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Ethiopian Refugee Turned Motivational Speaker Urges Kids to Embrace Uniqueness

Mawi Asgedom, who immigrated to the U.S. at age 7 and later graduated from Harvard and now develops school curriculums, speaks to students at All Saints’ Academy in Winter Haven. By GREG PARLIER LEDGER MEDIA GROUP CORRESPONDENT WINTER HAVEN | … read more »

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Tour Group Offers Trips to Biblical Conference in Ethiopia

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) – A seminar coming up in November in Ethiopia will be – quite literally – of biblical proportions, and one U.S. tour company is offering travel programs to the event. The Second International Conference on the Bible … read more »

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Somalia: A mind for the nation?

By Liban Obsiye & Abdullahi Warfa It was a pleasure to watch the launch of the new Somali think tank, the Heritage Institute for Policy Studies, in Mogadishu yesterday. The great and good gathered and some fantastic speeches were given. … read more »

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Nigeria: One year after the Madalla bombing

By Funmi Macaulay I attended a seminar last spring at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University that discussed the topic ‘The Future of Nigeria’. With so many things happening in Nigeria at the time, I expected a robust discussion … read more »

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Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg wed

Washington – Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg wed longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan on Saturday, announcing the nuptials through a status update on the social networking site. The 28-year-old billionaire’s wedding took place a day after Facebook’s initial public offering … read more »

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The Racist Ravings of Derrick Bell

By John Perazzo By now, you may already have seen the 1991 video footage of Barack Obama, who was then a 30-year-old student at Harvard Law School, speaking in glowing terms about Harvard professor Derrick Bell, whom Obama described as … read more »

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Now tattoos give you cancer

Smoking, drinking, sunbathing and mobile phones have all been implicated in the surge in cancer diagnoses. But now it seems another cause may soon be added to the ever-growing list: tattoos. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has launched an … read more »

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No Canadian University in the world top 10

Cambridge is the most highly regarded UK university in the world, according to new research. The prestigious institution came third in a table ranking universities exclusively on their reputation among academics worldwide. The UK had two institutions in the top … read more »

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Facebook: Egypt hasn’t blocked us yet

Social media has ingrained itself so thoroughly as an instrument of activist organization that it’s targeted by many an authoritarian government seeking to quell an uprising. This week, as protests descended upon the Egyptian capital of Cairo, Twitter confirmed that … read more »

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Super Dad: Stepping Up to the Plate and Not Striking Out

I’m so impressed with the way my husband, Roland, has embraced fatherhood. He’s a quiet spirit, intelligent, accountable, funny, warm, and seldom breaks a sweat when obstacles come his way. My mom calls him an “old soul.” My dad says, … read more »

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New clues to effective HIV vaccine – Study

CHICAGO — Slight differences in five amino acids in a protein called HLA-B may explain why certain people resist the human immunodeficiency virus, U.S. researchers said on Thursday in a study that lends new clues about how to make a … read more »

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