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February 28, 2010
President Nicolas Sarkozy brought a French plan to rebuild Haiti with him on last Wednesday’s visit to the Caribbean country, a trip officials hope will usher in a new era between France and its former colony.
February 22, 2010
Egypt’s famed King Tutankhamun suffered from a cleft palate and club foot, likely forcing him to walk with a cane, and died from complications from a broken leg exacerbated by malaria, according to the most extensive study ever of his mummy.
February 19, 2010
The United Nations has warned that it will cut off shipments of free medicine beginning immediately to any Haitian hospitals that it finds are charging patients. When the catastrophic earthquake struck Jan. 12, authorities immediately decided to make all medical care free.
February 19, 2010
A South African presidential spokesman recently called a newspaper story that the country’s polygamist leader had fathered a child out of wedlock “a private, personal issue’’ without confirming or denying the report.
February 6, 2010
The event is sponsored by Clear Channel Radio in Philadelphia, City Councilwoman Donna Reed Miller along with City Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell, City Councilman Curtis Jones, District Attorney Seth Williams, State Representative John Myers and Pat Redmond of the Heart of Philly MCs and the Tri-State Motorcycle community.
January 29, 2010
In the wake of the Haitian earthquake, CNN’s Soledad O’Brien rushed to the region to deliver the same sort of high-quality, eyewitness coverage that she has dependably broadcast in the past on location after location from such disasters area as the Indian Ocean Tsunami and Hurricane Katrina.
January 24, 2010
Scores of U.S. troops landed on the lawn of Haiti’s shattered presidential palace Tuesday to the cheers of quake victims and the U.N. said it would throw more police and soldiers into the sluggish global effort to aid the devastated country.
January 21, 2010
Danglass Gregoire headed to Florida for a business trip last Tuesday, leaving his wife and young daughter behind in Haiti, close to the center of a major earthquake that has devastated the island nation.
January 13, 2010
Haitians piled bodies along the devastated streets of their capital Wednesday after a powerful earthquake crushed thousands of structures…
January 11, 2010
After 10 years, Tavis Smiley is ending his annual State of the Black Union conference, which spawned best-selling books and his critical stance toward President Barack Obama…
August 11, 2020
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Joe Biden named California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate on Tuesday,...
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WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Joe Biden named California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate on Tuesday,...
August 7, 2020
BPT As the ongoing coronavirus pandemic continues to present health and economic challenges, it is difficult to...
August 7, 2020
BPT Father, business owner and Rhode Island native Steve B. was forced to spend the holidays sidelined...
August 7, 2020
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