Hats off to a London council who have funded a landmark pilot scheme called DOG - the Direction and Opportunities for Gangs, which has managed to reduce offences by former gang members and their dogs by 100 per cent.

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(Asmara 31-12-12) Young Activists in Eritrea posted over 20 posters on the streets of Asmara on New Year 's Eve. The Posters depicting a picture of Mr Idriss Ab-Arre, a disappeared disabled veteran of Eritrea's struggle for independence, appealed to members of the public to help friends and families of Eritrea's 'dissapeared' in locating their loved ones.

The initiative was a follow up to a campaign that was launched by Project ArbiHarnet (freedom Friday), in commemoration of September 18, 2001 when many politicians seeking political reform and journalists from Eritrea's independent media disappeared overnight.

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1804CaribVoices - Pan-Caribbean Voices for Intergration and Social Justice Inspired by the freedom struggles of Caribbean people through the centuries, as exemplified by the Haitian Revolution; 1804CaribVoices gives expression to the myriad voices calling for a united and sovereign Caribbean, social justice, responsible governance and sustainable living in our region.  It is initiated as a [...]

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Leaders of Sudan and South Sudan in Ethiopia for Talks Leaders of Sudan and South Sudan in Ethiopia for Talks KHARTOUM, Sudan -- The presidents of Sudan and South Sudan, two nations that have been locked in a tense dispute over borders, territory an...

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Traveler can be a good word to describe Abdul Wali Aman. The 23 year old forward has been moving from place to place throughout his life. "I've moved a lot of places," Aman said. "From college to college, high school to high school.... sometimes it is...

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Ethiopia plays with Morocco in 2008 File Photo Ethiopia to play friendly football with Tunisia on Monday By Samuel Yeshiwas The Walya Antelopes of Ethiopia will head to Qatar for their second pre-AFCON friendly against Tunisia on Saturday eveni...

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Ethiopia's PM marks 100 days in office Ethiopia's PM marks 100 days in office On 21 September 2012 Hailemariam Desalegn was sworn in as Ethiopia's prime minister. He was regarded as a compromise candidate and many Ethiopians expected more political...

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Alex Renton imagines what two families - one rich, the other hard-up - might be eating in the future

Predicting what we will eat in Britain in 2035 comes down to how gloomy you are about the future. Will stagnant growth have pushed us down the list of rich nations so far that we can't import any foods any more? Or will new energy sources and acceptance of food bio-tech mean that 3-D food printers will be pumping out nutritionally enriched burgers and sushi in all our homes? Will climate change mean land in Britain has to be devoted to crops, not meat, to keep 70 million of us fed?

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With billions of mouths to feed, we can't go on producing food in the traditional way. Scientists are coming up with novel ways to cater for future generations. In-vitro burger, anyone?

The future feast is laid out around a cool white room at Eindhoven's University of Technology . There is a steak tartare of in-vitro beef fibre, wittily knitted into the word "meat". There are "fruit-meat" amuse-gueules. The green- and pink-striped sushi comes from a genetically modified vegetarian fish called the biccio that, usefully, has green- and pink-striped flesh. To wash this down, there's a programmable red wine: with a microwave pulse you can turn it into anything from Montepulciano to a Syrah. For the kids, there are sweet fried crickets, programmable colas and "magic meatballs". These are made ...

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Je l'ai déjà dit ici, j'aime les textes de l'algérien Yahia Belaskri. Comme un diesel, j'ai toujours un peu de mal à démarrer avec ce romancier mais une fois le moteur lancé, il nous offre un regard passionnant, corrosif, original sur ses points de focalisation. Vous imaginez donc le plaisir pour moi de pouvoir préparer une émission littéraire avec un romancier de ce calibre qui a obtenu en 2011 le prix Ouest France / Etonnants voyageurs pour son roman Si tu cherches la pluie, elle vient d'en haut.

Yahia Belaskri a accepté de se prêter au jeu des questions réponses autour de son nouveau roman Une longue nuit d'absence. Une occasion pour moi de revenir sur son écriture, sur ce regard qu'il porte sur ...

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Joshua Glenn and Elizabeth Foy Larsen editors of the kids' activity book Unbored write in Huffington Post:

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