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Obama's Tanzania Visit Is Also Homage To Julius Nyerere
[Publisher's Commentary]How fitting that the United Republic of Tanzania should be the East African nation that welcomes President Barack Obama.Tanzania's independence leader and first president Julius...
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Republican Mayoral Candidate Catsimatidis, Grocery Store King, Comes To...
Catsimatidis: Claims without Stop-and-Frisk NYC's crime rate would be like Chicago's[Pardon My Rant]On Saturday, June 29, 2013 five Mayoral candidates came to 135th Street and Malcolm X Blvd. in Harlem...
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APOLLO LIVE Auditions to be Held in:Washington DC, Atlanta, and NYC Amateur Night Auditions to be Held in: Philadelphia and NYC Online auditions for APOLLO LIVE to launch on Friday, June 28thHead...
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Security boosted ahead of Barack Obama’s Tanzania visit
[Obama In Africa]Report by The Standard's Oscar Obonyo:There was beehive of activity as security was tightened in the Tanzania city of Dar es Salaam, ahead of American President Barack Obama’s arrival...
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Court decision allowing immigration for same-sex spouses celebrated at NYC...
Members of Caribbean American Pride all decked out and ready to march in NYC Pride ParadeThe always flamboyantly festive NYC Pride Parade was especially exuberant this year.And well it should have...
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Obama Says U.S. Ready For Business With Africa
[News Analyses]President Barack Obama wanted to ensure that his one-week long trip to Africa this week wouldn't be viewed as merely a photo-op journey to deflect the appearance that the continent had...
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Obama's Africa Trip Can Be More Effective Since He's No Longer Seen As 'The...
[Publisher's Commentary] It's good that President Barack Obama is visiting Africa again today, not as a Messiah, but as leader of the remaining super power.When he traveled to Ghana he had only been in...
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Gennady Golovkin, The Destroyer, Crushed Matthew Macklin
Without a doubt the literal translation of W.B.A./I.B.O. Middleweight Champion Gennady Golovkin’s “3-G” nickname, has to be, “Going, Going, Gone”, because of the rapid and brutal manner in which he...
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Bloomberg Can Regain Some Dignity By Apologizing For Slandering Blacks And...
[Speaking Truth To Power]On Friday, in a stunningly insensitive and borderline racist statement, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg in a moment of undignified arrogance reportedly claimed the New York...
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WYOMING: County Attorney offers plea deal to Darryn Davis’ assailant
James E. “Skip” Crooks[Nation]The Fremont County Attorney’s office has offered a plea agreement to James E. “Skip” Crooks, who severely injured Darryn Davis, a Northern Arapaho man, outside a Riverton...
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Conversation In Tanzania: Michelle Obama And Laura Bush
[Obama's Presidential Trip To Africa]REMARKS BY FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA AND FIRST LADY LAURA BUSH IN A CONVERSATION AT THE AFRICAN FIRST LADIES SUMMIT Serena Hotel, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania MS....
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President Obama's Address To Business Leaders In Tanzania: Africa Is Next...
REMARKS BY PRESIDENT OBAMA AT BUSINESS LEADERS FORUM Hyatt KilimanjaroDar es Salaam, Tanzania PRESIDENT OBAMA: Thank you. (Applause.) Please have a seat. I apologize that we were a little bit...
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CWA Local 1182 Backs Comrie For Borough President
[Elections 2013]Leroy Comrie's campaign for Queens Borough President got another boost today when he was endorsed by CWA Local 1182, representing New York City Uniform Traffic and Sanitation...
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Blacks, Gays, and Justice
What's becoming of Dr. King's dream?[LAW OF THE LAND]On his long march for voting rights Dr. Martin Luther King said, “the arc of the moral universe is long. But, it bends toward justice.” Years later,...
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UNASUR to Meet to Discuss "Aggression" toward Bolivian President
The Venezuelan secretary general of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), Alí Rodríguez Araque, said Wednesday that the restriction on the flight over Europe by Bolivian President Evo Morales...
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Obama And Kikwete Want Uganda And Rwanda To Halt Their Congo Bloodshed
[Africa: Op-Ed]After visiting Senegal and South Africa, President Obama's last stop on his African tour was in Tanzania where he visited President Jakaya Kikwete and concluded his trip to Africa on...
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Liu Again Condemns Bloomberg's Remarks On Stop-And-Frisk
[New York Mayoral Election 2013]City Comptroller John C. Liu released the following statement on the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk data: “Today’s Daily News analysis of stop-and-frisk data, contradicting Mayor...
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Special to Black Star News: Calypso Spectacular
Brooklyn, NY -- For the past 12 years the Sesame Flyers International (SFI) Calypso Tent has furnished a stage for local calypsonians who would otherwise be without a home. The Calypso Tent was...
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Free Event: Get Schooled Every Thursday Night at "The Lesson" - A Hip Hop JAM...
[Helese TALKS!]I know it's the 4th of July, but I'm going to SCHOOL tonight! Where? "The Lesson" At Arlene's Grocery in NYC...no, not a grocery store, but an underground music concert venue and really...
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The Egyptian Coup Washington Could've Stopped
[Black Star Editorial]What a shame for the United States, which could have vetoed the Military coup in Egypt, to allow it to take place.What a shame that the U.S. has not issued a statement saying that...
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