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Hope professor dies while jogging

A Hope College professor died Thursday, June 19, afternoon while jogging near the college.John T. Quinn, 45, an associate professor of classics who had been

Children from Afganistan, Iran, China, Eritrea, and Iraq smuggled into Suffolk

Where are the 39 children from?- 8 from Iran - 23 from Afghanistan - 1 from China - 3 from Eritrea - 4 from IraqNEIL ...

E.U. Passes Tough Migrant Measure

June 19, 2008By CAROLINE BROTHERSSTRASBOURG, France — European Union lawmakers voted Wednesday to allow undocumented migrants to be held in detention centers for up to ...

World Population Approaches 7 Billion

Press ReleaseSource: U.S. Census BureauU.S. Census Bureau: World Population Approaches 7 BillionThursday June 19, 1:23 pm ET WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--World population is projected to reach 7 ...

Africa's rich, bold flavors are popping up in American restaurants

BY PERVAIZ SHALLWANI • ASSOCIATED PRESS • June 18, 2008When he first immigrated to the United States from the Ivory Coast 19 years ago, Morou ...

Libya's Kadhafi slams Sarkozy's Mediterranean Union project

COTONOU, Benin (AFP) — Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi Tuesday lashed out at the controversial Mediterranean Union project aimed at linking Europe with six countries of ...

UN agency assists highest ever number of refugees and displaced

17 June 2008 – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) provided assistance to 25.1 million people in 2007 – an all-time high – ...

Mobility key in continent lacking fixed-phone infrastructure

Africa has become extremely attractive to mobile phone companies because of its sheer potential for growth. As markets in Europe and the US reach saturation ...

Media group lists 'oppressive' countries for journalists

BELGRADE -- The International Press Institute on Monday highlighted the oppressive conditions for media in a number of countries, including Zimbabwe and Russia, officials said ...

Russia's arms markets to be divided between Medvedev and Putin

Ruslan Pukhov, director of the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST) and a member of the Presidium of the Defense Ministry's Public Council, said: "There were cases in the past when Russia sold weapons to warring sides, for example during the latest armed conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea....

NBC's Tim Russert dies of Heart Attack at 58

Tim Russert, NBC News’ Washington bureau chief and the moderator of “Meet the Press,” died Friday after collapsing in the bureau, NBC News said Friday. He was 58....

A self-obsessed culture is at the heart of youth violence in Britain

Robert SibleyThe Ottawa CitizenTuesday, June 10, 2008LONDON -- Is something rotten in the United Kingdom? After a month in Spain I was looking forward to ...

Non-Mexican immigrants aim for Rio Grande Valley

Non-Mexican immigrants aim for Rio Grande ValleySpurt of illegal entrants from China reflects worldwide lure of Texas border.By Christoper ShermanASSOCIATED PRESSSaturday, June 07, 2008 LA ...

What Obama Could Teach Africa

To many African leaders, political opponents are traitors and unpatriotic and must be vanquished at all costs. Ask Ethiopia’s Meles Zenawi who jailed virtually all opposition leaders after the 2005 General Election. Or Eritrean’s President Isaias Afewerki, who in 2001 jailed hundreds of opponents for merely writing a letter asking him to respect the country’s constitution....

Clinton Will Drop Out of Presidential Race

Barack Obama Captures Nomination After Intense Democratic Fight It's over.Sen. Hillary Clinton will drop out of the presidential race on Friday, ending her historic bid for ...