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FEDS END ‘CORRUPTION-FUELED SPENDING SPREE’ BY WEST AFRICAN LEADER’S SON
Oct. 13 (GIN) – In its pursuit of so-called foreign kleptocrats who drain billions of dollars a year from impoverished countries for lives of luxury abroad, the U.S. Dept of Justice this week enjoyed...
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New York City Comptroller's Report Finds On Infestations, Rats Have The Upper...
Comptroller Stringer -- wants New York City to up its rat attacksAre the rats winning?An audit by New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer shows that pest complaints increased by 2,286 or from...
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‘BLADE RUNNER’S FATE ON MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE TO BE DECIDED SOON
Oct. 12 (GIN) – Prosecution lawyers in the case of South Africa Paralympian Oscar Pistorius are said to be seeking a 15 year jail sentence for the famed athlete who was acquitted of murder but...
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COVERING CONGO: Panel Discussion on Journalism In The DRC at Columbia...
Image from the poster promoting "Congo In Harlem" Special free event hosted by the Brown Institute at Columbia University's School of JournalismLocation: Columbia University Journalism SchoolBrown...
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U.S. Political Corruption: When Private Interests Subvert The Public Good
Former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell and his wife Maureen were convicted last monthEarlier this year, veteran political writer Thomas Edsall reported an eyebrow-raising fact about Americans’ views...
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BBC's Rwanda's Untold Story: Why Does Kagame And His Supporters Fear...
Juvenal Habyarimana: In BBC documentary "Rwanda's Untold Story," several former aides blame Paul Kagame for the assassination [Commentary: Open Letter To BBC Director-General Tony Hall]Dear Mr. Hall,I...
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The World Should Pay Cuba To Help Fight Ebola In Africa
Raul Castro dispatched 461 doctors to West Africa [Publisher's Commentary]Cuba has shown the world that the only way to fight Ebola is to defeat the disease at the source of the current outbreak, in...
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Congo In Harlem: Soeur Oyo (Sister Oyo) Screening
[Congo In Harlem]Please join us for Opening Night!"Kangama" by Jean Depara from "Kinshasa Streets" (Digital Exhibition courtesy of CAAC - The Pigozzi Collection)6th Annual Congo in Harlem Film...
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The Crisis: Graduation Rate Under 70% For Low Income Youth
This is where we steer many of our youth with abysmal education [Education]The concert hall was packed with people of all ages and races. The crowd hushed and everyone collectively leaned in as Aaron...
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Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts: Hot Peas 'N Butter
[Entertainment]Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts: Hot Peas 'N ButterSunday, November 2, 2014 at 2pm"The sizzling percussive beats [of Hot Peas 'N Butter] will put even the gloomiest kid in a...
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The Senegal St. Joseph Gospel Choir
The Senegal St. Joseph Gospel Choir [Entertainment: Music]This Sunday, Lehman Center for the Performing Arts is proud to bring 15 Singers and four Traditional Senegalese Drummers led by Music Director,...
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The Islamic State Quagmire
The Islamic State -- if Iraq's army fled why is this America's war?If Barack Obama owes his presidency to one thing, it was the good sense he had back in 2002 to call the Iraq War what it was:...
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Aina Fadina’s Webseries "I of Africa" Season Two
Aina Fadina shown with Blitz The AmbassadorI OF AFRICA PROFILES YINKA ILORI, DEOLA SAGOE, KLUK CGDT, BLITZ THE AMBASSADOR, AND MORE IN NEW SERIES REVEALING AFRICA’S INFLUENCE ON BUSINESS, FASHION,...
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Celebrating Bi-partisan Law: Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening...
Marian Wright EdelmanWhile we rarely hear good news these days about Congress, I have some to share.Continuing a long tradition of bipartisan leadership on behalf of abused and neglected children, last...
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New York Times Vile Spin-Job For Darren Wilson, Killer Of Michael Brown
Michael Brown's killer Officer Wilson beneficiary of another Times' spin; Brown must be spinning in his grave [Publisher's Commentary]There are a number of ways to read the October 17 New York Times...
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Supreme Court Okays Texas's Discriminatory ID Requirement To Vote
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote scathing dissentThe U.S. Supreme Court Saturday affirmed the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decision to stay a District Court ruling that found Texas’ photo ID law...
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Sejusa, Ugandan General And Ex-Museveni Aide Wants Him To Resign or Face Revolt
Gen. Museveni, in power for 28 years and seeking to rig another vote in 2016 [Commentary]Gen. David Sejusa, the ex-Museveni aide now exiled to London and leading a group called Free Uganda in a...
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How African-Americans Can Survive "Gentrification" (Displacements) And Prosper
"Gentrification" is a sanitized word for bloody displacements writer says[Comment]Gentrification has nothing to do with enhancing a neighborhood. It has everything to do with eradication and...
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End Inhumane Detroit Water Shut-Off: NAACP Legal Defense Fund Appeals To...
In a letter, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. and the ACLU of Michigan call on two United Nations Special Rapporteurs in the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to refer...
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Bus Rides For Freedom
Actress Vinnie Burrows as Aunt Flora is bringing Drama Desk Award winning playwright J.E. Franklin’s play “Freedom Rider” to life and to memory. The play showcased at the Dwyer Cultural Center, located...
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