Feb 10
Staff Reporter 01/18/2012 All week, we are exploring the lives of refugees in Puget Sound and the challenges that they face as they settle in to their new communities. When new refugees arrive, they have a lot to juggle. There’s finding housing, getting kids enrolled in school; often there’s learning English. Then, there’s finding a …
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Feb 09
Legendary African-Canadian Viola Desmond, often referred to as “Canada’s Rosa Parks,” is being featured on a line of postage stamps by Canada Post in honour of Black History Month. In 1946, nine years before Rosa Parks’ iconic refusal to give up her bus seat to a white passenger, businesswoman Viola Desmond was getting thrown out …
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Jan 30
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The Republican candidates debated last night in Myrtle Beach, and talked over taxes, foreign policy, as well as the economy. And at one point, the discussion turned to race. RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: That issue brought some pointed questions aimed at Newt Gingrich. The former House speaker once again called President Obama the, …
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Jan 30
Kosovo’s nationalist opposition have announced that they may erect some road blockades of their own in the first weeks of 2012. In northern, Serb-run Kosovo roads have been blocked for several months now by local Serbs protesting over the presence of Kosovo government police and customs on the contested border with Serbia. The opposition Vetevendosje …
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Jan 27
The Guardian, 17 November 2011 Swaziland has failed to pay more than $10m (£6.3m) in grants to Aids orphans, the IMF says, despite the vast wealth enjoyed by its absolute monarch.the tiny southern African kingdom needs to take urgent action as it struggles to maintain spending on HIV/Aids, education and the elderly, the IMF warned …
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Jan 18
Denying yourself this particular enjoyable habit, doing away with that little luxury … if the sound of rain beating against the window pane isn’t enough to have you feeling downbeat, a regime of self-imposed restraint will surely do the trick. So this year why not adopt a different set of resolutions – ones that do …
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Jan 16
James J. Rizzi, a pop artist who was the first living artist ever to be commissioned by the German government to design postage stamps, died suddenly on Dec. 26 in his Lafayette St. studio in Soho. He was 61. Known for his 3D constructions, consisting of hand-colored prints mounted on top of each other with …
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Jan 15
SOCCER- RSSC’s coach Gcina ‘Magiyane’ Dlamini has emerged as a hot favourite to fill the vacant post at the senior national side, Sihlangu.This publication has reliably gathered that an influential National Football Association of Swaziland (NFAS) Technical Committee member has approached the National First Division outfit over the services of the former Mhlambanyatsi Rovers’ strategist. …
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Jan 13
They’re calling it a birthday party for Jesus. Hundreds of volunteers will take time out on Christmas Day to serve a big meal and give out gifts to the needy. They’re expecting so many people that they’ve reserved Johnson Hagood Stadium. “A lot of people are lonely and hurting at this time of year,” said …
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Dec 26
The first day in Swaziland we mostly spent inside, recovering from travel and making plans for our time in the country. Our exceedingly generous hosts Phil and Joanna made us great food – they typically eat raw vegetarian food, so we had really delicious salads covered in nuts and fruits and other goodies, along with …
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