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Killing Fields Survivor Says Khmer Rouge Trial 'Breaking Legal Ground'
The trial of former Khmer Rouge leaders is limited as a court of law for legal accountability but has great potential as a "court of public opinion," Theary Seng, a Cambodia-born U.S.-trained lawyer, said at a March 5 Newsmaker. The trial, she said, is breaking legal ground by having victims of the Khmer Rouge participate as civil parties in a criminal proceeding. She was the first such party to recognized by the ECCC, and in 2008 testified against the most senior surviving Khmer Rouge leader, Nuon Chea, known as "Brother No. 2." Seng lost her father and mother during the 1975-79 Killing…
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Study Finds 13 of 128 Nations 'Highly Developed' Politically, Economically
Political and economic transformation is "highly developed" in 13 of 128 those countries, according to a study that measures progress -- or lack of -- in the developing and "transition" countries. Project managers of the 2010 Bertelsmann Foundation Transformation Index released the English-language edition of the index at a March 9 Newsmaker. The 13 "hjighly developed" states are eight EU countries (the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Estonia, Slovakia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland and Latvia), two Asian states (Taiwan and South Korea) and three in Latin America (Chile, Costa Rica and Uruguay). All…
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War Reporting is Journalism in the Midst of Humanity, Correspondents Say
War correspondents are a breed apart in journalism – people who are willing to risk their lives in the most dangerous situations to bring back a story to the American people. At a March 8 Kalb Report, four leading war correspondents said they do it because it's the only way to get the story. “You can’t write credibly about what the United States is doing in Afghanistan without being there,” Rajiv Chandrasekaran, a senior correspondent and associate editor of the Washington Post, told host Marvin Kalb. Chandrasekaran, who has written extensively about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, said…
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Trade Rep. Kirk Pushes Obama's Free Trade Agenda
Expanding international trade, especially with growing markets in the Pacific and East Asia, will help revive the U.S. economy and should be embraced by the American people, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk told the Club March 9. “In the last quarter of 2009, some economists believe that exports alone accounted for more than half of all U.S. economic growth,” Kirk said at a Luncheon. In the last quarter, the U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 5.7 percent, he said, but U.S. exports “grew at a clip of 18 percent.” But he acknowledged that selling the American public on new free trade…
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Former GOP Leader Chides Republicans as Straying from Conservatism
Activists in the conservative Tea Party movement are not wedded to the Republican Party but view it as their best hope for restoring fiscal restraint, smaller government and free market principles in Washington, FreedomWorks Chairman Dick Armey told a Luncheon audience March 15. Armey, who holds a doctorate degree in economics and spent 18 years as a Republican in Congress until retiring in 2003, had some harsh words for the GOP and a few kind ones for Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. He chided Republicans for having strayed from conservative principles to the point where Tea Party…
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This Week in National Press Club History
March 1, 1909 : The Club moves to the second and third floors of historic Rhodes Tavern at 15th and F Streets NW, and is there until 1914. March 2, 1933 : President Roosevelt signs the 21st Amendment ending Prohibition, and the Press Club bar is the first to reopen its doors with Liquor License #1. March 3, 1971 : Twenty-four women become the first female members of the National Press Club. March 4, 1997 : PLO President Yasser Arafat appears as a Club Newsmaker and discusses Middle East peace prospects. This Week in National Press Club History is brought to you by the History and…
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Irish Embassy Night Reservations Full
All reservations are claimed for the NPC reception at the Irish Embassy on Wednesday, March 3. Reservations were booked on a first-come, first-served basis, and a phone call or email was sent to everyone who has a valid reservation. If you received a confirmation but are unable to attend, please alert the reservation desk at 202-662-7501 or [email protected].
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James Joyce Reading Tips, 5:30 pm March 17; Irish Buffet, $17
PBS’s Robert Aubry Davis will read from the “Proteus” chapter of James Joyce’s “Ulysses” in the McClendon Room from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 17. NPC members interested in taking part in the 2010 Bloomsday reading of "Highlights From Ulysses” on Wednesday, June 16, (organized by the Harvard Club of Washington, DC and American Independent Writers) are invited to attend and pick up pointers on reading techniques. There is no charge for the session with Davis, but space is limited and reservations are required. Reserve at (202) 662-7523, or [email protected] After the reading, plan…
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Help Plan Bootcamp with Professional Development Committee, 9 am March 5
Lost a job or looking for brighter prospects? Know you need to catch up Helon technology but not sure where to start? The 2010 Professional Development Committee is busy planning the National Press Club's secondJournalism Survival Bootcamp scheduled for early May. Help set the agenda and line up sessions for this event as well ashelp plan networking happy hours and other events at a planning meetingat 9 a.m. Friday, March 5, at the Reliable Source -- please, only thoseinterested in offering ideas or helping with training programs shouldattend. For more information or to submit ideas by email…
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$50,000 Grant Awarded for Investigative Journalism Series; Begins in Spring
The Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation has awarded a $50,000 grant to the Eric Friedheim National Journalism Library at the National Press Club to offer a series of classes on investigative reporting. "Investigative Reporting in the New Media Environment" will teach journalists how to use all available multi-media reporting and story-telling tools for investigative reportingprojects. The series, scheduled to begin in the spring, will include at least 12 classes over the year. Topics include "Investigative Reporting in the New Media Environment," "Finding and Using Databases"…
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