Meanwhile, a photographer with
The Iraq National Journal newspaper has been kidnapped.
Not exact matches
Barnes & Noble announced a major expansion of its NOOK Video offerings; the Wall Street
Journal reports Disney - owned Hyperion is selling off its backlist to focus on publishing titles that promote its ABC television properties; Zainab Bahrani details the struggle to save the
National Library of
Iraq from oblivion; and other news.
Birding Babylon: A Soldier's
Journal from
Iraq (Sierra Club Books), is the tale of a Connecticut Army
National Guardman's obsession with nature, even in the grim face of a desert ravaged by war and death.
He has earned several awards including New York State Bar Association 2011 President's Pro Bono Service Award for a project assisting refugees from
Iraq, selection by Crain's New York Business in 2009 as one of 40 Under 40 rising stars of the profession awarded for combined achievements in business and law, a 2009
National Law
Journal Pro-Bono Award for his
Iraq refugee work, and an Attorney General Special Commendation Award for his service in
Iraq on behalf of the U.S. government.
An article from the
National Law
Journal notes a surge in lawyers doing pro bono work assisting disabled veterans returning from
Iraq and Afghanistan in obtaining benefits from the Veterans administration.