I'm deeply moved by the work independent war correspondant Kevin Sites is doing. Sites' blog, www.kevinsites.net, was one of the first to to provide readers with an intimate, behind-the-lines look at the war in Iraq and how it was being covered.
Now Yahoo! has hired him for one year (a first for Yahoo!) to cover every major global conflict for Yahoo! News Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone. There is text, video, photo essays. It's amazing.
So far he's been in Somalia (where my Aunt D. was a nurse and aid worker). He is now in the Congo, he writes about the desperate situation but how there is laughter there too.
The project is dedicated to Marla Ruzicka, humanitarian and founder of Civic Worldwide who was killed in Iraq in April 2005 by a suicide bomber. I was captivated by this video of her.
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