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Triton scandal: UK court allows Devani extradition
Mr Devani lost his appeal against the extradition at the Court of Appeal in a case described as one “with a complicated and unsatisfactory procedural
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Liquid propane could supply Zimbabwe with fuel
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WHO to hold first virtual assembly
The World Health Assembly, which has been trimmed from the usual three weeks to just two days, Monday and Tuesday, is expected to focus almost solely on Covid-19, which in a matter of months has killed more than 310,000 globally, and infected nearly
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NFL Ambassador and Health Care Advocate Chris Draft Brings Hopeful Message to Lung Cancer Survivors
For the second year in a row, former NFL linebacker and Team Draft Co-Founder Chris Draft served as keynote speaker at the nation’s largest gathering of lung cancer survivors—LUNGevity’s National Hope Summit. At the Summit, Draft shared Team Draft’s mission with hundreds of survivors who gathered
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Kenya: Container Traffic on the Decline at Mombasa Port
The Port of Mombasa recorded a 2.1 per cent decline in container traffic in the first quarter of this year compared with the same period last
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Rwanda: Parliament to Summon Health, Finance Ministers
Parliament has resolved to summon the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, and the Minister of Health to give explanations for funding and medical issues that have persisted despite resolutions made for them to get solved in previous
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(1993) William J. Clinton, “The Freedom to Die"
On November 13, 1993, President Bill Clinton traveled to Memphis to address 5,000 African American ministers at the national headquarters of the Church of God in Christ.  Speaking from the pulpit where in 1968 Dr. Martin Luther King delivered his last sermon, Clinton used the occasion to urge the
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Munya allows 2 months of low-duty Mexico maize import
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Online art sale to help Woodson Museum scholarship recipients whose education is now in jeopardy
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Official: FBI Finds Link Between Pensacola Gunman, al-Qaida
The gunman in a deadly rampage late last year at a military base in Florida communicated with al-Qaida operatives about the attacks in the months leading up to it, U.S. officials said Monday as they laid out new details of a shooting that killed three American
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Parents of autistic children share experiences amid COVID-19
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Survivor Working To Close Gap In Breast Cancer Deaths In African American Community
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Michael Jackson - Billie Jean (Official Video)
Billie Jean was the first short film made for Thriller, the biggest-selling album of all time. The short film for this No. 1 single, directed by Steve Barron, made history as the first video by a black artist to receive heavy rotation on MTV, and waslater ranked by the network as one of the 100
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This Black Coffee Retailer Saw A 350% Spike in Sales After Being Forced to Close Its Doors
This Black Coffee Retailer Saw A 350% Spike in Sales After Being Forced to Close Its is difficult to start a business but it is arguably even harder to maintain an existing
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Kenya: Adak Boss Rugut Confident Kenya Is Winning Fight Against Banned Drugs
A: With the rise of doping cases in the country especially in athletics, there was pressure from the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) and World Athletics (WA) for Kenya to take urgent
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Virus will not extinguish wildfire protection, Newsom says | Black Voice News
California’s preparations to battle wildfires this year will not be slowed by the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Gavin Newson vowed Wednesday, saying the state will purchase specially equipped helicopters and fire engines and hire hundreds of additional
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Setting the Pace for Diversity Advancement
Day Pitney’s strong reputation for client service and legal representation goes hand in hand with its commitment to diversity and inclusiveness. The firm has been at the forefront of diversity and inclusion within the legal industry for more than a decade. Kathy Bowman-Williams, who was appointed
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(1964) George C. Wallace, “The Civil Rights Movement: Fraud, Sham, and Hoax”
By 1964 George C. Wallace, the Governor of Alabama, had become the national symbol of opposition to the civil rights movement and to federal governmental intervention to protect the rights of African Americans.  In the address below he denounces President Lyndon B. Johnson for signing into law the
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George M. Johnson's New Memoir Reminds Us That ‘All Boys Aren't Blue’
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Rwanda: Beach Volleyball - Rwanda Again to Host World Tour
Rwanda will host the 2020 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour star 2, both in men and women categories, later this year on the shores of Lake Kivu in Rubavu
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Win for Mzee Kibor in land row with sons
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Businesses count losses during Idd
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10 Denver Rappers You Need to Know
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Marlon Riggs was a black gay writer, filmmaker, and social activist. He was born in Fort Worth, Texas to a military family on February 3, 1957, and spent his childhood at various military posts, including time spent living in Georgia and Germany. Riggs graduated with honors from Harvard University
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Justice Bere challenges tribunal again
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Mauritius: EU Lists Country as High Risk Country for Money Laundering
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