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Liberia: The Real Danger is Not Spending Enough

Ruthie Ackerman | Posted 11.03.2009 | World

Read More: Rape, Massacre, Child Soldiers, Africom, Guinea, War, Ruthie Ackerman, Violence, Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Education, Military, Conflict, Colonel Moussa Dadis Camara, Job, Ceasefire, World News

Conservatives will ask why during an economic recession should we spend even more money in Liberia. My answer: for the security of Liberia and the entire West African region.

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Meatless Monday: Happy World Pasta Day -- Guess What's for Dinner?

Ellen Kanner | Posted 10.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Marco Polo, Spaetzle, Pasta, Liberia, Tolerance, China, Lapsha, World Pasta Day, Food, Green News

Today, World Pasta Day, we celebrate spaghetti. And spaetzle. And lapsha. And lo mein. Composed of flour, water and pressure via hand or machine, p...

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Mt. Sinai's Medical Mission: Why One Student Is Off to Liberia

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 10.21.2009 | Impact

Read More: Mt. Sinai Medical School, Liberia, Africa, Amelia Clark, Impact News

I experienced one of the most incredible moments in the OR: the cold grey bowel that I had held in my hands slowly bloomed pink with the newly flowing blood. The iciness warmed, the organ was alive.

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Happy Birthday, AFRICOM!

Brian Palmer | Posted 10.05.2009 | World

Read More: Africom, Military, Pentagon, Africa, Special Forces, Department of Defense, Liberia, Nigeria, Department of State, U.S. Africa Command, Inside DC, World News

Unbeknown to most Americans, the Departments of Defense and State maintain a wide web of military programs across Africa. Collectively, they fall under the jurisdiction of AFRICOM.

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Judge To Decide If 9-Year-Old Liberian Refugee Will Stand Trial In Arizona Rape

AP | By AMANDA LEE MYERS | Posted 09.29.2009 | Home

Read More: Rape, Attorney, Crime, Children, Camelview Elementary School, Liberia, Dawn Bergin, 9 Year Old, Boys, Arizona, Teacher, Judge Bergin, Phoenix, Teens, Africa, West Africa, West Phoenix, Liberian Boys, Teacher Testimony, Art Merchant, Judge Dawn Bergin, Toya Abrams, Liberia Refugee, Refugees, Shed, Home News

PHOENIX (AP)-- A 9-year-old boy charged in the gang-rape of an 8-year-old Liberian girl sobbed in court Monday as his teacher testified that he rarely...

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We Must Stop the "Vulture Funds" That Feed on the World's Poor

Johann Hari | Posted 09.18.2009 | World

Read More: Gordon Brown, Kaunda, Zambia, Sally Keeble, Romania, Africa, Aids, Donegal International, Liberia, Maxine Waters, Profit Margins, Vulture Funds, Congo, Belgium, Michael Francis Sheehan, World News

For small sums, vulture funds buy debts racked up years ago by the poorest countries on earth. Then they take the poor country to court, and demand exorbitant and crippling returns from the debtor nations.

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A Liberian Child in America

Trish Kinney | Posted 11.10.2009 | World

Read More: Rainn, Liberia, Child Abuse, Crime, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, World News

Because the topic of child sexual abuse and violence is so shrouded in secrecy and psychological control, it remains a quiet killer of the souls and spirits of our children.

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Clinton In Liberia Offers Support For President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 09.13.2009 | World

Read More: Hillary, Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Hillary Clinton Africa, Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Africa, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Sirleaf, Hillary Clinton, Liberia, Liberia Civil War, Hillary Clinton Africa Trip, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President-Ellen-John-Sirleaf, World News

MONROVIA, Liberia — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton offered strong support Thursday for embattled Liberian President Ellen Johnso...

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What can Africa Hope for During Clinton Visit?

Todd Moss | Posted 08.31.2009 | World

Read More: Cape Verde, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Hillary Clinton Africa, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Realpolitik, Hillary Clinton, Liberia, Nigeria, South Africa, African Growth and Opportunity Act, Angola, World News

Clinton, in choosing the largest economies and the continent's most influential capitals, is likely to highlight more traditional US economic and security interests than Obama did on his Ghana trip.

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In Defense of Charles Taylor: Perspectives from Liberia

Robert Blair | Posted 11.05.2009 | World

Read More: War Crimes, The Hague, Civil War, Liberia, Charles Taylor, Europe, World News

While we in the international peanut gallery gape at the spectacle of the Charles Taylor trial -- a murderer defending indefensible acts -- many Liberians continue to endorse Taylor and his charismatic brutality.

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Eight-Year-Old Girl: Allegedly Raped by Young Boys

Essence | Essence | Posted 08.23.2009 | Home

Read More: Phoenix-Arizona, Liberia, Home News

On Thursday, July 16 an eight-year old Liberian girl was allegedly raped by four young boys, ages 9 to 14 in Phoenix, Arizona, according CNN.com. The...

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Eight-year-old girl: Raped by Young Boys

Essence | Essence | Posted 08.23.2009 | Home

Read More: Phoenix-Arizona, Liberia, Home News

On Thursday, July 16 an eight-year old Liberian girl was allegedly raped by four young boys, ages 9 to 14 in Phoenix, Arizona, according CNN.com. The...

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Ex-Liberian leader denies looting Sierra Leone

AP | ARTHUR MAX | Posted 08.20.2009 | Home

Read More: The Hague-Netherlands, Netherlands, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Home News

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor issued a challenge at his war crimes trial Monday to find any bank account owned by him holding illicit funds or "blood diamonds" from the civil war in Sierra Leone.

In his second week of testimony in his defense, Taylor denied any role in forming the guerrilla force that invaded Sierra Leone in 1991, that he helped plan the rebel incursion, that he trained the rebel forces or that he commanded their operations.

