U.S. forward operating airbase into Afghanistan.