Dominican Republic: Justifying the unjustifiable The Constitutional Court decision on citizenship rests on prejudice and discriminatory practices.
The author responds to a previous Al Jazeera article justifying the recent DR law [Reuters] The Constitutional Court decision to strip thousands of Dominicans of Haitian descent of their citizenship has unleashed a flurry of commentary both inside and outside the Caribbean nation. Some like Dominican-American author Diaz Junot, and an array of Latin American human […]
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January 17, 2014 Terror plot to turn Ethiopian Epiphany celebration into an inferno uncovered. *Christians and Muslim communities urged to be vigilant against the government’s plot….. (Report compiled by Getahune Bekele-South Africa) According to our well-placed sources in the inner circle of the ruling minority junta’s powerful and complex security apparatus, the regime has already […]
Read More →We have seven positions that have been tweaked and tailored by sex experts to help you reach orgasm every single time — plus, a few extra tricks so the road to bliss is even more of a sure thing.
Your Orgasm — Guaranteed! BY JENNIFER BENJAMIN When it’s a mind-blowing, bed-rattling orgasm you’re after, keeping it simple is absolutely key. Sure, wild, crazy, never-knew-my-body-could-bend-that-way booty keeps your lust life exciting, but if the goal of the moment is to break pleasure records, you have to stick to the basics. “Trying to accomplish complicated acrobatics […]
Read More →Eastern Sudan farmers get back disputed lands from Ethiopia
(KHARTOUM) — A joint Sudanese-Ethiopian committee would start today to hand over agricultural lands to residents of more than 17 Sudanese villages located in eastern Atbara River along the Ethiopia-Sudan border. The agricultural lands remained a source of dispute for more than 100 years. Governor of Al-Gadarif State, in eastern Sudan, Abdelrahman al-Khidir told Akhir […]
Read More →South Sudan rivals may sign truce soon: sources (ST)
From left: Igad’s executive secretary Mahmoud Maalim, acting head of South Sudan’s delegation Makuei Lueth, Igad special envoys Lazarus Sumbeiywo, Seyoum Mesfim and Mohamed Ahmed al-Dabi, head of South Sudan’s rebel delegation Taban Deng hold a joint press conference in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on January 6, 2014. (Photo AFP /Carl De Souza) By […]
Read More →Martin Luther King Jr. – Biographical
Martin Luther King, Jr., (January 15, 1929-April 4, 1968) was born Michael Luther King, Jr., but later had his name changed to Martin. His grandfather began the family’s long tenure as pastors of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, serving from 1914 to 1931; his father has served from then until the present, and from […]
Read More →Nigerian vocalist Douye’ prepares to release sophomore album So Much Love featuring the debut single “So Much Love” in tribute to Afrobeat icon Fela Kuti
  So Much Love features multi-platinum and Grammy nominated musicians including producer/songwriter Dapo Torimiro (Frank Ocean, John Legend, Justin Bieber, Jordin Sparks, Chrisette Michele, Toni Braxton), British songwriter Terry Shaddick (Olivia Newton-John, Diana Ross), guitarist Chris Sholar (Beyonce’, Jay-Z, Mariah Carey, Kanye West, Ne-Yo, D’Angelo), producer JR Hutson (Jill Scott, Musiq, Lalah Hathaway) and […]
Read More →South Sudan Rebels Seize Oil-Rich State’s Capital Amid Talks
By William Davison, January 14, 2014 South Sudanese rebels said they captured Malakal, the capital of oil-rich Upper Nile state, as talks aimed at securing a cease-fire in the nation’s four-week-old conflict continued for a second day. Opposition forces loyal to former Vice President Riek Machar seized Malakal today after 72 hours of “heavy fighting,†[…]
Read More →High school that teaches through video games, film and music: Coming to Cleveland soon? By Patrick O’Donnell, The Plain Dealer
The Center for Arts-Inspired Learning hopes to create a Cleveland High School for the Digital Arts to teach through video games, music and film. (Patrick O’Donnell/The Plain Dealer) CLEVELAND, Ohio – It sounds like a teenager’s dream: A high school where you listen to music, watch movies and play video games all day. At the planned […]
Read More →The intelligent drones of the future will cut their teeth scanning forests in Finland By Rachel Feltman @rachelfeltman
If you want it to deliver pizza, it should learn how to not run into trees. AP Photo/Jae C. Hong The future of fully autonomous robots may be built by a company that is laser scanning the boreal forests of Finland with drones. Helsinki-based Sharper Shape is already bringing a new approach to forest surveying, which is vital […]
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