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A charter school has fired one of its teachers -- accused of beating up a student on video. A classmate captured the entire incident on their cell phone. The teacher in question, identified by...
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Is Kagame a 'media predator?' Posted Thursday, May 13 2010 at 15:14 On Tuesday morning in Kigali, we had our usual monthly interaction with President Paul Kagame of Rwanda. I would love to call...
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Moves are afoot among supporters of newly elected Gauteng ANC chairperson Paul Mashatile and ANC Youth League leaders to look for a new leader to replace Jacob Zuma at the 2012 party conference...
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Kenyan immigrant pleads no contest in identity theft case By Danielle Quisenberry May 07, 2010, 10:49AM A 30-year-old Kenyan immigrant pleaded no contest Friday to two charges of possession...
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Maneno ya hekima haya kutoka kwa Ngungi.Tukomboe Fikra zetu! By Peter Mwaura His latest book is slim but packed with an impassioned message: If Africans do not shed Europhonism, they stand to...
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Cameron To Be New Prime Minister Imminently Tory leader David Cameron is on his way to Buckingham Palace to ask the Queen permission to form a new government. As his silver Jaguar drove...
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White House appears to abandon publicly tough approach to Karzai Kevin Lamarque / Reuters U.S. President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai hold a joint news conference at the White...
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Even as Kenyans await the results of tests on the natural gas discovered in Isiolo, the country is drafting laws to regulate the sharing of revenue due to be generated from its production. The...
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President Barack Obama on Monday nominated Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court, declaring she would demonstrate the same independence, integrity and passion for the law exhibited by...
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U.S. missiles kill at least 24 in Pakistan MIRANSHAH, Pakistan - U.S. drone aircraft killed at least 24 suspected militants in two attacks on Tuesday in Pakistan's North Waziristan, a...
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The Delaware attorney general is awake and alert Beau Biden, seen at right in 2007, had considered running for the Senate seat his father held before becoming vice president, but ultimately...
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BREAKING NEWS: Brown sacrifices himself and promises to quit as PM in last-ditch bid to do deal with Lib Dems Last updated at 5:35 PM on 10th May 2010 Brown declares he will stand down as...
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'Anti-ageing' medicines on the way Medicines that can help people live healthy lives to 100 and beyond may be available in as little as two years, an expert has said. The drugs have come...
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A woman visiting a post office in Novara, north-western Italy, has been stopped by police for wearing an Islamic veil covering her face. A police official told the AFP news agency the woman...
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AP – A burqa-clad Afghan woman, who calls herself a victim of war, looks on during a 'victims' jirga' (a …...
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Gesture of friendship to West wins Obama’s praise, enrages Communists From left-to-right, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Chinese President Hu Jintao, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and...
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Kiss woman denounces 'hypocrisy' 4 hours 47 mins ago Buzz Up! Print Story A British woman jailed for kissing a man in public in Dubai has spoken of the "hypocrisy" of...
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U.S. president orders unified message on Karzai's legitimacy Vice President Joe Biden and Afghan President Hamid Karzai watch as President Barack Obama makes a statement to reporters at the...
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New poll shows majority want Brown out 3 hours 17 mins ago Almost two-thirds of voters think Gordon Brown should concede defeat in the General Election and...
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RAMALLAH, West Bank - The Palestinian president on Thursday accused Hamas of smuggling large amounts of weapons into the West Bank as part of the militant group's efforts to undermine his...
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