"I was never involved. It's a lie," he told the U.N-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone sitting in The Hague.

Taylor is charged with 11 counts of murder, torture and recruiting child soldiers for supporting rebels in Sierra Leone's 1991-2002 civil war, whose signature crime was to amputate civilians' limbs, ears and noses to intimidate the population into submission.

He is the first African head of state to be brought before an international court for war crimes.

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Charles Taylor: Nothing Wrong With Displaying Human Skulls At Roadblocks, Symbol Used At Western Universities Too

AP | MIKE CORDER | Posted 08.16.2009 | World

Read More: Charles Taylor, Liberia, Charles Taylor Trial, Charles Taylor Skulls, War Crimes Charles Taylor, Sierra Leone, The Hague, War Crimes, Former Liberian President Charles Taylor, Charles Taylor in Court, World News

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — In an unusual defense against war crimes charges, former Liberian President Charles Taylor told judges Thursday that he...

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Charles Taylor: Accusations Of Murder, Torture, Rape Are "Lies"

AP | ARTHUR MAX | Posted 08.14.2009 | World

Read More: Liberia Taylor, War Crimes, Charles Taylor, Charles Taylor Trial, Liberia, Taylor, Charles Taylor War Crimes, Charles Taylor Rape, Charles Taylor Sierra Leone, World News

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — His combat fatigues were replaced by a dark suit and tie, and the tinted aviator glasses gave the former Liberian leade...

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African warlord Charles Taylor faces war crimes trial

The Independent | Independent | Posted 08.14.2009 | Home

Read More: Liberia, Home News

Liberia's former President Charles Taylor, the first African ruler to stand trial for war crimes, took the stand in his own defense on Tuesday, argui...

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Charles Taylor War Crimes Defense Begins

AP | MIKE CORDER | Posted 08.13.2009 | World

Read More: Sierra Leone, Charles Taylor Trial, Charles Taylor, Charles Taylor Defense, Liberia, Charles Taylor War Crimes, War Crimes, The Hague, World News

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Former Liberian president Charles Taylor will take the stand to assert that he was trying to bring peace to Sierra Leon...

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Following Up on Kristof in Liberia: Views on Truth and Reconciliation from the Ground

Robert Blair | Posted 08.12.2009 | World

Read More: Charles Taylor, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Liberia, Nicholas Kristof, Africa, World News

Nicholas Kristof asked, "What on earth is happening in Liberia?" I ask Liberians what they think.

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Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf: Liberia's Truth Commission Recommends President Be Banned From Office For 30 Years

BBC | Posted 08.06.2009 | World

Read More: President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Liberia, Africa's First Elected President, Liberia Truth Commission, Africa, Sirleaf, World News

Liberia's truth commission has called for President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf to be barred from office - a decision her spokesman says is "surprising". T...

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Liberia's "Lucky Game": The Hopeless Work of Diamond Boys

Robert Blair | Posted 08.12.2009 | World

Read More: Liberian Diamond Boys, Blood Diamonds, Africa, Diamond Boys, Foreign Affairs, Liberia, Blood Diamond, Return of Blood Diamonds, Civil War Blood Diamonds, Advocacy, World News

Yet as prospectors have exhausted the diamond mines in neighboring Sierra Leone, Weasua, Liberia has become a hub for miners throughout the region.

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Women in the Media: A Night of Recognition

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 07.25.2009 | Media

Read More: Salon.com, LGBT Issues, Women's Issues, Media New Media, Lynn Nottage, Pray the Devil Back to Hell, Rebecca Traister, Gloria Steinem, Women in Journalism, Liberia, Women in Media and News, Women's Media Center, 2008 Election, Pam Spaulding, Ruined, Dr. George Tiller, Feminsim, Gina Reticker, Rachel Maddow, Abigail Disney, Judy Grahm, Christiane Amanpour, Candy Crowley, Bonnie Erbe, Hillary Clinton, Tina Fey, Bill O'Reilly, Helene Cooper, Wolf Blitzer, Joan Walsh, Media News

The Women's Media Center was packed with women active in old and new media, advocacy, and culture.

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African Obesity An Underestimated "Silent Killer"

Huffington Post/Associated Press | Posted 07.25.2009 | World

Read More: Cameroon, River Blindness, Africa, Foreign Affairs, Africa Silent Killers, African Obesity, Nigeria, Malaria, Malnutrition, Liberia, Obesity, HIV/AIDS, Starvation, South Africa, Silent Killers, Famine, Advocacy, World News

A troubling paradox reported out of Africa presents a new "silent killer" to join the ranks of HIV/AIDS, malnutrition, malaria, and river blindness: o...

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130 Million Dollars

Greg Barrow | Posted 07.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Hunger, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, Pakistan, Cristiana Ronaldo, Uefa-Champions-League, Cambodia, Liberia, World Food Programme, Kaka, Swaziland, Ronaldo, Living News

We could use it right now to feed 8.6 million hungry mouths in Ethiopia through to the end of the year. We really need it right now in Pakistan where it would cover a gaping hole in our budget and give us the cash we need to feed more. It can also buy you arguably the best soccer player in the world.

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Costa Rica Green Report Card: Arenal Volcano Region

Perry Garfinkel | Posted 07.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Green, Hotels, Eco-Travel, Volcano, Spas, Costa Rica, Green Travel, Holiday Travel, Liberia, Arenal-New Mexico, Green News

Look, it's nearly impossible for a 114-room upscale hotel nestled into 750 acres of rainforest not to leave some footprint. But, under Wagner's guidance since 2006, not only has the hotel raised its luxury bar and won a handful of awards and stars but it also has tightened up on its various eco-programs.

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