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Boris has been frozen along with a host of
villagers.
A voiceover accompanies and describes celebrated writer and hunter Alex MacGregor (Donald Pleasence) while he and his attendants plod through a Thai jungle during this film's opening scene, as they search for a deadly rogue black leopard that has killed numerous local
villagers.
Our noble small
villagers
of the forest are ultimately hunted down and enslaved by the more organized, and totally vicious, pyramid builders.
This is a story of how one of these
villagers
deals with the horrific trials that his captors heap upon him.
Widespread corruption has bred deep discontent: workers protest the Enron-like bilking of their life savings, townspeople fight against illegal land seizures, and
villagers
battle injustices – small and large – on a daily basis.
But now they also challenge the shoddy governance and corruption that allow dam construction to proceed unchecked, without environmental impact assessments, as local officials siphon off resettlement funds and ignore the claims of local
villagers.
In October, tens of thousands of
villagers
protesting inadequate resettlement compensation held a local official captive for several hours before ten thousand People’s Armed Police officers rescued him.
Beijing-based NGO’s are allying with local Sichuan NGO’s to launch Internet campaigns, distribute petitions, and mobilize
villagers.
In one case, environmental activists took
villagers
from a proposed dam site to another town to see firsthand how poorly others had fared in the dam resettlement process.
The crackdown on Chen for representing
villagers
who have been abused by the authorities follows the same pattern as the silencing of parents who protested shoddy school construction after the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, and of opponents of the environmentally damaging Three Gorges Dam.
More importantly, with other partners, Raising Malawi collects funds for agricultural assistance, medical care, and education for
villagers
as well.
When lawyers and legal activists try to help
villagers
or evicted residents to fight through the legal system, they often become victims of retaliation.
Similarly, the Maoist insurgency in Nepal, which has claimed 10,000 lives, exploits the desperation of mountain
villagers
hit by flash floods – the result of deforestation higher up.
Villagers
whose crops shriveled and whose livestock died in a prolonged drought saw joining the Taliban as an economic opportunity.
Last week brought news of yet another murder of a women’s rights activist in Pakistan; evidence that the Egyptian military may be deliberately using sexual assault to deter women from demonstrating in Cairo’s Tahrir Square; a horrific report from the New York-based Women’s Media Center about Syrian government forces’ use of sexual violence and gang rape; and a video of a Taliban commander brutally executing a woman for adultery as his fellow soldiers and
villagers
cheered.
Of course, the billions of farmers and
villagers
worldwide should not be forgotten.
For example, an Indian company, Godrej, is making an innovative refrigerator targeted at poor
villagers.
Finally, a remarkable plan to enroll every Indian adult in a program using fingerprint identification as a substitute for bank debit cards will allow more efficient distribution of funds to poor
villagers
and the urban poor.
But the evictions took place in 2001, and the
villagers
are still living in extreme poverty.
Villagers
and merchants from both sides conducted a brisk business and border trade unfettered by the authorities.
While images of nudity appear in urban glossy magazines to titillate the bourgeoisie, city-based censors make sure that
villagers
do not see a woman’s bare breast on a movie screen.
Multinational corporations and
villagers
alike can share the fruits of progress.
She visited remote areas and listened to the
villagers
talk of watching "their land laid to waste."
The Syrian Sectarian DelusionPRINCETON – As Syria’s 18-month-old rebellion has grown increasingly violent – exemplified by the recent massacre of rural
villagers
by the Syrian military and militias loyal to President Bashar al-Assad – long-standing sectarian divisions have become more pronounced.
By using high-yield seeds, better soil management, and proper row planting, the community has more than tripled its crop production, and
villagers
who previously were hungry grain buyers are now food-secure grain sellers.
Sachs knows the freebies to farmers guarantee gains in the short run, but he’s convinced that African villagers, once freed from “the poverty trap,” can thrive on their own.
Even in the remotest villages on the Angolan border, where Ovambo people live in stick huts, electricity is in short supply, and
villagers
trek miles each day to fetch firewood and water, a bottle of Coke or Fanta is easy to find.
Since then, another 350,000 residents – mostly poor
villagers
– have been uprooted.
But labor is no longer cheap, road construction to connect major cities has given way to building large shopping malls in small towns, and land sales based on rezoning are reaching both economic limits and the limits of villagers’ tolerance.
Already squeezed by exorbitant property prices and popular resistance to land takings, they now face higher interest rates, property taxes,
villagers
empowered by stronger rights, and expensive new requirements to provide social services to migrants.
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