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Missionary from Christ Church reflects on Uganda
Carl Chomko is on a mission in Uganda, serving as an intern with Amagara Bible Institute of Discipleship and Evangelism, or ABIDE. The group is a global mission partner with Christ Church, which has campuses in Highland Park and Lake Forest. Chomko, 23,...
Tags: Invisible Children, Inc., Idi Amin
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After surgeries at L.A. burn center, Ugandan orphan walks again
L.A. NOWAdolf Baguma, a Ugandan orphan unable to walk on his severely burned legs, got an incredible gift this year: Well-wishers from the United States brought him to the Grossman Burn Center in Los Angeles. After two surgeries, Baguma's legs are...... -
Council delays decision on dismissal of top health official
In a move that the county attorney and elected officials conceded was highly unusual, the Anne Arundel County Council weighed a measure this week that would have spelled the ouster of the county's top health official, Dr. Angela M. Wakhweya, the first...Tags: Health, Glen Burnie, Medical Procedures and Tests, Civil Rights, Justice and Rights
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Archbishoo Tutu speaks out against Ugandan anti-gay law
The Religion WorldReligion News Service reporter Frederick Nzwili writes about Desmond Tutu adding his voice to the growing chorus of religious leaders opposing a law in Uganda that would jail homosexuals: NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) Nobel Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu on... -
W. Kennedy Cromwell III, foreign service officer
W. Kennedy Cromwell III, a retired foreign service officer who spent the majority of his 32-year career in Africa, died Dec. 13 from complications of a stroke at the Fairhaven retirement community in Sykesville.
The former Washington and Annapolis...Tags: Stanford University, Sykesville, World War II (1939-1945), U.S. Department of State, Idi Amin
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Local nonprofit wins $500K
A Costa Mesa-based nonprofit that supports women in Uganda and Peru recently won $500,000 from the American Giving Awards. Krochet Kids International co-founders Kohl Crecelius and Stewart Ramsey accepted the cash prize and Community Builders award...Tags: NBC (tv network), Peru, Media Industry
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Change.org: 'Justice for Trayvon Martin' most popular petition of 2012
Change.org -- the world's largest petition platform -- shows the 'Justice for Trayvon Martin' petition generated 2.2 million signatures, making it the most successful campaign in 2012. The parents of Trayvon Martin, the 17-year-old gunned down...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Google Inc., Trayvon Martin
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Disparatada ley 'anti-gay' en Uganda
Barack Obama fue clarísimo el respecto: se trata de una norma "odiosa, vil, abominable y ofensora de la decencia". Ojalá eso sirviera para modificar las cosas, pero el problema es que no parece estar muy a su alcance. Se trata de una ley "anti-gay" que...Tags: FBI, Barack Obama
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Cocaine secreted in strawberries and a hefty take for the feds
Federal prosecutors in August 2012 announced that two men, Bryan Eammon Williams and Lawrence Lee Hayes, had been sentenced to 11 years and 15 years respectively for their roles in a cocaine distribution conspiracy. The details of the case are rather...Tags: Trials, Gucci Group NV, Police Arrests, U.S. Postal Service, Randallstown
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Gay rights? Not in Uganda
Uganda's ignominious anti-gay bill is back in play. After being deservedly relegated to legislative limbo last year, the bill, which would expand the definition of what constitutes a homosexual "crime" in the country's statute books, is once again under...
Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Crime, Law and Justice, Parliament, Civil Rights, Justice and Rights
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Congolese rebels defy regional leaders' call to leave key city
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Rebels who this week seized a key city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo refused to leave Thursday despite pleas from regional leaders including the presidents of Rwanda and Uganda, who were named in a United...
Tags: United Nations, William Hague, Rwanda, Congo, United Kingdom
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Ebola outbreak coming to an end in Uganda, continues in Congo
World NowWhile Ebola continues to kill in the Congo, an outbreak of the virus in neighboring Uganda appears to be coming to an end, the World Health Organization said Monday, reporting that no new cases of the deadly fever had been confirmed in Uganda for a month....
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