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Change the World Bank needs
Few people on the street may be familiar with the World Bank. Yet, it plays a critical role in the U.S. effort to engage the world through its contribution to economic development in poor and post-conflict societies. As current World Bank President...Tags: Health, International Economic Institution, Christian Orthodoxy, Customs and Tradition, Teachers
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Facets of Africa, now on Chicago stages
The Midwest is often accused of parochialism — and Chicago theater assumed to be preoccupied with dysfunctional American families. But there has been the distinct flavor of Africa in the air these last few weeks. Chicago theaters have offered a...
Tags: Music Theater, Namibia, Kirk Douglas, Entertainment, Victory Gardens Theatre
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Blood and Guts:An exhibit of outrageous hand-painted West African movie posters at Trinity
Bold, Raw & Uncensored: Ghanaian Movie Posters
Through March 16, Widener Gallery, Trinity College, 300 Summit St., Hartford, (860) 297-5232, trincoll.edu
Corpse-like zombies. Severed heads. Frightening hybrid man-beast monstrosities. Hovering angels...Tags: Health, Western Africa, Ghana, Entertainment, Customs and Tradition
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In Nigeria, getting away with murder
Since the arrival of the New Year, America's Nigerian diaspora, including its significant community in Maryland, must be dismayed by the news from Africa's most populous country. The reluctance ofNigeria'sgovernment to prevent or punish violence between...Tags: Justice System, Government, Murder, Defense, Prosecution
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Gorilla Habitat Larger Than Previously Thought
Conservationists working in Central Africa to save the world’s rarest gorilla have good news: the Cross River gorilla has more suitable habitat than previously thought, including vital corridors that, if protected, can help the great apes move...Tags: Cameroon, Conservation, Lincoln Park Zoo, Kelly Gray, Natural Resources
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Holy Day Bombing
Christmas cheer was replaced with blasts and bloodshed at churches in Nigeria.
Holy places in five Nigerian cities were targeted. Dozens died and many others were wounded.
A police station and a state security building were also bombed.
Locals are...Tags: Holidays, Explosions, Christmas, Religious Festivals, Emergency Incidents
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Nigeria church blast during Christmas Mass kills at least 39
Terror attacks across Nigeria by a radical Muslim sect killed at least 39 people Sunday, with the majority dying on the steps of a Catholic church after celebrating Christmas Mass as blood pooled in dust from a massive explosion.
Authorities acknowledged...Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Health, Government, Terrorism, William Hague
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Behind judging First Amendment essay winners
After hearing and meeting some of the essay and art contest winners at the Anti-Defamation League’s 2011 Jerold S. Solovy Award Dinner, I left feeling inspired by the thoughtfulness and maturity of these young people.
Part of Trib Nation's...Tags: Government, Freedom of the Press, Immigration, Politics, Civil Rights
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Shell's Oil Spill in Nigeria Fuels Alaska's Offshore Oil Controversy
Opponents of Shell Oil’s plans to explore for oil in arctic waters say Alaskans should pay attention to what’s happening in Nigeria, where Shell has shut down its Bonga Oil Field.
The well is located about 75 miles offshore, but Shell says it...Tags: United Nations, Environmental Pollution, Oil Spills, Environmental Issues, Petroleum Industry
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New of the Weird: Which Buffoon Dictator Will Be Fired Next?
![Was Moammar Gadhafi the last of the "buffoon dictators," asked BBC News in October. His legend was earned not merely with his now-famous, dirty-old-man scrapbook of Condoleezza Rice photos. Wrote a BBC reporter, "One day [Gadhafi] was a Motown [backup] vocalist with wet-look permed hair and tight pants. The next, a white-suited comic-operetta Latin American admiral, dripping with braid." Nonetheless, Gadhafi had competition, according to an October report in the journal <em>Fo</em><em>reign Policy</em>. For example, the son of Equatorial Guinea's dictator owns, among other eccentric luxuries, a $1.4 million collection of Michael Jackson memorabilia. North Korea's Kim Jong Il owns videos of almost every game Michael Jordan ever played for the Chicago Bulls.](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-12/66553539-06132409.jpg "Was Moammar Gadhafi the last of the \"buffoon dictators,\" asked BBC News in October. His legend was earned not merely with his now-famous, dirty-old-man scrapbook of Condoleezza Rice photos. Wrote a BBC reporter, \"One day [Gadhafi] was a Motown [backup] vocalist with wet-look permed hair and tight pants. The next, a white-suited comic-operetta Latin American admiral, dripping with braid.\" Nonetheless, Gadhafi had competition, according to an October report in the journal <em>Fo</em><em>reign Policy</em>. For example, the son of Equatorial Guinea's dictator owns, among other eccentric luxuries, a $1.4 million collection of Michael Jackson memorabilia. North Korea's Kim Jong Il owns videos of almost every game Michael Jordan ever played for the Chicago Bulls.")
Was Moammar Gadhafi the last of the "buffoon dictators," asked BBC News in October. His legend was earned not merely with his now-famous, dirty-old-man scrapbook of Condoleezza Rice photos. Wrote a BBC reporter, "One day [Gadhafi] was a Motown [backup]...Tags: Guinea, Kim Jong Il, Manulife Financial Corporation, Michael Jordan, Equatorial Guinea
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