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Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Uganda , where commercially viable crude deposits have been found, will send oil workers to Cuba for training, New Vision reported, citing a statement from the president’s office.
As the holiday season of giving starts, a Lubbock woman hopes to sell Christmas presents with a purpose.
Too weak to hide her mutilated face with her scarf, saliva dribbling from her atrophied mouth and blood seeping through her bandage, the woman lies in the peacekeepers' hospital next to Mogadishu airport.
It’s a lot of money by most standards, but the fact that it’s coming from 11- and 12-year-olds might make $13,000 mean a bit more.
( University of Leeds ) Forest dwellers must be included in the design of the upcoming forest deal at Copenhagen in order to avoid a humanitarian crisis, according to a scientist at the University of Leeds.
By Marsha Sutton Contributor As we enter into my favorite time of year the weeks between Thanksgiving and the winter holidays we start by giving thanks and being grateful, and move into the season of giving back and helping others. And, as always, I am struck by the amount of charity work members in our communities actually do. A recent issue of the Carmel Valley News featured a remarkable ...
The BDO International network of accounting firms blamed difficult market conditions for a slight decrease in annual revenues in dollar terms, although the network actually came out ahead in terms of euros.
The School Committee voted on Nov. 16 to implement the proposed policy for the first day of school, stating that, "when Labor Day occurs prior to Sept. 5, the start date for students will be the Tuesday after Labor Day. When Labor Day occurs on Sept. 5 or later, the start date for students will be the Wednesday before Labor Day." In the Superintendent Cheryl Maloney’s report, a number of ...
International Criminal Court appeals judges on Wednesday reversed a decision to release the former vice president of Congo from custody, ordering him to stay in jail until he is tried for allegedly commanding a brutal militia.
International Criminal Court appeals judges on Wednesday reversed a decision to release former Congo Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba from custody, ordering him to stay in jail until his trial.
by EMILY MELTON Lifestyles Editor He was first among a pool of more than 9,000 viewer nominations, and on Thanksgiving night,...
Niotan Inc., of Mound House, Nev., is the first American company to be identified as a buyer of conflict minerals from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). by Joe Lauria, GlobalPost UNITED NATIONS — A Nevada-based company's purchase of minerals looted from eastern Congo is helping to finance a decade-long war that has claimed the lives of millions of civilians, an unpublished United Nations ...
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called attempts to criminalize homosexuality "unacceptable" in remarks she made during a press conference on the Obama administration's efforts to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS.
2009-12-03 Dateline Vietnam, 1973. An American military helicopter lifts off from a fire base. En route to Pleiku, the copter is met by an onslaught of Viet Cong.
More than two years after being evacuated following the 2007 killings of their mothers, mountain gorilla babies Ndakasi and Ndeze this week returned home to the Democratic Republic of Congo, moving into a new custom-built forest sanctuary. The Dec. 1 move was coordinated by the UC Davis-based Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project, which has been providing veterinary care for the orphans since they ...
A proposed law in Uganda calls for gays to be imprisoned for life or even sentenced to death.
