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WISCONSIN, United States (AP) - The shooting death in broad daylight of a black man affectionately known in his Milwaukee neighbourhood as 'The Ras' appears to have mystified police while spurring prominent conservatives in Wisconsin to speculate that he was killed because of his support for
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Abdel-Nasser, Gamal Hussein (1918–1970)
Gamal Abdel-Nasser was the second president of Egypt, officially appointed on June 23, 1956, and served until his death on September 28, 1970. Before becoming president, Abdel-Nasser was an Egyptian nationalist and prime
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PM, deputy, and a minister in voluntary quarantine
NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) - Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis, Deputy Prime Minister K Peter Turnquest and Education Minister Jeff Lloyd have entered voluntary self-quarantine after their offices were exposed to COVID-19.
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Jamaicans in US embrace Kamala Harris as Biden's VP pick
NEW YORK, USA - Jamaicans across the United States have enthusiastically embraced California Senator Kamala Harris, who was announced Tuesday as the running mate for Joe Biden - the presumptive Democratic nominee for president.Harris, 55, the daughter of a Jamaican father and an Indian
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'Backra attitude'
CAMPAIGN spokesman for the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Dr Nigel Clarke yesterday shot down arguments that the Government is taking credit for work done by the previous People's National Party (PNP) Administration.'That is absurd,' Clarke said in response to a question posed by the Jamaica
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Today's Horoscope — August 19, 2020
HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Wednesday, August 19, 2020: Influential, self-confident and careful, you both conceal and reveal who you are. Your life's work is built patiently, but sometimes you need to push yourself to act. This year is wildly successful for you. If single, you might procrastinate on
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The American house is crumbling - African American News Today - EIN News
… , to include the African-American experience and that of … that conversation sound like in African-American homes?   Case closed.   … Lynchings and mutilations of African-American men. The widespread use … The power of names. Black Americans did not appear in …
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Rowley claims victory in T&T election; Opposition parties file recount requests
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) - Six defeated candidates in Monday's general election have filed requests for a recount of the votes cast further delaying the official announcement of the elections by the Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC).On Monday night, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley said
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Time to put Guyana first - Stabroek News

On June 11, 1963, at the height of civil rights unrest in the United States not unlike what it is experiencing today, then President John F Kennedy uttered the following words in an announcement calling for nationwide participation in addressing what he described as the moral crisis: 'In a time

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Europe alarmed
ROME, Italy (AP) - With confirmed coronavirus cases in the US hitting five million yesterday, by far the highest of any country, the failure of the most powerful nation in the world to contain the scourge has been met with astonishment and alarm in Europe.
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Trump threatens to ban TikTok in the U. S.: 'I have that authority' : TheGrio

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Slightly more than two in five voters say they have met their political representatives in the last month, data gathered in March and July this year by veteran pollster Bill Johnson have shown.
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'Lovecraft Country' Is The New HBO Series Everyone Will Be Talking About
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Over 150 given free medicals by Icons of Annotto Bay
ICONS of Annotto Bay, a non-profit organisation which operates from Jamaica and the United States, last Wednesday catered to over 150 youngsters with free back-to-school medicals and school supplies aimed at easing the added financial pressure COVID-19 has brought to Annotto Bay and the sea coast
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Willard “Home Run” Brown: One of the Greatest in the Negro League
Willard 'Home Run' Brown was one of the greatest players in the Negro League. In the United States, 'Home Run' Brown played on the great Monarch teams that dominated the Negro American League from 1937 to 1942, winning five pennants in six years. Brown was born in Shreveport, Louisiana on June
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Holness, parties main reasons diehards vote
Almost one-half of Jamaicans who would vote for the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) say their main reason for doing so is that they want Andrew Holness to continue as prime minister, according to the latest public opinion survey conducted by pollster Bill Johnson.
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17 new COVID-19 cases, 6 more recoveries
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Lemming creates opportunities for female footballers
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Fighting Back against the Left's War on Our History - African American News Today - EIN News
… protect the civil rights of black Americans. Democrats stymying efforts to protect … protect the civil rights of black Americans. Democrats stymying efforts to protect …
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Trump promotes false birther theory about Kamala Harris
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AFP) - President Donald Trump said Thursday he had heard Democratic vice-presidential running mate Kamala Harris was not eligible to serve, stoking a false claim echoing the baseless 'birther' theory he promoted about Barack Obama.
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More prefer Holness as PM
Significantly more Jamaicans polled in the latest survey by Bill Johnson say that Prime Minister Andrew Holness would do a better job as head of Government than Opposition Leader Dr Peter Phillips.
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Bootcamp for Business Startups Begins Next Month - Milwaukee Community Journal
Business Startup Bootcamp Planned Program promotes entrepreneurship as way out of poverty.  A program aimed at fighting poverty through entrepreneurship is coming to Milwaukee this fall. The BizStarts Institute Community Bootcamp for Entrepreneurs meets for six consecutive Saturday mornings
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Exxon says over 2,000 Guyanese supporting its operations here - Stabroek News
More than 2000 Guyanese are supporting ExxonMobil Guyana’s operations, representing 55 percent of the total workforce. The article Exxon says over 2,000 Guyanese supporting its operations here appeared first on Stabroek News.
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LONDON, England (CMC) - Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland has welcomed the election of Dr Irfaan Ali as the new head of state in Guyana, thanking his predecessor, David Granger, for his 'stewardship' of the country.
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MONTEGO BAY, St James - A two-year-old boy and his parents died as a result of injuries they sustained during a motor vehicle collision on the Rose Hall main road in St James, Tuesday night.The three have been identified as 40-year-old Mark Brown, his common-law wife Tangria Grant, also known as
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