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A man dressed as a matador fightswith the Wall Street Bull in Manhattan. Photo credit: Bess Adler. If you ask anyone involved in the Occupy movement, they’ll be sure to tell you that Wall Street is full of clowns. In a new video circulating the Web, some demonstrators decided to give them some company. Hannah …
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By: Matt Bush // November 2, 2011 The process of becoming a U.S. citizen can be a long and expensive one for immigrants, but a new program in Maryland is trying to ease at least one of those burdens. Take Edward Zayzay, a native Liberian, who first came to the United States to go to …
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The last amateur video of Gaddafi’s son Mutassim, who was captured together with his father, shows him alive in custody, and even casually smoking a cigarette. However, other images show him dead with gunshot wounds to his neck and abdomen. The photos and videos released depict the arrested Mutassim sitting against a wall, drinking water, …
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Col. Gaddafi is dead and details of his murky deals with Western leaders have been buried with him. But Gaddafi’s son is safe and reportedly ready to surrender to the International Criminal Court, where he may spill secrets of his father’s regime. The court’s chief prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, said on Friday he is in contact …
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Dayanita Singh Born in Calcutta in 1956, Amitav Ghosh was raised and educated in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Iran, Egypt, India and England. He is the author of numerous books, including The Hungry Tide and The Glass Palace, the 2001 winner of the Grand Prize for Fiction at the Frankfurt International e-Book Awards. A Multilingual …
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Is Gaddafi Alive or Dead??? ‘Gaddafi death reports a hoax’ Published: 20 October, 2011, 21:48 Muammar Gaddafi (AFP Photo / Alessandro Bianchi) RT NEWS link to article The official reports coming over the Western media are false, Gaddafi is alive – injured or not, RT was told by Stephen Lendman, an American radio …
Libya: Gaddafi Caught, Dead or Alive Simon Allison 20 October 2011 opinion Numerous reports indicate that former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi has been captured and possibly killed. After hours of speculation, this was confirmed by the National Transitional Authority, the country’s de facto government, at about 3pm South African time. This doesn’t necessarily …
From AllAfrica.org Juba — Macklina Kenyi, 33, ran away from South Sudan to avoid being raped and abducted by the rebels during the war. She has since been studying in Kenya but on Jul. 9 she returned to Juba to witness the birth of her country. In December once she completes her Masters studies, …
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By MAGGIE FICK, Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan formed a caretaker government for the new nation Monday, and announced it will use a new currency that features the image of the deceased founder of the nation’s liberation struggle. South Sudan became an independent country Saturday, breaking away from Sudan …
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News Release Africa’s Leading Social Entrepreneurs To Be Awarded At World Economic Forum On Africa Richard Elliott, Communications, Tel + 27 (0) 82 379 5806 E-mail: Richard.elliott@weforum.org The Schwab Foundation to announce four winners of the Social Entrepreneur of the Year in Africa at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town, South Africa …