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I recently returned from some wonderful, eye-opening, and unforgettable experiences in India and Ethiopia. In my previous blog I talked about the incredible energy at...
Pop star Stevie Wonder had a hotter debut Thursday as a U.N. peace envoy than he expected. The singer-songwriter was in the middle of his acceptance speech as a prestigious Messenger of Peace and advocate for the world's estimated 650 million people with...
It turns out that a "better than expected" Dubai Airshow that featured an order for 12 A350-900s from Ethiopian Airlines was not the highlight of Airbus's November, which featured an order for 52 A320s from an undisclosed customer that pushed the manufacturer's total to 74 new aircraft for the month.
African authorities raided shops, intercepted vehicles at checkpoints and used sniffer dogs to detect and seize over 3,800 pounds (1,768 kilograms) of illegal elephant ivory in a six-nation operation, Interpol and the Kenya Wildlife Service said Monday.
ASBURY PARK — With AIDS-related deaths down dramatically from two decades ago and the incidence of new infections also dropping, the message from the global coalition that comes up with the World AIDS Day theme each year is positive, but with a big catch.
AUSTIN, Texas----Renowned financial publication Barron’s Magazine has ranked Donna and Philip Berber of Austin, Texas sixth on its list of The World’s Top 25 Philanthropists.
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Coffee exports from Uganda , Africa’s biggest producer of the robusta variety, fell 12 percent in November after rains disrupted harvesting, the state-run Uganda Coffee Development Authority said.
The African Diaspora Dialogue Project at Portland State University allows refugees to help one another heal wounds of war.
Africa is known for its natural beauty and roaming troves of animals. Unfortunately, it is perhaps more easily recognized for its negative aspects that include persistent ethnic conflicts, which are primarily a result of a late colonization process that drew artificial boundaries, divvying up the land according to the whim of European 'explorers.
By Devon Chaffee, Advocacy Counsel, Human Rights First Yesterday military judge Lt. Col. Nancy Paul considered pre-trial motions in the case of Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud...
Let's start with more reaction to the surprising results from the ATP Tour finals.
OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Dec. 3, 2009) - The Honourable Beverley J. Oda, Minister of International Cooperation, today announced that Canada will contribute an additional $30 million to the World Food Programme (WFP) to support its operations. This will help the WFP to meet the immediate food aid needs of vulnerable populations and respond to a range of humanitarian situations around the ...
The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan recited a speech on November 15, 2009, titled "The Time and What Must be Done", on how Black America must change to survive.
The Omidyar Network, eBay founder Pierre Omidyar's brain child, is the world's most effective philanthropy. It and fellow venture-philanthropy outfit The Skoll Foundation are numbers one and two, respectively, on Barron's list of the Top 25 most effective givers. The rankings eschew traditional philanthropic measurements , and instead focus on who gets the best results. From Barron's : Some of ...
KHARAZ CAMP, Yemen Six-year-old Samira said she, her mother and her two brothers had spent the past week sleeping outside the door of an office waiting their turn to register as refugees. Her father was shot and killed in the Somali civil war. She and her family were smuggled from Somalia to Yemen in a fishing boat. At the camp, they are hoping to get a tent and some food rations. "Every day I ...
by EMILY MELTON Lifestyles Editor He was first among a pool of more than 9,000 viewer nominations, and on Thanksgiving night,...
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