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Soyinka on 'Obscene' Push for Achebe Nobel
A Nigerian Nobel laureate wants fans of the late fellow writer to table calls for a posthumous prize.
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Child-Support Laws: A Boon for Gold Diggers?
Experts say that flaws in the system punish poor parents and motivate others to have kids for money.
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Doggie Racism Is Real! Here's How to Deal
Race Manners: Maybe your friends' pets are doing you a favor? At least now your social circle can't ignore race.
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What Black High School Grads Need to Hear
Show Me the Numbers: Graduation speakers often opt for tough love. Here's what they should say instead.
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Dozens Killed as Kenya Continues to Suffer from Drought
At least 24 people have been killed and dozens more wounded amid tribal clashes in drought-stricken northern Kenya...
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Caster Semenya Placed on Suicide Watch
Supporters feared for her mental health following the revelation that the track star is intersex...
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Trevor Rhone, Famed Jamaican Playwright, Dies at 69
Rhone is probably best known for him work on the 1973 classic "The Harder They Come"...
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Woman Beaten in Front of Daughter at Cracker Barrel
Army reservist Tasha Hill asked that Troy West apologize for nearly hitting his daughter on the way out of the restaurant. Hill responded with violence...
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The Woman Who Would Be King
Peggielene Bartels lives in Silver Spring and works as a secretary. When she steps off an airplane in Ghana on Thursday, arriving in the coastal town her family has controlled for half a century, she will be royalty...
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Social Networks in Ghana Used to Entrap Gays
Homosexuality in Ghana is a felony offense, which has put the country's gay population in a particularly vulnerable position on the Internet...
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Death by Samurai Sword for Man Who Broke into Student's Garage
A Johns Hopkins undergrad defended himself against a burgular who attacked him...
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Lockerbie Bomber's Health Worsens
Released from prison for compassionate reasons that have nothing to do with oil and trade relations in any way, Abdel Basset Al-Megrahi's health has deteriorated in the last day...
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Actor Patrick Swayze Succumbs to Cancer at 57
The 'Dirty Dancing' star passed after a two-year battle with pancreatic cancer...
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Body of Missing Yale Student Found
Investigators found the remains of missing Yale graduate student Annie Le...
