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Bangkok -
A car bomb exploded on Friday outside a hotel in insurgency-wracked southern Thailand, killing three people and wounding more than 30 others, police said.
In the Media
by Apilaporn Vechakij (AFP)
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Pretoria -
The Office of Tibet in South Africa has celebrated the birthday of the country’s spiritual leader, Tenzin Gyatso, better known as the 14th Dalai Lama, as well as introducing the new Representative, Nangsa Chodon.
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Kandahar -
More than 800 Taliban insurgents have launched a major offensive in southern Afghanistan to try to gain territory recently vacated by US troops, officials said Wednesday, adding that 40 civilians have died in five days of fighting.
In the Media
by Mamoon Durrani (AFP)
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Microsoft South Korea has seized the recent sinking of the South Korean ferry Sewol to promote the company's Office 365 in a particularly tasteless piece of promotion.
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Aden -
Al-Qaeda has claimed an attack on a Yemeni army headquarters in a tightly secured district of Aden in which 20 people died, most of them militants, a monitoring group said Thursday.
In the Media
by Fawaz al-Haidari (AFP)
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Aden -
Al-Qaeda militants launched a rocket and car bomb assault on an army headquarters in Yemen's southern city of Aden Wednesday in an assault that left 11 dead, including three attackers, officials said.
In the Media
by AFP
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Aden -
Gunmen in Yemen killed eight soldiers and wounded six on Monday when they attacked a checkpoint in Hadramawt province in the southeast, military sources said, with one blaming Al-Qaeda."Armed men aboard several vehicles attacked a checkpoint near Reida...
In the Media
by AFP
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Bangkok -
A policeman's wife was shot dead and then set on fire in front of terrified shoppers at a busy market in Thailand's violence-ridden deep south, officials said Monday, in an apparent revenge attack.
In the Media
by AFP
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Karachi -
The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility on Saturday for a deadly attack on a private television channel in the southern city of Karachi and threatened further violence against media outlets.
In the Media
by AFP
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Terrorist bomb attacks, shootings and beheadings – no this isn’t London, this is the restive south of Thailand, but it isn’t all that bad. To a large degree life carries on as normal.
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Mobile -
Violent storms raged through much of the southern portion of the United States Christmas day, leaving a path of destruction and at least 5 dead.
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Rotherham -
The English Defence League marched through Rotherham to highlight the politically correct cover up by authorities of crimes against young, white girls by offenders of a non-English background.
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Princess Anne, the Princess Royal, is on a lightning three-day visit to South Africa during which she has visited an eye hospital and attended a Thanksgiving service. Digital Journal was there.
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Toronto -
The production of Caroline, or Change currently running in Toronto made me wonder why Tony Kushner’s work isn’t produced more often in Canada.
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Birmingham -
Racial dominance still plays a role all across the South. This time, things are different, because the South is winning.
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Juba -
The peace agreement ending the near 40-year-long civil war in Sudan has culminated in a successful referendum and independence for South Sudan as Africa’s fifty-fourth country, but the undeveloped new nation faces huge challenges.
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Durban -
South African media have been aflutter over their “own” princess and her husband Prince Albert II of Monaco since their arrival here Tuesday, July 5, 2001 only days after their wedding in Monte Carlo.
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Vancouver -
One of South Africa's great musicians, Hugh Masekela is coming to Vancouver. When he gets here on Friday March 11, he will first give a lecture on the musician's role as a cultural ambassador and how music can raise social and political awareness.
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A physical fight broke out and politicians verbally insulted one another in the South Korean parliament. Politicians were fighting over the issue of free school meals for students.
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Pretoria -
South African beggars have been renting babies from creches in Pretoria in order to gain more sympathy while on the streets.
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New Bedford -
A law firm ran an ad for a foreclosed property recently that stated "whites only" in the property description which has set off a flurry of protests and complaints from both blacks and whites who were offended by the illegal, racist and discriminatory ad.
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The hosting of a World Cup in a continent whose people have suffered – and continue to endure – indescribable privations in the modern era may come to be regarded as one of the great postmodern illusions.
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Joe Biden, on his way to the World Cup has made a stop in Egypt to discuss world concerns about Iran's nuclear program. Next stop will be in Kenya then on South Africa for the Opening Ceremonies and to watch the US Men's National Soccer teams first match.
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Pomaria -
Newberry County deputies say the murder suspect they arrested after a standoff Wednesday morning shot his victim in the head and then dragged him several miles while tied to the back of his truck. This is being investigated as a hate crime by the FBI.
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Washington -
Driven only by bigotry and hate, the defendant threatened members of his own family with violence because they associated with persons of another race, He erected a cross on their lawn and set it on fire in protest of interracial relationships.
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Dahlonega -
A teacher who allowed students taking part in a class project on racism to dress in KKK hoods to film a segment on the history of the Klan in the South. Some say it was racism, others ask how you can study racism in the US without looking at the KKK.
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Bowdle -
Discovery Channel's Storm Chasers were in South Dakota this weekend and filmed the major tornadoes that hit the mid-west states. Storm's spun from this weather band are responsible for the death of one child and destruction at hundreds of farms and homes.
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A mayoral race in Atlanta demonstrates that racial motivation comes from numerous corridors and is equally ugly - regardless of its source.
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Now in season eight, American Idol is still out rating every other show on TV, including President Obama. With the judges being a little nicer these days, a recent audition turned bad when the judges perceived a regional salutation to be a threat.
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There is a lull that has hit in the political battlefield, that time between the end of the primary season and the end of the convention season. The lead candidates take the time to refocus on funding and winning votes, in some cases, votes based in myth.
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People go about their travels in cars and on motorbikes along the main road that heads towards Malaysia from the Thai border town of Sungei Golok.
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One tail gate stepped it up a notch with a portable propane grill for their grilling pleasure.
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South African 'parabats' do a mass jump from two Hercules transports. Photo by Janet Szabo.
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A typical squatter camp in South Africa, known officially as an "informal settlement."
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People appear to be going about their lives as normal in the town of Yala in Thailand’s restive south.
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Library of Congress
The exhibition Voices of Civil Rights documents events during the Civil Rights Movement in the United States.
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The annual Carolina Cup held in Camden South Carolina each spring, features both steeple chase and flat horse races.
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The annual Carolina Cup held in Camden South Carolina each spring, features both steeple chase and flat horse races.
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Hugh Masekela
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