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    Jul 1, 2011 |Column| Daily American

  1. A birthday for hope

    Some 30 years ago, I was walking the dry, hot, dusty streets of Berbera, Somalia. I was a young U.S. Navy sailor and our ship had pulled in to meet a destroyer tender for some essential repairs.  We had been given a few precious hours of liberty, a gift...

    Tags: Social Issues, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Vehicles, Armed Forces, Defense

    2. Nov 15, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Sierra Leone's crises have global reach

    When the power went out that night, Dr. Ibrahim Thorlie was operating on his fifth patient of the day in a maternity hospital with a shortage of antibiotics and running water. His colleague was doing an emergency caesarean in the next room. In the corridor, a bucket on the floor held a stillborn baby.
    When the power went out that night, Dr. Ibrahim Thorlie was operating on his fifth patient of the day in a maternity hospital with a shortage of antibiotics and running water. His colleague was doing an emergency caesarean in the next room. In the...

    Tags: Dallas, Infants, Afghanistan, Rape, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

    3. Sep 24, 2010 | Chicago Tribune

  3. Weekend's top shows: Sierra Leone Refugee All-Stars, Heartsfield, Van Dyke Parks

    Turn It Up
    Sierra Leone Refugee All-Stars: Originally based in West African refugee camps after escaping from a bloody civil war in their homeland, this group has come to international fame with their plaintive harmony vocals and exuberant dance grooves, 10 p.m....
    4. Nov 24, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  4. Your morning adorable: Pygmy hippopotamus born at Zoo Miami

    L.A. Unleashed
    At Florida's Zoo Miami, the recent birth of a pygmy hippopotamus is cause for big excitement. The baby, a female, is the first of her species to be born at the zoo in more than two decades and the first......
    5. Oct 21, 2010 |Story| New Rushmore Radio

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    Sign up to win the Fox Rocks Lunchbox! K-Mack announces a new winner every Monday and Thursday at 10am drawn from all entries. We visit the winner at work and deliver the coveted FOX ROCKS LUNCH BOX, filled with great prizes every Tuesday and Friday...

    Tags: Costa Rica, Cape Verde, Suriname, Uganda, Taiwan

    6. Dec 6, 2009 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  6. A different drummer

    Tribune reporter
    A few months after arriving from Sierra Leone, Alie Kabba learned the dynamics of Chicago immigrant life when he found a pickup soccer game near his Rogers Park apartment. All of the players were Mexicans. "I didn't have enough for my own team," he...

    Tags: Mexico, Migration, Colleges and Universities, Illegal Immigrants, Heavy Engineering

    7. Aug 9, 2010 |Story| KTLA-LTV

  7. Mia Farrow Challenges Naomi Campbell's 'Blood Diamonds' Testimony

    LEIDSCHENDAM -- Naomi Campbell told Mia Farrow that she received a &quot;huge diamond" from the former president of Liberia, the actress said from the witness stand Monday, contradicting the model's testimony that she didn't know the value of the gift from accused war criminal Charles Taylor.
    Associated Press
    LEIDSCHENDAM -- Naomi Campbell told Mia Farrow that she received a "huge diamond" from the former president of Liberia, the actress said from the witness stand Monday, contradicting the model's testimony that she didn't know the value of the gift from...

    Tags: Civil Rights, International Court or Tribunal, Defendants, Quincy Jones, Manhattan (New York City)

    8. Sep 10, 2009 |Story| KTLA-LTV

  8. 221 Missing After Boat Capsizes

    FREETOWN, Sierra Leone -- More than 200 people including many schoolchildren returning from holidays remained missing Thursday, a day after a wooden boat capsized at sea and left at least eight dead, police said.
    Associated Press
    FREETOWN, Sierra Leone -- More than 200 people including many schoolchildren returning from holidays remained missing Thursday, a day after a wooden boat capsized at sea and left at least eight dead, police said. Some 39 passengers have been rescued so...

    Tags: Freetown (Sierra Leona), Western Africa, Death, Africa, Health and Safety at School

    9. Feb 17, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. A war on women

    Greetings from a war zone that's not Iraq. And not Afghanistan either. I'm checking in from West Africa, where I've been working with women in three neighboring countries, all recently torn apart by civil wars: Liberia, Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast....

    Tags: Health Organizations, Civil Rights, Juvenile Delinquency, Social Issues, Afghanistan

    10. Feb 12, 2009 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  10. Salma Hayek breastfeeds boy in Sierra Leone

    In an impromptu act during a goodwill trip, Salma Hayek breastfed a sick, one-week-old boy at a Sierra Leone hospital.
    SunSentinel.com
    In an impromptu act during a goodwill trip, Salma Hayek breastfed a sick, one-week-old boy at a Sierra Leone hospital. The 42-year-old actress and mother of one-year-old Valentina, offered to help the boy's mother because she stopped producing milk....

    Tags: Salma Hayek, Hospitals and Clinics, Health

    11. Aug 2, 2007 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Mass murderers on notice

    Can monsters be deterred? Or are the people who commit the most unthinkable crimes against humanity — mass murder, torture, genocide — so hell-bent on evil that the normal considerations of common criminals, such as fear of being caught, don't apply? If...

    Tags: Social Issues, Uganda, International Court or Tribunal, Iraq, Politics

    12. Mar 20, 2007 |Story| Zap2It

  12. DVD Review: 'Blood Diamond'

    There are a couple of DVD versions of &quot;Blood Diamond" hitting shelves this week. If you're at all interested in the real-life situation the movie dramatizes, lay down the extra six bucks for the two-disc special edition.
    Zap2It.com
    There are a couple of DVD versions of "Blood Diamond" hitting shelves this week. If you're at all interested in the real-life situation the movie dramatizes, lay down the extra six bucks for the two-disc special edition. The single-disc set will get...

    Tags: DVDs and Movies, Journalism, New York, Documentary (genre), Crime, Law and Justice

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