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Church briefs: June 16, 2012
Fairfax Church hosts Bible school Fairfax Church of Christ will host vacation Bible school June 24-28 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The event is free and open to all age. For more information, call 744-8850 or visit www.fairfaxcofc.org. Trinity UMC annual...
Tags: Christianity, Strawberries, Baptist, William Kennedy, Religion and Belief
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Out of Africa: Quest to reach Victoria Falls by rail leads Danville man to book tour
jenb@amnews.comA 35-year quest to get to Africa’s Victoria Falls via train led Howard Grabill to book passage on Rovos Rail’s “Pride of Africa” tour in July. Grabill, of Danville and a lover of trains, called the African train ride “the...Tags: Cape Town (South Africa), Travel, Livestock Farming, Tourism and Leisure, Zambia
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Iran infighting turns election into real contest
Iran’s ruling theocracy was unable to overcome its notorious infighting and unite behind a single candidate in Friday’s presidential election, which has suddenly boosted the prospects of the lone moderate in the race and rekindled interest...
Tags: Elections, White House, Politics, Iran, Mohammad Reza Aref
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Zimbabwe's Mugabe calls election but his rival rejects the date
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Five years after bitterly disputed elections, Zimbabwe faced a new political conflict Thursday as President Robert Mugabe called elections for July 31 and his rival swiftly rejected the date. The rival, Prime Minister...
Tags: Elections, Robert Mugabe, Nelson Mandela, Morgan Tsvangirai, Africa
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Interview with Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe stirs media storm
JOHANNESBURG -- “Warm, charismatic and very humorous.” Could South African television personality Dali Tambo really have been talking about Zimbabwe's president, Robert Mugabe? Tambo, the son of South African liberation heroes Oliver and...
Tags: Justice and Rights, South Africa, Civil Rights, Robert Mugabe, Periodicals
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North suburban families pack seeds, send hope to Zimbabwe
Families from across the North Shore gathered over the weekend to pack beet seeds for people living in poverty overseas. Organized by Willow Creek Community Church, the seed-packing event attracted more than 3,000 volunteers, including 5-year-olds and a...
Tags: Zambia, Religion and Belief
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‘Walking Dead’: Danai Gurira doubles as Michonne and a playwright
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - latimes.comThis post has been corrected. See below for details. Danai Gurira cast a glance around the dining room of an ...... -
Tackling human rights
Atrocity in Cambodia. Devastation in New Orleans. Revolution in the Middle East. The Chicago office of Human Rights Watch recently started a book club to get people to engage in discussion about places and countries such as these where the international...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Human Rights Watch, Civil Rights, Politics, International Law
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Painting a brighter future for Baltimore street corner
Not so long ago, a dilapidated house stood on the corner of Jenifer Avenue and 30th Street in Baltimore's Montebello community, a magnet for drug users and dealers. But now the house has been torn down, and a mural is planned that will fill the space...Tags: Mount Vernon, Arts, Arts and Culture
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Man wanted in Labor Day weekend shootings, arson arrested in Boone County
Police arrested a man wanted in connection with multiple shootings and an arson on Labor Day weekend. Boone County deputies arrested 49-year-old Balagoon Sankofa aka Harold Bishop aka Zimbabwe Sancoffe Wednesday after a farmer called police about a...
Tags: Holidays, Labor Day, Shootings
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Feeling the human cost of colonialism in 'The Convert'
When Jekesai, the young African woman at the core of the intense and deeply affecting new play by Danai Gurira, first arrives at the home of Chilford, the catechist who'll change her life, she sniffs his floor. In this part of southern Africa, the part...Tags: Goodman Theatre, Abusive Behavior, Kevin Mambo, Africa, Arts and Culture
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H.H. Brookins dies at 86; pastor was influential black leader
The Rev. Hamel Hartford Brookins, an influential bishop and former pastor of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church of Los Angeles who became a political power broker, civil rights leader and mentor to former Mayor Tom Bradley, the Rev. Jesse...Tags: Jerry Brown, Civil Rights, Jesse Jackson, Martin Luther King Jr., Politics
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