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Namibia nämĭb´ēə [key], officially Republic of Namibia, republic (2005 est. pop. 2,031,000), c.318,000 sq mi (823,620 sq km), SW Africa. It is bordered by Angola in the north, by Zambia in the northeast, by Botswana in the east, by South Africa in the southeast and south, and by the Atlantic Ocean

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Hurd, Will (1977– )

William Ballard Hurd, the U.S. Representative for Texas’s 23rd Congressional District, was the first African American Republican ever to be elected to congress from the state of Texas. Hurd assumed office on January 3, 2015, representing a district that spans a large portion of the U.S.-Mexico

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(1996) California Proposition 209

This initiative measure is submitted to the people in accordance with the provisions of Article II, Section 8 of the

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AMC Theatres Has Doubt It Can Stay In Business After COVID-19 Pandemic

On Wednesday, the world’s biggest movie theater chain, AMC Theatres, let its customers know things are looking grim by publicizing the “substantial doubt” it has that it can stay in

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Tunisia: Detention Order Against Businessman and Senior Civil Servant

Tunis/Tunisia — The examining magistrate at the economic and financial judicial pole issued, on Wednesday, a Detention order against a businessman operating in the tourism sector and a high-ranking civil servant official, after their hearing, in the presence of their lawyers, Deputy Public

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Broadgate headache - Residents weary of prolonged Junction road project, never-ending dynamite blasts

Ongoing works to rehabilitate the Broadgate section of the Junction main road in St Mary have been irritating many residents, who are yearning for the project to be wrapped up, giving them a reprieve from the dust nuisance and dynamite blasts constantly terrorising

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Tunisia

Tunisia to͞onē´zhə, tyo͞o– [key], Fr. Tunisie, officially Republic of Tunisia, republic (2005 est. pop. 10,075,000), 63,378 sq mi (164,150 sq km), NW Africa. Occupying the eastern portion of the great bulge of North Africa, Tunisia is bounded on the west by Algeria, on the north and east by the

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Lisa Lopes

Lisa Left Eye Lopes was one of three members of the popular music group TLC. (The Atlanta-based group was named for its members initials: Lopes, Tionne T-Boz Watkins and Rozanda Chilli Thomas.) With its made-for-MTV looks and bawdy attitude, the group was a hit with both R&B and pop music

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BULGING HAND VEINS PERMANENTLY REMOVED WITH ‘REJUVAHANDS TM' PROCEDURE

Encino, California surgeon Dr. Gabriel Goren says that "Rejuvahands TM" is the only enduring option for seniority associated bulging hand

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Libya

Libya lĭb´ēə [key], republic (2005 est. pop. 5,766,000), 679,358 sq mi (1,759,540 sq km), N Africa. It borders on Algeria in the west, on Tunisia in the northwest, on the Mediterranean Sea in the north, on Egypt in the east, on Sudan in the southeast, and on Chad and Niger in the south. Tripoli

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Western Sahara

Western Sahara, territory (2005 est. pop. 273,000), 102,703 sq mi (266,000 sq km), NW Africa, occupied by Morocco. It borders on the Atlantic Ocean in the west, on Morocco in the north, on Algeria in the northeast, and on Mauritania in the east and south. Sections in this article:

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Little Richard to be Buried at an Alabama HBCU He Attended in the 1950s

Little Richard will be buried at Oakwood University, an HBCU in Huntsville, Alabama, on Wednesday, May 20, a family spokesperson recently confirmed to The Associated

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New Constitution Banned Segregation

Louisiana voters approved new constitution and elected state officers, including the first Black lieutenant governor, Oscar J. Dunn, and the first Black state treasurer, Antoine Dubuclet. Article Thirteen of the new constitution banned segregation in public accommodation: All the persons shall

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How Did King Tutankhamun Die?

Since archaeologist Howard Carter discovered King Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922, mysteries have surrounded the final resting place of the boy-king – and exactly how he got there at an early age. What put Tut in that tomb? Did his friends and family get away with murder? Scholars have cast about any

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Cameroon

Cameroon kăm˝əro͞on´ [key], Fr. Cameroun, officially Republic of Cameroon, republic (2005 est. pop. 16,380,000), 183,568 sq mi (475,442 sq km), W central Africa. It is bordered on the southwest by the Gulf of Guinea, on the northwest by Nigeria, on the northeast by Chad, on the southeast by the

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Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser Trolls Trump in the Blackest Way

“Black Lives Matter” painted in bright yellow down the middle of

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Madagascar

Madagascar măd˝əgăs´cär [key], officially Republic of Madagascar, republic (2005 est. pop. 18,040,000), 226,658 sq mi (587,045 sq km), in the Indian Ocean, separated from E Africa by the Mozambique Channel. Madagascar is the worlds fourth largest island. The country also claims several small

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NYC Mom Shows No Sympathy For Son Who Was Arrested In Hawaii For Disobeying Quarantine

A hard head makes a soft behind and college student Tarique Peters had to learn the hard

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Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda ăntē´gə, –gwə, bärbu´də [key], independent Commonwealth nation (2005 est. pop. 68,700), 171 sq mi (442 sq km), West Indies, in the Leeward Islands. It consists of the island of Antigua (108 sq mi/280 sq km) and two smaller islands, the more sparsely populated Barbuda (62 sq

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Benin

Benin bĕnēn´ [key], officially Republic of Benin, republic (2005 est. pop. 7,460,000), 43,483 sq mi (112,622 sq km), W Africa, bordering on Togo in the west, on Burkina Faso and Niger in the north, on Nigeria in the east, and on the Bight of Benin (an arm of the Gulf of Guinea) in the

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Cameroon: November 1990 Decree On Drinking Spots - Instituting Order in the Bar Sector

In order to inculcate the habit of responsible and controlled drinking, the President of the Republic signed a decree on November 9, 1990 which lays down conditions and procedures for the operation of drinking spots

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Malawi

Malawi məlä´wē [key], officially Republic of Malawi, republic (2005 est. pop. 12,159,000), 45,200 sq mi (117,068 sq km), E central Africa. It borders on Zambia in the west, on Tanzania in the north, and on Mozambique in the east, south, and southwest. The capital is Lilongwe ; Blantyre is its

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W. E. B. Du Bois

W. E. B. Du Bois also known as William Edward Burghardt (b. Feburary 23, 1868) was a an African-American historian, civil rights activist and the first sociologist to ever have an article published on the rights of African-Americans. His great-grandfather was French-American and his family had

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Mozambique

Mozambique mō˝zəmbēk´ [key], officially Republic of Mozambique, republic (2005 est. pop. 19,407,000), 302,659 sq mi (784,090 sq km), SE Africa. It borders on the Indian Ocean in the east; on South Africa and Swaziland in the south; on Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Malawi in the west; and on Tanzania in

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Spike Lee talks drafting story for ‘NBA 2K16′ video game

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “NBA 2K16″ will be a Spike Lee

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Split threatens South Sudan peace deal

Signatories to the South Sudan peace agreement are now split in the middle as President Salva Kiir has managed to pull some opposition parties to his side over the allocation of

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Somalia

Somalia sōmä´leə [key], country (2005 est. pop. 8,591,000), 246,200 sq mi (637,657 sq km), extreme E Africa. It is directly south of the Arabian peninsula across the Gulf of Aden. Somalia comprises almost the entire African coast of the Gulf of Aden and a longer stretch on the Indian Ocean. It is

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