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Is Estonia, with its conservative policies on citizenship and language, "paying back" ethnic Russians for what the USSR—especially under Stalin—did to the native population?

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Today we remember the people whose lives were lost or inalterably changed when the levees failed in New Orleans five years ago. We also thank those who have dedicated their lives to rebuilding the city and its communities since.

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Stanley Greene and Kadir van Lohuizen, both Open Society Katrina Media Fellows, launched a mobile exhibition of large-scale mural photographs called Those Who Fell Through the Cracks.

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This weekend will mark five years since Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast and the levees broke in New Orleans. As the date approaches, we remember and mourn the many lives and homes that were lost. We also honor the inspiring work of so many in New Orleans to rebuild and transform this remarkable American city.

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A sordid saga of cross-border kidnapping, a kangaroo trial, and high-speed executions shows that the president of Equatorial Guinea takes his own solemn promises to reform no more seriously than anyone else.

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Now is the time for New Orleans Mayor Landrieu to signal a clean break from the policies (or lack thereof) of his predecessors, and of longstanding but ill-serving local laws relating to culture.

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