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Jamaican Drug Lord Allegedly Seeking Asylum Abroad
A lawyer says she’s spoken to drug lord Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke and says he’s seeking sanctuary abroad Hannah Harris Barrington said she talked to Christopher “Dudus” Coke seven times as loyalists barricaded his stronghold in the Kingston slum of Tivoli Gardens to block his extradition to the US. She said Mr Coke, 42, reputed to…
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Walking in the Taliban's Shoes
For U.S. President Barack Obama, ruminating about the course of the war in Afghanistan from Washington, the distant provinces of Helmand and Kandahar cannot be far from his mind. Winning back Afghanistan’s critical southern heartland is the primary focus of the 46-country International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), which is surging its troop strength past the…
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Controversy Mounts Over Arrest of U.S. Lawyer in Rwanda
Practicing human rights law can be perilous. American attorney Peter Erlinder was arrested in Rwanda when he attempted to defend Victoire Ingabire, an opposition figure. Erlinder had charged earlier that President Paul Kagame was involved in shooting down a plane that set off the Rwanda genocide in 1994. Not a good move. Kigali — Rwanda…
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Disturbing Lessons of the Rand Paul Fallout
Every few years, some Republican leader gets caught giving voice to a stubborn and persistent yearning for the racial dynamics of the era preceding the civil rights movement — a yearning that remains a foundational, defining ethic for at least some GOP members. In 2002 it was then-Sen. Trent Lott of Mississippi, who at a…
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An Interview with Dance Africa Founder Chuck Davis
Dr. Charles ”Chuck” Davis founded Dance Africa in Brooklyn in 1977, thereby creating the country’s first festival solely devoted to the legacy of African dance. From that modest beginning at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, it has blossomed into one of our largest celebrations of African and African-American culture, encompassing dance, music, art and film.…
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Why There’s No Blog Post Today
9 p.m. Thursday: Trey, who’s out driving my car, calls to report the “check engine” light is back on. Great. This, after my car spent seven hours today with the mechanic, who swore it would pass inspection in the morning. 10 p.m.: Time to dump the water out of Sky’s Breg Polar Care 300 cryotherapy…
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Charlie Rangel Wants One More Round
Charles Rangel , the more-or-less former chair of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, says that he is seeking reelection to a 21st term. This is despite the ethical investigations that led him to leave a perch from which his Harlem constituents and others expected him to achieve so much – and despite a…
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Remembering Gary Coleman
Actor Gary Coleman, the cherub-faced child star whose health problems, public antics and financial hardships later made him a mainstay of celebrity gossip news, died today. He was 42. Coleman suffered an intracranial hemorrhage on Wednesday at his home near Salt Lake City and was rushed to Utah Valley Regional Medical Center, where he was…
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The Brief, Sad Life of Gary Coleman
Coleman was just 10 when Diff’rent Strokes launched a career that hit its peak in its first chapter. As a child star, Gary Coleman was adorable and the show soared to the top of the ratings. The implausibility of two black boys adopted by a white millionaire was raised but never gained much traction. Coleman’s…
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VIDEO: Scenes From Diff'rent Strokes
Remember Gary Coleman as cute little Arnold Jackson from the sitcom Diff’rent Strokes? No? What’chu talkin’ ’bout, Willis? Anyway, take a little trip down YouTube memory lane with The Root. Now the world don’t move to the beat of just one drum… What’chu talkin’ ’bout Willis? What’chu talkin’ ’bout Willis? (The Remix) Okay, this is…