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Using Computer Games to Support Democracy and Conflict Resolution

admin — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 04:10:55 +0000

Video games can be fun to play. They also can teach people how to settle conflicts peacefully. This is a video game called Food Force. It can be downloaded from the Web site of the World Food Program. The groups Jennifer Parmalee says the game shows children the difficulty of getting food to areas of conflict.

JENNIFER PARMALEE: It helps them feel like they can be part of a solution. Thats something empowering and fun for them.

Another video game is called A Force More Powerful. It takes place in a city similar to Belgrade in the former Yugoslavia. Ivan Marovic designed the game. Ten years ago, he organized protests against Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic.

The president resigned after disputed election results in two thousand. He was arrested on war crimes charges, but died before his trial was completed.

Marovic says his game shows non-violent ways to help remove oppressive governments.

IVAN MAROVIC: Like strikes, boycotts, civil disobedience, street protests, in order to force the regime to either concede or to step down.

Marovic says another goal is to win public support. He says the goal is to win the loyalty of people who support the government. Another goal is to keep up the interest of your current supporters.

This game deals with the situation in Darfur, Sudan. The conflict in Darfur has displaced three million people.

A Web site called Second Life was used to create the Darfur video game. Players can build their own make-believe world and contact others through voice and text messages. Scott Sechser works for Linden Labs, which created Second Life. He says the game lets players come in and see what is taking place in Darfur, listen to a family which left Darfur and is now in a refugee camp.

The Second Life Web site is able to change text messages in English to other languages. Sechser says he has communicated with people from around the world.

Other parts of Second Life help to support democracy and conflict resolution. They include a courtroom where people can learn about legal systems in a democracy. I’m Bob Doughty.

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NYTimes.com – Conflict Hurts Kenya’s Middle Class

admin — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:17:24 +0000

NYTimes.com – Torn between their work identity and their ethnic backgrounds, members of Kenya’s vibrant middle class anxiously try to stay in business.

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World & National News: Russia-Georgia Conflict; Pakistani Officials Investigating If Dead Militant Was Al-Qaeda Commander; Phelps Wins 3rd Gold; Business Traveler’s Forecast

admin — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:04:14 +0000

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Conflicts in the Workplace: Don’t steal my job

admin — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 06:58:57 +0000

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Middle East 2008 – Fresh Strategies for Stability

admin — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:05:05 +0000

http://www.weforum.org/middleeast2008 19.05.2008
Plenary Session
Fresh Strategies for Stability?
The broader Middle East region is facing a complex landscape of insecurity in 2008, where any one of a number of linked issues could trigger a major conflict. In addition to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Iran are enduring epicentres of concern. The upcoming US elections may give rise to fresh strategies to secure stability in the region.

What are the key ingredients of any revised strategy to secure peace in the region in 2008 and beyond?

Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt
Ali Babacan
Brian Baird, Congressman from Washington (Democrat), 3rd District, USA
Nader Dahabi, Prime Minister of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Mohamed M. ElBaradei, Director-General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna
Alexander Saltanov

Chaired by Christopher Dickey, Bureau Chief, Paris, and Regional Editor, Middle East, Newsweek, France

Duration : 0:47:50

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