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Drumming Circle Gathers Twice a Month at Spenard Store
Channel 2 News“I take people from all different levels, for beginner you don't have to know how to play drums already and I show them different rhythms from around the Caribbean and West Africa and African in general,” said Jessy Wright, professional... -
$3.9 Billion Pledged to Prevent E. Africa Famines
Channel 2 NewsInternational donors say they won't allow a repeat of last year's Horn of Africa famine and are gearing up to spend billions of dollars on programs to let communities withstand cyclical droughts. International donors have pledged to spend $3.9...Tags: Droughts, Charity, Famines, Natural Disasters, Disasters and Accidents
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Abrupt climate shifts spurred Stone Age innovation in Africa
A rapid shift in climate that brought wetter and warmer conditions in southern Africa during the Middle Stone Age helped propel innovation and cultural advances in early man, a study has found. Paleontologists have long known that anatomically modern...
Tags: Atlantic Ocean, Invention and Innovation, South Africa
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Pledging solidarity with Israel
Reverend Kenneth Meshoe, a member of the South African Parliament pledged his "solidarity with Israel" at a recent luncheon event hosted by the Jewish Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County and the South Florida...Tags: Palm Beach County, Religion and Belief, Israel, United Nations, South Africa
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The Week Ahead: Myanmar mends, Africa ascends, cinema celebrates
Architect of exiting autocracy invited to the White House Monday, May 20 -- Myanmar President Thein Sein’s visit to Washington symbolically celebrates his nation’s embrace of democracy and the rule of law after half a century of...
Tags: Government, National Government, Thein Sein, Elections, Entertainment
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Invasive frogs carry amphibian-killing fungus
African clawed frogs were first brought to California decades ago to help doctors figure out whether their patients were pregnant. After new technology made those pregnancy tests obsolete, the creatures were let loose, and thrived for decades in the...
Tags: Science, Biology, Science and Technology
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'Britain's Obama' urges stronger economic ties with West Africa
Associated PressACCRA, Ghana (AP) — A rising star in Britain's Labour Party, described by some as the "British Barack Obama," Chuka Umunna urged the United Kingdom to more aggressively forge ties with West Africa's fast-growing economies. During a trade mission to...Tags: BBC, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., Social Media, Parliament, David Cameron
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READER SUBMITTED: History, Beautification, Sports Projects Aided By Grants From Zak Public Service Fund
SuffieldFunding for a commemorative headstone for a Suffield cemetery to acknowledge the unmarked graves of 18th and 19th century African-Americans is among eight grants totaling $58,240 awarded this month for Suffield projects from the Amiel P. Zak Public...Tags: Suffield, Government, Civil and Public Service, High Schools, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut)
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Travel nightmare: Dakar, Dhaka — what's the difference?
Sandy Valdivieso and her husband intended to fly from Los Angeles to Dakar, Senegal. They ended up almost 7,000 miles off-course in Dhaka, Bangladesh. How something this bizarre could happen illustrates how a single mix-up on an airline's part can...
Tags: Bangladesh, Dhaka (Bangladesh), Senegal, Travel, Trips and Vacations
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SAfrican police: 23 youths die in initiation ceremonies involving circumcision, survival
Associated PressJOHANNESBURG (AP) — Twenty-three youths have died in the past nine days at initiation ceremonies that include circumcisions and survival tests, South African police said Friday. Police have opened 22 murder cases in the deaths in the northeastern...Tags: Arts and Culture, Nelson Mandela, Abdominal Pain, Death and Dying Customs, South Africa
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Algeria's aging regime, restive youth makes for a volatile political mix in North Africa
Associated PressALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — The Arab Spring may finally be en route to Algeria. With the president in a French hospital recovering from a stroke, the generation of aging politicians and generals that has run Africa's largest country for a half-...Tags: Government, Political Corruption, Stomach Cancer, Physical Conditions, Tunisia
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Father and son sentenced to prison for rhino horn trafficking
Behind an unassuming storefront in Orange County's Little Saigon, prosecutors say, was the driving force behind an illicit international trade in rhinoceros horns. Vinh Chuong "Jimmy" Kha and Felix Kha may never have journeyed to the savannas of Africa,...
Tags: Trials, Justice System, Organized Crime, Lawyers, Prisons
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