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    Dec 10, 2011 |Story| Imperial Valley Press Online

  1. Why is IVC mascot still the Arabs?

    Arab: A member of a Semitic people inhabiting much of the Middle East and North Africa. That doesn’t sound a lot like Imperial Valley College. With all the political correctness going on, has Imperial Valley College ever thought of changing their...

    Tags: Colleges and Universities, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Education

    2. Jul 20, 2011 |Story| Glendale News Press

  2. Hoover gets a Purple Heart

    James Reimbolt bid farewell to Hoover High School upon his graduation in 1940.
    James Reimbolt bid farewell to Hoover High School upon his graduation in 1940. Now the World War II pilot has returned home, symbolically, at least, in the form of a Purple Heart awarded posthumously after he was shot down over Tunisia in 1943. The...

    Tags: Minority Groups, Missing in Action, Armed Forces, Human Interest, Wars and Interventions

    3. Sep 28, 2011 |Story| WXIN-LTV

  3. Protesters: Today's 'rioters,' tomorrow's righteous

    The first recorded use of the phrase "protest march" was in 1913 to describe a demonstration organized by Mohandas Gandhi against the South African government's restrictions on Indian nationals. After Gandhi was arrested and the protests grew more heated in response, the South African government labeled the gatherings "riots." Ever since, impassioned groups of politically similarly situated people have been called either protesters or rioters. Which phrase you choose mainly depends on where your own political sympathies lie.
    Special to CNN
    The first recorded use of the phrase "protest march" was in 1913 to describe a demonstration organized by Mohandas Gandhi against the South African government's restrictions on Indian nationals. After Gandhi was arrested and the protests grew more...

    Tags: Demonstration, Protest, Martin Luther King Jr., Tea Party Movement, Erectile Dysfunction

    4. Dec 13, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  4. Former dissident sworn in as Tunisia's president

    World Now
    Moncef Marzouki, former dissident and veteran human rights activist, is sworn in as Tunisia's new president. Tunisia inspired the so-called Arab Spring uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East....
    5. Dec 19, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  5. Christianity has become less European over past century, study says

    World Now
    A new study finds that the Christian percentage of the world's population has remained fairly steady over the last century, but its distribution has changed dramatically, with just 25% now found in Europe....
    6. Dec 24, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  6. Christmas Eve in Bethlehem: A hub of activity

    World Now
    Thousands of people flocked Christmas Eve to Manger Square to celebrate the birth of Jesus in this West Bank city, the cradle of the Christian faith where Christ was born 2012 years ago....
    7. Jan 20, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  7. Video said to show jobless Moroccans setting themselves on fire

    World Now
    Graphic amateur video footage said to show unemployed young Moroccans setting themselves on fire in the capital Rabat surfaced this week during widespread demonstrations over lack of opportunity in the North African nation....
    8. Jan 27, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  8. A million face severe malnutrition in the Sahel, UNICEF warns

    World Now
    A hunger emergency looms in the Sahel: Half a million children face starvation in the Sahel if help doesn’t arrive on time, according to humanitarian agencies. A recent UNICEF survey in the Sahel forecast a million cases of severe malnutrition...
    9. Mar 22, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  9. The life and death of French gunman Mohamed Merah

    World Now
    Mohamed Merah, who confessed to killing seven people in a string of drive-by shootings in France, was shot in the head Thursday as he jumped from a window, still shooting, at the end of a standoff with police that lasted 32 hours. Though the siege is...
    10. Mar 23, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  10. Who are the Tuareg and how do they fit into the coup in Mali?

    World Now
    The Tuareg are nomadic people in much of the central Sahara and Sahel. They’ve been romanticized as “the blue men of the desert” because of the indigo dye used in their traditional flowing garments. They have a common language, Tamasheq,...
    11. Apr 6, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  11. Tuareg rebels in Mali declare independent state

    World Now
    Tuareg rebels who recently captured northern Mali in a stunning military advance declared their own independent state. The state, which the rebels call Azawad, was immediately dismissed by France, the former colonial power in the region. It was also...
    12. Apr 14, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  12. Coachella 2012: Afrojack kicks off a pop-friendly dance lineup

    Pop & Hiss
    Afrojack's late night DJ set illustrated just how mainstream electronic dance music had become over the past year, especially, as producer-spinsters like Calvin Harris, David Guetta, Kaskade, AVICII and Swedish House Mafia have become major forces on...
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