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It was six flights up to the apartment that smelled of forgotten dirty laundry in corners of closets that were never opened. Most of those dragging days in the summer of my eighth year the apartment rang with my mother's voice. She bellowed out creative insults against the anger that echoed back and forth in her head, while all I yearned for was to be away from the people-smelling city, and home to the fields and forests I was used to.
"You drunk bastard!" she'd shout at her father. Slumped on the sofa, he watched the Baltimore Orioles on a staticky, portable black and white. His bald head showed red in protest against the temperature in the tight apartment. He wore an over stretched dirty vest that hung loosely on his body covered with a fine, white fur. He rarely responded to his ...
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Egyptian activists rise up against sexual assaults in Tahrir Square. A team building video for hotel employees shocks the Chinese web. And net users are smitten with Sam, the cat with eyebrows.
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The Beaten Justice, Arnold Argertta. Jane is fighting for her life after she was defiled by her uncle. Jane (not her real name) is one of the victims of rape and defilement here in Kenya whose justice gets trashed. Jane, 4 years, was defiled by her uncle but Jane's father settled the case secretly denying [...]
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Reviving a dying Language - Yaaku Radio Feature: Reviving a Dying Language Produced and Reported by: Arnold Ageta SFX...voices of Yaaku elders singing traditional hunting song...fade under then out smoothly This song the Yaaku people used to sing when going to hunt is just a shred of the once rich culture of hunters and gatherers [...]
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That special episode of NBC's Law & Order SUV guest starring Mike Tyson, which Tambay reported about HERE recently, will be broadcast on the network much earlier than planned. The episode, enitited Monster's Legacy and co-stars Andre Braugher and Ed Asner, in which Tyson plays a murderer on death row who claims his crimes were as a result of the sexual abuse he suffered as a child, was originally scheduled to be aired on Weds Feb. 13. However the episode has now been pushed up one week to this Weds Feb. 6th. Dick Wolf, who created all the L & O shows as well being executive producer on of all them, has praised the Tyson episode saying that "it...
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If you missed it, here's the first trailer for Fast & Furious 6, which aired during the ongoing Super Bowl game that many of you are probably watching right now. Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and Dwayne Johnson lead the returning cast of all-stars as the global blockbuster franchise returns, reuniting the team for another high-stakes adventure. Rounding out the cast, Jordana Brewster, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Sung Kang, Gal Gadot, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges and Elsa Pataky are joined by newcomers Luke Evans and Gina Carano. Since Dom (Diesel) and Brian's (Walker) Rio heist toppled a kingpin's empire and left their crew with $100 million, our...
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Prof Clive Chirwa [Zambia Railways CEO] recently set out his new vision for Zambia Railways. Profoundly grateful that he has made this available to us - to aid wider debate on this critical issue.
EIZ Zambia Railway Reconstruction - Akapelwa Lecture by Clive Chirwa
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There is some considerable weight of apprehension across the country. On the one hand, there are people who are a fearful of trouble were the court to rule against the petitioners and there are those who fear the reaction of the ruling party were the court to rule for the petitioners.
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When we left our unholy troika at the Honolulu Heights last year Hal was strapped to a chair, yelling profanities at his friends while they helped him go cold turkey
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The government's decision to increase public ownership of forests will be an investment with returns for everybody
The decision to place the future of England's public forests in the hands of a new independent authority represents a double U-turn. Having in 2010 announced an "everything must go" policy, ministers changed their minds and have now called for even more public ownership. And having demanded a "bonfire of the quangos", ministers have announced a new one. But rather than derision, last week's announcement about the future of the nation's greenest assets has been welcomed by groups as diverse as country landowners and birdwatchers, the biofuels lobby and forestry scientists. There are two reasons for this. One is that the proposal is so imprecise that there isn't much to disagree ...
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Egyptian activists rise up against sexual assaults in Tahrir Square. A team building video for hotel employees shocks the Chinese web. And net users are smitten with Sam, the cat with eyebrows.
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Prof Clive Chirwa [Zambia Railways CEO] recently set out his new vision for Zambia Railways. Profoundly grateful that he has made this available to us - to aid wider debate on this critical issue.
EIZ Zambia Railway Reconstruction - Akapelwa Lecture by Clive Chirwa
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"This is the report that Ushahidi did not want you to see." Or so the rumors in certain circles would have it. Some go as far as suggesting that Ushahidi tried to burry or delay the publication. On the other hand, ... Continue reading →
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Screengrab of the video posted by OpAntiSH.
A video showing an alleged gang rape in Tahrir Square last week has highlighted the ongoing plight of political active female Egyptian protesters. Activists say Islamist thugs seeking to discredit the protests are to blame.
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