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- NOW Lebanon -Egyptian Sheikh: Driving a Chevy is Haram (40 comments)
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- Bill Gates on Using His Money to Save Lives and Fix U.S. Schools, and Steve Jobs (+ Video) (5 comments)
- U.S. commandos free two pirate hostages in Somalia (8 comments)
- Boko Haram vows to fight until Nigeria establishes Sharia law (7 comments)
Boko Haram vows to fight until Nigeria establishes Sharia law
Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 1:05 AM EST (Guardian Unlimited)
The Islamist group Boko Haram, which has killed almost 1,000 people in Nigeria, will continue its campaign of violence until the country is ruled by sharia law, a senior member has told the Guardian.
Lets add some new charities to the Newsvine list.
Thu Jan 26, 2012 6:40 PM EST
I would like to propose the Newsvine add some charities to the list that in currently offers. Many of the charities offered directly by newsvine are domestic. I think adding some international ones would be great.
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NOW Lebanon -Egyptian Sheikh: Driving a Chevy is Haram
Seeded on Wed Jan 25, 2012 3:47 PM EST (NOW Lebanon)
A Salafi sheikh in Egypt has reportedly issued a fatwa that buying [or driving] a Chevrolet vehicle is haram because the American brand’s logo looks like the Christian cross.
U.S. commandos free two pirate hostages in Somalia
Seeded on Wed Jan 25, 2012 1:07 PM EST (Reuters)
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Bill Gates on Using His Money to Save Lives and Fix U.S. Schools, and Steve Jobs (+ Video)
Seeded on Tue Jan 24, 2012 8:12 PM EST (Yahoo! News)
With a pledge to give away 95 percent of Gates' personal wealth, the Gates Foundation claims to have granted more than $26 billion since 1994. While some of that money is devoted to improving U.S.
4 Kenyans Face Trial at Hague in 2008 Election Violence - NYTimes.com
Seeded on Mon Jan 23, 2012 9:05 PM EST (The New York Times)
Four prominent Kenyans, two of them presidential candidates, were ordered Monday to stand trial at the International Criminal Court at The Hague on charges of crimes against humanity in connection with the bloodshed and waves of violence following the disputed elections …
2 top Kenya officials leave posts over ICC trial
Sun Jan 22, 2012 9:16 AM EST
Kenya's finance minister and the head of the civil service have resigned their posts after the International Criminal Court said it would prosecute them over violence following disputed elections.
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Egypt's Islamists win 75 percent of parliament
Seeded on Sun Jan 22, 2012 5:05 AM EST (AP)
CAIRO (AP) — Final results on Saturday showed that Islamist parties won nearly three-quarters of the seats in parliament in Egypt's first elections since the ouster of authoritarian president Hosni Mubarak, according to election officials and political groups. The Is …
Attack by Islamic sect kills at least 143 in north Nigeria
Seeded on Sat Jan 21, 2012 6:14 PM EST (The Washington Post)
KANO, Nigeria — A coordinated attack by a radical Islamist sect in north Nigeria’s largest city killed at least 143 people, a hospital official said Saturday, representing the extremist group’s deadliest assault since beginning its campaign of terror in Afr …
US promotes democracy with suddenly important Togo
Mon Jan 16, 2012 4:00 PM EST
After venturing to reclusive Myanmar, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton pressed democratic reforms Tuesday in another place long dominated by dictators, becoming the first American in her post to ever visit the African nation of Togo.
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