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The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles - Wed Dec 2, 6:13 pm ET
Jewish World Watch turns attention and advocacy to atrocities in the Congo. In November, a four-person team from Los Angeles traveled on a 12-day mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly Zaire, as well as to neighboring Rwanda.
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The Standard-Times - Thu Dec 3, 12:32 pm ET
DARTMOUTH — A concert of African dance, drumming, and song directed by world renowned artist Kwabena Boateng Guest artists will include Abraham Kobena Adzenyah, Wes Brown, Scott Kessel, Abbie Chambers, Lauren Falabella, and Michael Ward.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 27, 2:17 pm ET
A 16-year old Christian girl from southern Sudan has been lashed 50 times for wearing a skirt deemed indecent by authorities in the north who enforce a strict version of Islamic law.
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New York Times - Fri Nov 27, 11:19 pm ET
A 16-year-old Christian girl from southern Sudan said Friday she was lashed 50 times for wearing a skirt deemed indecent by the authorities in the north.
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WKBT La Crosse - Thu Dec 3, 1:22 am ET
The communist government led by North Korean leader Kim Jong Il must be investigated for crimes against humanity for alleged human rights violations including extreme torture, sexual slavery and prison brutality, defectors...
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Chicago Sun-Times - Sat Nov 28, 5:58 am ET
CAIRO -- A 16-year-old Christian girl from southern Sudan said Friday she was lashed 50 times for wearing a skirt deemed indecent by authorities in the north who enforce a strict version of Islamic law.Silva Kashif said she was arrested by a plainclothes policeman in a Khartoum market last week for wearing a skirt beneath the knee. She was convicted of offending public morality and received 50 ...
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Post-Bulletin - Wed Dec 2, 11:12 am ET
New Sudan American Hope, a Rochester-based nonprofit working to prevent drug and alcohol abuse among minority and immigrant youth, is seeking donations for its youth programming. Youth programs include tutoring, college access including college visits and
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 24, 1:49 pm ET
Sudanese journalist Lubna Ahmed Hussein said Tuesday she had donned a full Islamic veil to sneak out of Sudan and travel to France, two months after she was freed from jail for wearing trousers.
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East Bay Express - Tue Dec 1, 9:21 pm ET
UC Berkeley study shows link between heat and war in sub-Saharan Africa. by Madeleine Bair We've heard that climate change will kill the polar bears, eradicate the salmon, and sink specks of land in the Pacific Ocean. Pinning down the effect of global warming on humans has been more difficult. But a team of researchers led by two UC Berkeley economists has done just that. A study by Cal doctoral ...
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New York Times - Mon Nov 30, 9:03 pm ET
Afghanistan rose to second place after Sudan among the countries most in need. Drought in West Africa was also of particular concern.
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U.S. Department of State - Fri Nov 27, 10:12 am ET
U.S. Special Envoy Gration Trip Summary Office of the Spokesman Washington, DC November 27, 2009 The United States Special Envoy to Sudan, Scott Gration, has just returned from a November 16-November 23 trip to Sudan. He traveled to the areas of Khartoum, Abyei, and Darfur. In Khartoum, the two parties to the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA)—the National Congress Party (NCP) and the ...
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The Jewish Press - Wed Dec 2, 11:00 am ET
One of New York City's most impressive yet least-known Holocaust memorials was the site of a recent ceremony marking the 65th anniversary of the U.S. bombing raids near the Auschwitz death camp.
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The Washington Times - Tue Dec 1, 6:32 am ET
CHINA Olympic cover-up brings punishment BEIJING | Dozens of local Chinese officials and reporters face prosecution for covering up a coal mine accident that killed 35 people just weeks before the Beijing Olympics, a newspaper reported Monday. Officials in Hebei province's Yuxian county paid journalists a total of $380,000 not to report the July 14, 2008, accident, in which 34 miners and one ...
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KSHB-TV Kansas City - Sat Nov 28, 5:27 pm ET
A missionary group from a Kansas City church is raising money to build a school for children in Sudan.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Nov 25, 10:30 am ET
The Sudanese journalist briefly jailed for wearing "indecent trousers" said Wednesday she might not return to her country but instead continue her campaign for women's rights from abroad.