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2013/06/19 11:30
2013/06/19 11:30
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Former Senator Russell Feingold has been named the U.S. special envoy to Africa's troubled Great Lakes region. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who announced the appointment Tuesday, said Feingold...
2013/06/19 11:30
2013/06/19 11:30
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2013/06/18 22:29
2013/06/18 22:29
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Washington, DC — Nineteen advocacy groups and Congo experts applaud U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry for his appointment of former U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) as the new U.S. Special Envoy for...
2013/06/18 22:29
2013/06/18 22:29
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Since 1996, an estimated 5.4 million people have lost their lives in the DRC's conflicts. The current crisis, triggered by military advances by Rwandan-supported M23 rebels and corruption within...
2013/06/18 09:59
2013/06/18 09:59
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A lone girl’s crusade against child marriage in an Aurangabad village has become a movement with 50 villages in the district falling in line. Villagers scoffed at, neighbours jeered and relatives...
2013/06/14 14:35
2013/06/14 14:35
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LANSING - Republicans are divided on Michigan’s Medicaid expansion and reform proposal, and it showed during Thursday’s vote in the state House. The Republican caucus was almost evenly divided on...
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2013/06/14 14:12
2013/06/14 14:12
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Sir Richard Branson and Puma chairman Jochen Zeitz have launched a major non-profit group, The B Team, to promote a new set of progressive business values that "prioritize people and planet alongside...
2013/06/13 14:29
2013/06/13 14:29
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Just over a fortnight ago, Jakaya Kikwete, President of Tanzania, kicked off a firestorm of controversy with what many in Rwanda and outside of it saw as a terrible faux pas. It started with what...
2013/06/13 04:18
2013/06/13 04:18
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Illustration: Cathy Wilcox Julia Gillard is divisive (''PM targets 'men in blue ties''', June 12). That in itself is neither good nor bad. Sometimes it is necessary to be deliberately divisive for...
2013/06/12 21:35
2013/06/12 21:35
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It took more than the allotted 36 holes to determine an overall champion in the 37th annual Dr. A. Mickey Church Junior Golf Gournament on Wednesday. Cy Lowery made a par in a playoff on hole No. 1...
2013/06/12 13:51
2013/06/12 13:51
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In 2010, the then-leader of the opposition in Dáil Éireann (lower house of Ireland’s parliament), Fine Gael’s Enda Kenny, announced that he and his party favored abolition of Seanad Éireann (upper...
2013/06/11 02:42
2013/06/11 02:42
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I remember the time, because I found Hamish standing, alone, in the middle of the green space in our park. He was gazing up at the night sky. “Everything okay, Hamish?” I asked. “Wait there,” he...
2013/06/10 16:28
2013/06/10 16:28
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Former Foreign Secretary David Miliband will speak at the Zamyn Cultural Forum's public debate tomorrow on what comes after the G8. Photograph: Getty Images. Tomorrow evening David Miliband - former...
2013/06/10 15:32
2013/06/10 15:32
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Welcoming the possible resumption of peace talks between the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the 23 March Movement (M23), the United Nations Special Envoy for Africa's...
2013/06/10 15:02
2013/06/10 15:02
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Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years Black humour for fun and sanity: 2013/06/07: DerSpiegel: Warming World: It’s Time to Give Up the 2 Degree Target Limiting global warming to just 2 degrees...
2013/06/10 03:42
2013/06/10 03:42
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I was editor of Young Citizen magazine, which was published by the Institute of Public Administration to inculcate awareness in school-goers of the governance systems of the nation and of the EU and...
2013/06/09 12:19
2013/06/09 12:19
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The Michigan Legislature last week continued votes to raise hunting and fishing fees, and reduce sales tax amounts on some vehicle purchases. Lawmakers also voted on a measure aiming to prevent local...
2013/06/07 19:42
2013/06/07 19:42
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I have never voted in a Seanad election, but as a graduate of University College Cork, I’m entitled to register to do so. I can’t remember if I registered after graduation, but I would have given my...
2013/06/06 11:21
2013/06/06 11:21
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DR Congo's M23 rebels will send a delegation this weekend to resume peace talks with the government that were suspended in early May, a senior official said Wednesday. "The M23... confirms that its...
2013/06/05 21:36
2013/06/05 21:36
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Share this page President Hollande received the peace prize from Unesco Director-General Irina Bokova Mali conflict France's president has received a major prize from the United Nations' cultural...
2013/06/05 18:35
2013/06/05 18:35
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A Tigerette camp for girls 4 to 13 sponsored by the Terrebonne High School Tigerette dance team is scheduled from 8 to 11 a.m. June 18-20 at the school’s field house. The camp costs $50 per camper. A...