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Solve Kashmir First
New Thinking on South Asia's Longest Conflict


Though other regional conflicts may capture more headlines, none reaches as deeply into the past nor haunts the present as ominously as Kashmir. The region, divided between India and Pakistan in 1947, is today perhaps the most militarized place in the world.
At this Open Society Institute event, four panelists discuss the remote origins of the Kashmir conflict, as well as its longterm consequences, including its incalculable human costs, its effects on Indian and Pakistan polities, the American role in the dispute, and the prospects for a resolution. In addition, they will trace the tentacles from Kashmir that have extended to other regional conflicts, from the mountains of Afghanistan to the streets of Mumbai.
Panelists
• Basharat Peer, Kashmiri journalist and Open Society Fellow
• Steve Coll, president of New America Foundation and staff writer at The New Yorker magazine (moderator)
• Mridu Rai, associate professor of history at Yale University
• Pankaj Mishra, author and journalist

The Road from Ayodhya: Muslim Inclusion in a New India


Open Society Fellow Basharat Peer discusses his visit to the city of Ayodhya, site of the destruction of a historic medieval mosque by a Hindu mob in 1992. Through a series of interviews he conducted in Muslim neighborhoods in New Delhi and several other cities, Peer looks at the ways India's Muslim population—the world's largest religious minority—have been trying to find their place at a time of rapid economic growth and lingering sectarian tensions.
Peer is introduced by Amrit Singh, senior legal officer of the National Security and Counterterrorism Project of the Open Society Justice Initiative.
Peer's new book, Curfewed Night, has just been published by Scribner.
(Curtesey http://www.soros.org/initiatives/fellowship/events/muslim-inclusion-india-20100216)

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Bangladesh the financial report:

David Roodman, a microfinance expert from the Center for Global Development, reported that loan recovery indicators are recovering for the Grameen Bank. The non-recovery rate, the share of unpaid monthly payments, decreased from 3.45 percent in February to 2.89 percent in May. The “Portfolio at Risk, 30 days” or PAR 30 – characterized by the share of outstanding amounts borrowed at least 30 days late on payments – dropped by more than one percent in the last two months.

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Oil Spill on Capitol Hill: Free briefing on June 25th
Underwritten by: The Kiplinger Foundation
As the black cloud of spilled crude oil continues to spread, President Obama and many in Congress are using the moment to push for comprehensive energy and climate legislation. Our panel of experts will help journalists and others understand what may be coming. A regulatory remake? A price on carbon? Senate gridlock? Hear the opposing perspectives and ask your questions, during this important on-the-record issues briefing and continental breakfast. The panel: David Goldston, Natural Resources Defense Council; David Bernhardt of Brownstein/Hyatt/Farber/Schreck; Energy reporter Mike Soraghan, Greenwire; Moderator: Martin Kady , Congressional Bureau Chief, POLITICO. Presented by the National Press Foundation, POLITICO and the Center on Congress at Indiana University. Free to attend; advance registration is required.
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis of AP & Brianna Keilar of CNN Win Dirksen Awards
Julie Hirschfeld Davis of AP, Brianna Keilar of CNN Win Dirksen Awards

WASHINGTON, November 10: The National Press Foundation has announced the winners of the 2009 Everett McKinley Dirksen Awards for Distinguished Coverage of Congress, perhaps the nation’s leading award for Capitol Hill reporters. Both winners provided detailed looks at the economic bailout packages as they were considered by lawmakers.
The winner of the print Dirksen award is Julie Hirschfeld Davis, of the Associated Press. The winner of the broadcast Dirksen award is Brianna Keilar of CNN.
Davis and Keilar will receive $5,000 each. The awards will be presented at the Foundation’s 27th annual awards dinner, on Tuesday night, February 16th, 2010, at the Hilton Washington Hotel. Awards in six other categories will also be presented. More than 1,000 people will attend.
The National Press Foundation is a 501-c-3 which provides no-cost, all-expenses paid educational opportunities to journalists in the U.S. and internationally. It does not take U.S. government money. The dinner is its largest source of unrestricted revenue.
For information about the dinner, contact Kerry@nationalpress.org or call 202-663-7282. For information about NPF, contact NPF’s president, Bob Meyers, bob@nationalpress.org.


Other Everett McKinley Dirksen Awards for Distinguished Reporting of Congress Reading

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