Posts Tagged ‘ conflict ’

When Theres No More Belgium

June 14, 2010
By bicyclemark
When Theres No More Belgium

Over the past 10 years, besides regularly visiting friends and family, I have taken countless train rides through and around Belgium.  Looking out the window from the quiet and comfortable SNCB train
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Dangerous Bananas

January 26, 2009
By bicyclemark
Dangerous Bananas

My buddy Lucas was telling me that he digs the site, but that I move from topic to topic too quickly for him.  Usually I listen to comments like that, say thanks, and then go back to doing my own
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bm287 4 Decades of Conflict in Mindanao

November 26, 2008
By bicyclemark
bm287 4 Decades of Conflict in Mindanao

40 years of war in Mindanao rarely makes it to the front pages of the international press. Yet according to Edwin Espejo, more attention in the international would do alot towards ending this long and
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Belgian Waffling

September 10, 2007
By bicyclemark
Belgian Waffling

After my most recent trip to Brussels, I found myself extremely frustrated with articles I had read in the newspapers, conversations with my family and friends.. all revolving around what really does
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bm182 From Belgrade, Focusing on Kosovo

February 2, 2007
By bicyclemark

The region of Kosovo seems to have fallen out of the international media conversation. It has lost the sexiness it had in the 90's. Yet thousands of troops and international workers are there, not t
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bm181 Croatia, Looking Backward Moving Forward

January 28, 2007
By bicyclemark

When we talk about European history, the conversation is usually focused on things that took place in the early 20th century... world war I, world war II... and the decades immediately after. But on
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Meanwhile, on the Streets of Beirut

November 23, 2006
By bicyclemark
Meanwhile, on the Streets of Beirut

It would be nice to just continue to describe these days in Italy. And the plan to head to Slovenia tomorrow evening. But while I stroll and take photos, things are taking a terrible turn in Lebanon.
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bm151 An activists story, from Lebanon to Jerusalem

August 29, 2006
By bicyclemark

It was early July and she was invited to a camp in southern Lebanon. A very special camp. Many nations, cultures, religions, all gathered to work for one common goal. This is my friend Elise's story
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