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MEXICO CITY -- The most fashionable accessory in Mexico City this winter is ... a Spaniard. As the euro crisis shakes Spain to its core, thousands of young Spanish professionals are leaving their homeland in search of employment. The result…
CAIRO — Egypt's new government recently lost control of Port Said, one of its major cities, as an angry mob of soccer fans attacked the main jail, drove police officers from the streets and cut off all access to the…
The death toll from the bloody terrorist siege at a natural gas plant in Algeria climbed to at least 81 a of Sunday, Jan. 20, as the country's forces searching the refinery for explosives found dozens more bodies, many so badly…
SOMERSET, N.J. -- Tucked away in a quiet rural neighborhood in Somerset, New Jersey is an old brownstone that houses the New Jersey Chapter of the Islamic Center of North America's (ICNA) WhyIslam Project. Within its confines, in a…
South Africa is reportedly sending more troops to support government forces in the Central African Republic (CAR), where rebels are threatening the capital. An estimated 200 South African troops are already in training , under a defense agreement, with officials…
As a co-founder of Narika, a Bay Area-based helpline for South Asian victims of domestic violence, I have come across many incidents of sexual assault against women in my community. It happens with numbing regularity. But few things have struck…
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Written by Viji Sundaram, Specialn to The Informer from New America Media
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Written by Viji Sundaram, Specialn to The Informer from New America Media
A Kenyan man has been charged after allegedly pretending to be an assistant commissioner of police for five years. Joshua Waiganjo is said to have sacked and recruited police officers in Rift Valley province during this time. He denied two…
Former South African President Nelson Mandela has been discharged from hospital, ending a nearly three-week stay during which he was treated for a lung infection and had surgery to remove gallstones, the government recently said. The 94-year-old anti-apartheid leader and…
"Cuba will allow a Norwegian platform to being offshore drilling off the north-central coast in the coming days, part of an effort to build income from the subsea oil industry. State-run oil company CubaPetroleo announced that the platform Songa…
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Written by Kevin Webb, Special to The Informer, from The Atlanta Black Star
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Written by Kevin Webb, Special to The Informer, from The Atlanta Black Star
As former South Africa President Nelson Mandela entered his seventh day of hospitalization for a reported lung, questions have abounded on exactly where he is receiving treatment. According to reports, as of early Friday, government officials were avoiding questions. However,…
TUNIS — Tahar Bayahi, who runs Tunisia's largest grocery store chain, spent the days right after the revolution toting up his losses: one-quarter of his 60 stores nationwide incinerated and another quarter pillaged. Construction workers in Bizerte. Tunisia's unemployment rate…
There's a royal baby on the way. According to various media outlets that broke the news on Dec. 3, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge -- Prince William and Kate Middleton --are expecting their first child. "Their Royal Highnesses, The Duke…
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