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Supporting poor rural farmers and including them into business discussions can have big payoffs for all -- especially the environment.
He's punk'd both the North Korean communist government and in his new film, the Central African Republic and its corrupt diplomatic culture. Mads Brügger is one of Europe's funniest and most controversial filmmakers, although most Americans haven't heard of him -- yet.
The valedictorian of the class, a native of a Zulu village, had never held a book in her hands prior to attending the Academy: She had only held single pages or chapters ripped from books that were shared amongst villagers.
Denzel Washington plays one badass sociopath, murderer, traitor and still manages to steal screen time from all of those around him and be charming to...
Even as Russia and China face growing criticism, there is no consensus among analysts on the question of intervention in Syria.
So again I asked why she went through the stress of getting replacement rings even though she wasn't married anymore. She responded again explaining that she didn't want people showing signs of disrespect towards her because she didn't have a husband.
Thousands of children in northern Nigeria need immediate medical treatment and dozens of villages remain contaminated two years into the worst lead poisoning epidemic in modern history.
Although the drought in the Horn of Africa has long since faded from the headlines, unless we continue to plan long term we may never be very far away from the next crisis.
There is much about the rich, earthy genre of dance from the African Diaspora that is worthy of intellectual exploration; it's a connection between worlds. African dance is celestial; transcending beyond just artistic expression, it contains movements of spirit possession.
"How many more dead and maimed will it take to finally force this Council into action?"
Let's hope that the next cases brought in the ICC are winners with real "organizational policies" committing the most serious of crimes.
A group of local businessmen recently came to the Cura Orphanage to make a donation of food, blankets, and, especially school shoes. Thinking about the new shoes got me thinking, too.
I am a Zimbabwean living and working in South Africa, having recently become a legal immigrant after years of dodging police and living in constant fear of deportation.
My time in Africa was educational, inspirational and eye-opening. I'm an expert at living on a budget, but it is hard to comprehend living on less than $1.25 a day and the complex issues that result from subsisting on so little, until you have witnessed it firsthand.
New York's Metropolitan Opera is currently wowing much of its faithful audience and, as hoped, enticing a newer public with its decidedly multimedia -- and multi-sourced -- confection, The Enchanted Island.
Congress should update and amend the existing War Powers Act (WPA), passed in 1973 over Richard Nixon's veto, to cover future American military operations relying on drones instead of ground forces.
