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VIDEO: Sexual Violence Rife in Congo Conflict
Video originally found on Al Jazeera: In the Democratic Republic of Congo, an armed conflict between government troops and rebels has been intensifying. But as the conflict rages, sexual crimes against both men and women have also been rising alarmingly.
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Ivory Coast Man Imprisoned for Match Stampede
From BBC: An Ivorian football official has been sentenced to six months in jail for his role in a deadly stadium stampede. Albert Anzouan Kacou, head of the Ivorian Football Federation’s match organising committee, was also fined $1,000 for manslaughter and fraud. Twenty people died and more than 130 were injured when a wall collapsed…
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Please, Professor Gates!
In an interview with The Root after the ordeal of his arrest in his home in Cambridge, this week Harvard professor (and The Root’s editor-in-chief) Henry Louis “Skip” Gates Jr. announced his intention to make a PBS special about race and the criminal justice system. It would bring welcome attention to an important and still…
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Will Downing in 'Classique' Form
Classique, the title of Will Downing’s new release, suggests yet another collection of “classic” soul and R&B recordings. And Downing does include several remarkable remakes, but what the recording’s title really asserts is that Downing himself is in classic form throughout the album. With more than 21 years in the business, Downing is one of…
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Has L.A. Lost Its Spark?
At the start of the WNBA season, the dominant question was: How will the league survive? But as the league approaches the all-star game Saturday in Connecticut, the question has changed in a good way. Now everyone is wondering who will survive this topsy-turvy season? The WNBA standings are astonishing. Four teams won 60 percent…
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Ain't No Country Like the One We Got: Obama Not Seeking Iraqi Territory
From Al Jazeera: Barack Obama, the US president, has said his country is not seeking any claim on Iraqi territory, after holding talks with Iraq’s prime minister in Washington. Obama said after the meeting with Nuri al-Maliki at the White House on Wednesday that the US will abide by previous pledges to pull its forces out of Iraq by…
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Four Boys, 9-14, Allegedly Rape 8-Year Old Girl
From NewsOne: Four boys ages 9, 10, 13 and 14 lured an 8-year-old neighbor into a shed at a Phoenix apartment complex, then sexually assaulted her, police say. The crime happened last Thursday evening, and police were called to the scene after reports of a young girl running out of the shed, half-nude and screaming.…
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Woman Who Phoned Cops Wasn't a Neighbor
From Ta-Nehisi Coates at The Atlantic: She is not—I repeat NOT—a neighbor: A witness, 40-year-old Lucia Whalen of Malden, had alerted the cops that a man was “wedging his shoulder into the front door” at Gates’ house “as to pry the door open,” police reported. Now, we can all agree that she was not at…
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Officer Says He Won't Apologize
NATICK, Mass. (AP) — A white police sergeant who arrested renowned black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. said Thursday he’s disappointed President Barack Obama said officers acted “stupidly,” despite acknowledging he didn’t know all the facts. Sgt. James Crowley responded to Gates’ home near Harvard University last week to investigate a report of a burglary…
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Obama's Money Machine: Now Running Foreign Policy?
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is considering the nominations of two men to represent the United States in East Asia: Republican Governor Jon Huntsman of Utah, and Democrat John V. Roos of California. But it’s the Democratic appointment who is selling out Obama’s promise. The nomination of Huntsman as ambassador to China was sheer political…