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Almost a year ago, we wrote about Aung San Suu Kyi back to home confinement. On October 6, 2009, Human Rights Watch, Info Birmanie, FIDH, Amnesty International, SOS pour Aung San Suu Kyi and La Ligue des Droits de L’homme called for a meeting at the Hotel de Ville of Paris: Aung San Suu Kyi: candles in Paris tonight. Many Sama Readers living in Paris joined the event and did light candles to support Suu Kyi. Now Sama Readers from New York City can ...

Sylvain Chomet‘s new animation film ‘The Illusionist’ is based on a 1956 unmade, deeply personal script by French cinema legend Jacques Tati. The hand drawn, 2D animation feature film from the director of ‘The Triplets of Belleville’ is about a dying breed of stage performer, who is believed to be a version of Tati himself. Chomet chose to mimic Tati‘s visual style and fans will love it. The film is now out in theaters ...

This week-end we had a lively discussion at the Sama Gazette about why the Obama administration but also other administrations in Europe seem to have forgotten their promises concerning Darfur. Two articles published last week originated this discussion : an article/op-ed posted on USA Today by John Prendergast: U.S. must help stop Sudan’s slow-motion war and The value of sticks and carrots for Sudan published on Enough Project website. Many ...

Save the children is the leading independent organization creating lasting change for children in need in the United States and around the world. We follow the organization on Twitter for a while and we mentioned it several times on the Sama Gazette : Mother’s Day: Gifts, articles and mothers over the world; This is World Kids Coloring Day!; Valentine’s Day: (RED)Kisses & products, eCards… Today we decided to share with you our Favorites ...

This is our new Friday Digest! Every Friday, this weekly news round-up gives us the occasion to share with you news from various topics: politics to arts, entertainment, media, science, sports, fun and less fun news… This digest is a list of news published this week on the Internet (Friday to Friday), selected by the Sama Team, and it is by no means exhaustive. If you want to suggest a news to be added in the next Friday Digest, contact us. The ...

NYC, London, Milan, Berlin and Paris: 5 cities. 120 hours of racing. 24 hour relays. (NIKE) RED’s TIED TOGETHER relay race is taking place in 5 cities, it started with NYC, today it was in Berlin and it will be in Paris tomorrow. This event is the occasion to help raise awareness about AIDS in Africa and to meet with ‘tied’ friends. About the event (from the Facebook page): We want you to join us for (NIKE) RED’s TIED TOGETHER relay race. ...

The 2010 FIFA World Cup is scheduled to take place between 11 June and 11 July 2010 in South Africa, and it is the first time that the tournament has been hosted by an African nation. Billions of Football fans are desperate to watch the FIFA World Cup and we personally know several of them who will not miss a single match. But the 2010 FIFA World Cup goes far beyond the sporting event. Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, a medical doctor and Master of Public ...

Run for Congo Women (RFCW) is a global run/walk movement benefiting Women for Women International‘s Congo program, and we already mentioned it several times on the Sama Gazette. On March 10, 2010, we published Max Dana‘s post: International Women’s Day: Extraordinary Women in which she focused on the courageous and amazing women fighting for women’s rights. She paid tribute to four of these women: Zainab Salbi, Founder and CEO, Women ...

Louisiana. Cajuns. Culture and language. Food and music. We were browsing the web when we visited James Leger’s website. He is a 67 year old native of Louisiana and gives free tutorials and advice for those interested in the Cajun language. He also discusses customs and history related to the Cajun heritage. A very interesting website to learn more about Cajun language. About James Leger (read more here): I taught Cajun French in Lamar ...

We are serious people at the Sama Gazette, but we are also proud members of the Sama Epicurean Fraternal Society. We like good food, good atmosphere and joie de vivre. Today, this Twitter Sunday is about French Chef Ludo Lefebvre. A pretty girl named Amélie, who ate at his restaurant, told us about him and his fabulous cuisine. Since then we follow @chefludo on Twitter and his tweets have the power to cheer us up! About Chef Ludo Lefebvre (read more on ...