Reach Out and Lend (Foreign Policy Magazine) Don?t let the fact that Kiva.org looks like Match.com fool you. It?s a serious enterprise that enables person-to-person microlending from folks living in rich countries to entrepreneurs in the developing world.
Caught in the Net: Thailand?s junta (Foreign Policy Magazine) After deposing former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Thailand?s ruling military junta ?requested? that media not interview the ousted leader. Apparently, they were serious. In January, the generals blocked access to CNN and CNN.com after the network interviewed Thaksin.
Ohio-born rhino arrives in Indonesia (Coshocton Tribune) WAY KAMBAS NATIONAL PARK, Indonesia ? Stiff from being stuck in a crate for more than 60 hours on trip across the globe, an Ohio-born Sumatran rhino set foot on his ancestral homeland for the first time Wednesday on a mission to save the critically endangered species from extinction.