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REPORT: EgyptAir plane made 3 emergency landings in the 24 hours before it crashed
[BUSINESSINSIDER.COM] The EgyptAir plane that mysteriously disappeared in the Mediterranean on May 19 with 66 people on board made three…
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Pakistani Woman Dies after Being Set on Fire for Rejecting Marriage Proposal
[CNN.COM] An 18-year-old Pakistani schoolteacher died Wednesday from injuries after her body was set on fire for refusing a marriage…
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Nigerian Businessman Tony Elumelu Wants to Transform the Continent with “Africapitalism”
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. (President and CEO of the NNPA) WASHINGTON – Tony O. Elumelu has emerged on the…
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Black Lives Matter Co-Founder: The Immigration Challenge No One Is Talking About
[TIME.COM] Immigration is a hot issue this election season. Unfortunately, despite the attention that news outlets and presidential candidates are…
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Have We Forgotten the Kidnapped School Girls in Nigeria?
By D. Kevin McNeir (From The Washington Informer, NNPA Member) It’s been two years, April 14th to be exact, since…
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Rwandans Mull over Possibility of Third Kagame Term
By Sam P.K. Collins Special to the NNPA News Wire from AllEyesOnDC.com @SamPKCollins Millions of Rwandans took to the ballot…
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Paris Attacks Were an ‘Act of War’ by ISIS, Hollande Says
[NEW YORK TIMES] PARIS — President François Hollande on Saturday blamed the Islamic State for the terrorist attacks in Paris…
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Top Iran Leader Warns of ‘Harsh’ Measures Over Hajj Disaster
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s top leader on Wednesday warned Saudi Arabia of “harsh” measures if the kingdom fails to…
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Letter from Africa: Ghana’s Fondness for Creative Language
In our series of letters from African journalists, Ghanaian writer Elizabeth Ohene ponders how creative language and humor help keep…
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Guatemalans Deliberately Infected with STDs Sue Johns Hopkins University for $1bn
Oliver Laughland, THE GUARDIAN NEW YORK (The Guardian) – Nearly 800 plaintiffs have launched a billion-dollar lawsuit against…
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