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The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
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Toxic Flood Gives Marginalized Roma a New Chance
16 May 2011 by Dimiter Kenarov / No Comments
In the wake of destruction wrought by the 2010 alumina plant disaster, new opportunities emerged for Hungary’s marginalized Roma population.
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Kastelypark: Ravaged by Red Mud
13 May 2011 by Dimiter Kenarov / No Comments
When the Ajka alumina plant reservoir was breached and toxic red mud flooded the region in 2010, it destroyed not only people’s lives, but full ecosystems.Kastelypark forest serves as a grim reminder.
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Toxic Red Flood
10 May 2011 by Dimiter Kenarov / No Comments
The lives of the citizens of Ajka were turned upside down October 4th, 2010 when the dam of an alumina plant reservoir collapsed, unleashing a flood of red alkaline sludge.
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It’s Impossible to Leave Iraq
04 Aug 2010 by Dimiter Kenarov / No Comments
Whether the Iraqi police force is ready or not, our combat troops will be home for Labor Day. Whether the country is stable or not, the war will end on schedule. A special investigative report.
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Five Things Obama Won’t Tell You About the End in Iraq
03 Aug 2010 by Dimiter Kenarov / No Comments
“As the Iraqi security forces stand up, coalition forces can stand down,” George W. Bush said in 2005 with oracular brevity.
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Orpheus’s Error
18 Mar 2010 by Dimiter Kenarov / No Comments
Taking cover from death, I live in a tomb. My CHU (Containerized Housing Unit) is tightly girded by twelve-foot-high concrete T-walls.
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The Life and Opinions of Captain Donald Lipscomb
17 Mar 2010 by Dimiter Kenarov / No Comments
My Vietnamese name is Le Hoang Dung. My American name is Donald Lipscomb.
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City of Trash
14 Mar 2010 by Dimiter Kenarov / No Comments
After the post-election glow, Baghdad is back in the real world. The streets are clogged with vehicles honking and people hawking.
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The Hurt Locker 2
10 Mar 2010 by Dimiter Kenarov / No Comments
Three days after Iraqis voted amid a barrage of bombs and Hollywood awarded Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker six Academy Awards (including Best Picture and Best Director), I’m at Baghdad’s General Counter Explosive Directorate, the center of Iraq’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal programs.
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Baghdad: Election Day
08 Mar 2010 by Dimiter Kenarov / No Comments
Under the quarter moon, in the high beams of their armored vehicles, US soldiers are gearing up for the most important day of the Iraq War.
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