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J Weekly - Thu Nov 19, 3:18 pm ET
In the 1980s, journalist Ruthann Richter spent countless hours in San Francisco hospital rooms interviewing AIDS patients during the early days of the epidemic.
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International Herald Tribune - Wed Nov 18, 6:38 am ET
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Somali pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama for the second time in seven months on Wednesday, but guards on board the U.S.-flagged cargo ship repelled the takeover attempt, the EU's naval force said.
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UPI - Sun Nov 15, 9:13 pm ET
NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- The Kenyan government intends to evict 10,000 Ogiek people from their ancestral home in the Mau Forest, an Ogiek leader said.
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The Christian Science Monitor - Wed Nov 18, 3:13 pm ET
Somalia's Islamist militant group Al Shabab now controls much of the country, and it has made viable threats against neighbors Uganda, Burundi, Ethiopia, and Kenya.
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The Champaign News-Gazette - Wed Nov 18, 11:04 am ET
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) – Somali pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama on Wednesday for the second time in seven months, though private guards on board the U.S.-flagged ship repelled the attack with gunfire and a high-decibel noise device. A U.S. surveillance plane was monitoring the ship as it continued to its destination on the Kenyan coast, while a pirate said that the captain of a ship hijacked ...
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USA Today - Thu Nov 19, 1:13 am ET
Somali pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama on Wednesday for the second time in seven months. Private security guards repelled the attack.
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Boston Herald - Wed Nov 18, 6:03 am ET
NAIROBI, Kenya - Somali pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama today for the second time in seven months, though private guards on board the U.S.-flagged ship repelled the attack...
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Times Leader - Thu Nov 19, 1:37 am ET
NAIROBI, Kenya — Somali pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama on Wednesday for the second time in seven months and were thwarted by private guards on board the U.S.-flagged ship who fired off guns and a high-decibel noise device.
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EARTHtimes.org - Fri Nov 20, 4:14 am ET
Maputo - Three children were killed and two seriously injured in northern Mozambique after accidently exploding a mortar bomb left over from the country's past wars, a local newspaper reported Friday. Noticias daily reported that the children in Nias...
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EARTHtimes.org - Fri Nov 20, 5:44 am ET
Cairo - Bedouins in the Sinai desert blocked major trade routes Friday, alleging Egyptian police killed a man and injured others in the early morning, witnesses said. The protesters were blocking a major highway, attacking passing cars and setting ti...
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Reuters via Yahoo! Sports - Fri Nov 20, 8:11 am ET
Kiprop, 20, who was upgraded from silver to gold, said on Thursday he was not filled with joy.
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CommonDreams.org - Sat Nov 21, 2:46 pm ET
WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. - Call it Freedom of Speech. A billboard recently erected in Wheat Ridge compares President Barack Obama to a terrorist and questions his U.S. citizenship. The billboard, located at 4855 Miller Road, shows two cartoonish images of Obama wearing a Muslim turban and reads "PRESIDENT or JIHAD?" It also says "BIRTH CERTIFICATE - PROVE IT!" alluding to the conspiracy theory which ...
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The Phoenix - Sat Nov 21, 12:56 pm ET
"How can a nation be great if its bread tastes like Kleenex."
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The Chronicle - Fri Nov 20, 1:42 am ET
Health, education and religious representatives from Africa convened at the Divinity School Thursday to discuss modern approaches to improving health and promoting peace across the continent.
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Voice of America - Mon Nov 16, 4:47 pm ET
The U.S. ambassador on war crimes accuses Kenya of continuing to harbor a chief financier of the Rwandan genocide.