-
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Tue Nov 10, 1:30 am ET
Hard Rock Kicks Off "Imagine There's No Hunger" Campaign to Benefit WHY (World Hunger Year) with Exclusive Performance by Artist Ambassadors O.A.R. Yoko Ono Lennon has teamed up with Hard Rock International for Imagine There's No Hunger, a global campaign to benefit WHY - a nonprofit organization that strives to fight against hunger and poverty around the world. Dedicated to its Love All, Serve ...
-
Western Carolinian - Mon Nov 9, 1:28 am ET
10. RESTON, Virginia (CNN) -- William Kim still calls the cell phone of his son, a 21-year-old senior at Virginia Tech, just to hear his voice. He feels cheated out of a chance to save his only boy.
-
Los Angeles Times - Mon Nov 9, 12:50 am ET
Officials say they have quelled the start of a new rebellion. Security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo have arrested about 100 armed men blamed for killing dozens of policemen in an attack in the country's isolated north last month, the government said Sunday.
-
GenomeWeb News - Mon Nov 9, 2:45 pm ET
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – An international research team announced today that they have sequenced a first draft version of the cassava genome.
-
The Weber State University Signpost - Mon Nov 9, 6:35 pm ET
Currently in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, three militias are fighting a war over the minerals sold all over the world to be put into cell phones, laptops and other electronics that many Americans use every day.
-
The Pilot News - Wed Nov 4, 9:06 am ET
By Carol Anders Correspondent PLYMOUTH — Area Hospice and Palliative Care staff and volunteers heard first-hand of the needs for aid for palliative care in the country of Uganda.
-
Chambersburg Public Opinion - Mon Nov 9, 4:53 pm ET
Miranda Roy, 21, of Newburg found college life lacking inspiration, so she'll set out on an 11 month, 11 country mission trip.
-
Bangor Daily News - Wed Nov 4, 11:16 pm ET
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine -- A 2008 University of Maine at Presque Isle graduate is headed to Uganda to discuss a study he completed this summer that concluded spending money on family planning, rather ...
-
The Advocate - Mon Nov 2, 9:07 pm ET
The Ugandan embassies of France and the United States publicly condemned Uganda's proposed Anti-Homosexuality Bill on Monday, but officials in the African nation plan to move forward with the discriminatory legislation.
-
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sun Nov 8, 10:22 am ET
Security forces in Democratic Republic of Congo have arrested about 100 armed men blamed for killing dozens of policemen in an attack in the country's isolated north last month, the government said on Sunday.
-
INO News - Mon Nov 9, 8:27 am ET
(AP:SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt) China's foreign minister says a new plan to boost trade and economic ties with African nations will meet the Africans' need to "improve their livelihood."
-
The San Angelo Standard-Times - Mon Nov 9, 12:33 pm ET
SAN ANGELO, Texas — It is no longer just the people of the Concho Valley who will benefit from public service efforts by Angelo State University. Earlier this fall, ASU joined the Universities Fighting World Hunger organization and has already begun programs designed to help people both here at home and overseas. The ASU effort is being spearheaded by the Center for International Studies and ...
-
UC Newsroom - Mon Nov 9, 3:52 pm ET
Patricia Conrad has studied sick cattle in Africa, discovered a parasitic killer of California sea otters and stared down a charging rhino. But now she is undertaking what could be her boldest adventure yet: helping start the new University of California Global Health Institute.
-
Marketwire - Mon Nov 9, 7:48 am ET
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Nov. 9, 2009) - Africa Oil Corp. (TSX VENTURE:AOI) ("Africa Oil" or "the Company") is pleased to announce that the Bogal-1 oil exploration well on Block 9 operated by CNOOC Limited in the Republic of Kenya spudded on October 28, 2009. The well is expected to reach total depth of 5,500 meters within approximately 6 months. Block 9 covers an area of 27 ...
-
San Francisco Chronicle - Fri Nov 6, 9:11 pm ET
Chastened by a federal magistrate's ruling, the city of Oakland is expected to pay $300,000 to a former board-and-care home worker who said he was the victim of excessive force and a police cover-up. Uganda Knapps, 34, of Oakland said he called police for...