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Shepherd University student escaped Ivory Coast oppression to make a new life in U.S.
richardb@herald-mail.comSiriki Diabate left his four daughters, parents and three siblings behind in 2005 when he was forced to flee his native Ivory Coast after suffering a terrific beating by thugs who left him for dead. He was working for a local newspaper at the time,...Tags: Arts and Culture, Culture, Government, Côte d'Ivoire, Refugee
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Broadfording Christian Academy to hold annual auction Feb. 15
The community is invited to Broadfording Christian Academy’s sixth annual spaghetti dinner and auction on Friday, Feb. 15, at the school at 13535 Broadfording Church Road in Hagerstown. The cost of dinner tickets is $8 for adults and $4 for...
Tags: Christianity, Agriculture, Religion and Belief, Outer Banks, Marketing
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Review: 'Big Men' hits a gusher of oil and greed
No single resource is more essential to modern life than oil, and no film offers a more incisive look at how the enormous wealth oil creates subverts the morality of individuals, corporations, even entire countries than Rachel Boynton's compelling...
Tags: Western Africa, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Nigeria, Politics, Petroleum Industry
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Bondholders spark U.S. legal drama over Argentine debt
Collection agencies profit by buying up old debt, chasing borrowers for payment and, when all else fails, using the courts to recover as much as they can. It's a business model polished and perfected over decades of litigation. But what if the...
Tags: Social Issues, Argentina, Bank of New York Company, Mutual Funds, Credit and Debt
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READER SUBMITTED: Local Ewe Group Helps Ghana's Children
East HartfordOn May 19 at their monthly meeting, the United Ewe Association of Connecticut donated three large boxes of school supplies, children's summer clothes, books, and other much needed material goods to Bright Star Vision for children in Ghana. Marla Ludwig,...Tags: Arts and Culture, East Hartford Community Cultural Center, Travel, Human Interest, Trips and Vacations
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The world within Vanessa Williams
Most of us are curious about our family lineage. For Vanessa Williams, who recently took part in the show "Who Do You Think You Are" and explored her family's history, the task was both surprising and informative. Here, she talks about what she learned...Tags: Italy, Chemical Industry, Biotechnology Industry, Finland, Cameroon
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Lynchburg entrepreneur is raising funds for trade school
ReporterLynchburg entrepreneur, Thomas Johnson wants start a school to help local community members learn woodworking skills. “You have to understand that woodworking is big,” said Johnson. “When you were born, you were welcomed by what? A...Tags: Martin Luther King Jr., Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia)
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Projects Abroad gives teens a chance to lend a hand
From childcare to medical internships, Projects Abroad offers high school students an opportunity to travel and help nurture a community in another country. This year about 1,000 students from around the world will volunteer through Projects Abroad's...
Tags: Argentina, Travel, Students, Trips and Vacations, Schools
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Remarkable Woman: Amy Little
In a ceiling-high, greasy tangle of wheels, fenders, handlebars and derailleurs, Amy Little sees hope. She's the co-founder with her husband, Lee Ravenscroft, of Working Bikes Cooperative (2434 S. Western Ave., workingbikes.org), a nonprofit...
Tags: Northwestern University, Peace Corps, Oak Park, Travel, Purdue University
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Some fellow cardinals well-known to George
— Many of the 115 cardinal electors to be sequestered inside the Sistine Chapel on Tuesday didn't know each other when they headed for Rome last month. In fact, Chicago's Cardinal Francis George said he knew only a third of his fellow prelates,...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Italy, Angelo Scola, Vatican City, Vatican City
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Novelist Taiye Selasi, hailed as next big literary star, visits Baltimore
Taiye Selasi's debut novel has been in publication for less than a week. But even before a single copy was sold, the glamorous 33-year-old was being hailed as the newest star of the literary world. Selasi's publisher, The Penguin Group, is promoting...
Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Arts and Culture, Authors, Yale University, University of Oxford
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Bright Star Vision In West Hartford To Benefit Ghana
The 8th Annual Bright Star Vision-Ghana Benefit will be held on Saturday March 2, from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Quaker Meeting House, 155 S. Quaker Lane in West Hartford. The benefit, held every year to celebrate Ghana’s independence, and to support...
Tags: West Hartford
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