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reFramed: In conversation with Misha Friedman
FrameworkTuberculosis is still a very deadly disease – especially in the former Soviet Union. The number of patients with very difficult to treat forms of tuberculosis is growing steadily in that part of the world. Photographer Misha Friedman has spent the... -
New trial date set for pro-democracy activists in Egypt
World NowA criminal trial against pro-democracy workers, including two Americans, was adjourned until next month in a case that has upset relations between Egypt and the U.S.... -
Egyptians raid offices of NGOs, including U.S.-based groups
World NowEgyptian security forces stormed the offices of 17 nongovernmental organizations, including three U.S.-based agencies, as part of crackdown on foreign assistance that has drawn criticism from the West and threatened human rights and pro-democracy... -
19 Americans to stand trial in Egypt on Feb. 26
World NowForty-three pro-democracy workers, including 19 Americans, will stand trial Feb. 26 in a case that is at the center of an escalating diplomatic crisis between Washington and Cairo over political reform in Egypt, the state news agency MENA reported... -
County Digest
Raffle The Shady Side Rural Heritage Society's annual raffle is under way. First prize is $5,000; tickets are $5 each. The winning ticket will be drawn at the society's West River Heritage Day Oyster Festival on Oct. 16 at the Capt. Salem Avery Museum,...Tags: Sports, Colleges and Universities, Piracy, Politics, College Baseball
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No easy choices in 'Red and Green'
Last weekend's earthquake in Nepal brought some glancing international attention to the remote Himalayan nation — especially when a wall at the British embassy in Kathmandu collapsed and killed three Nepalese citizens, setting off protests. But...Tags: Parties and Movements, Politics, Michael Evans, Henrik Ibsen, Nepal
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'Lost' crops: St. Paul, Minn., harvests a piece of Africa
Most Minnesotans have never heard of grains such as ivory teff or pearl millet -- much less wondered how to harvest them. But a variety of odd-looking crops, traditional to Africa, are being grown for the first time in an experimental field in St....Tags: Parties and Movements, Droughts, Politics, Natural Disasters, Deere and Company
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Movie brings new scrutiny to the real 'Machine Gun Preacher'
Orlando Sentinel Movie CriticMarc Forster was fresh from directing a James Bond film when he first heard the story of "Machine Gun Preacher" Sam Childers. Here was a tale of a biker and drug dealer turned rescuer of African orphans, battling Sudanese guerrilla groups. Even a guy used...Tags: Ethics, Drugs and Medicines, Entertainment, Sudan, Politics
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'The United States of America does not run out without paying the tab'
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AT UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND TOWN HALL Ritchie Coliseum University of Maryland College Park, Maryland 11:04 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Maryland! (Applause.) Hello! Nice to see you. Thank you so much. (Applause.) Everybody,...Tags: Unemployment Benefits, Minority Groups, Benjamin L. Cardin, Slavery, Labor Legislation
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Anne Arundel County Briefs
Theater performance The Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre presents "The Marvelous Wonderettes," a musical featuring girl-group songs from the 1950s and 1960s. The show opens Thursday, June 30, at 143 Compromise St. in Annapolis, and runs through July 24....Tags: Politics, Annapolis, Linthicum, Travel, Homes
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Land prices are up, up, but let's hope not away
For most of us of a certain age, the experience of the agricultural sector in the 1980s is seared into our minds. The average value of all US farmland had relentlessly increased from $82 an acre in 1954 to $823 per acre in 1982-the best land was selling...Tags: Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Politics, Iowa, Federal Reserve, Finance
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Out4Life program targets repeat offenders
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsA new program hopes to keep people from going back to prison while saving Kansas taxpayers money. Kansas is the 13th state to launch Out4Life. The program engages the Kansas Department of Corrections, government, business, social service and faith...Tags: Parties and Movements, Executive Branch, Politics, Sam Brownback, Kansas
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