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Striking Zambian Miners Win Back Jobs And Pay Hike

Special to the NNPA from the Global Information Network...

Iowan Investors In Large Land Grab In Tanzania, Refugees To Lose Homes

By Fungai Maboreke...

State Health Department Encourages Diabetes Prevention, Awareness

November is American Diabetes Month, and the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is encouraging...

Eddie Murphy Quits Oscar Gig

LOS ANGELES - Eddie Murphy has bowed out of his gig as host of the...

'Guinness' Names Samuel L. Jackson Highest Grossing Actor of All Time

Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper...

Gaddafi Gone, Sights Are Set On Kleptocrat President Of Equatorial Guinea

Special to the NNPA from the Global Information Network...

Students Tackle Teen Health Epidemics Through Creativity

High school students in Chicago Public Schools (CPS) have a chance to walk away $2,000...

Trinity VP of Nursing Honored

Chicago United, a business advocacy organization recently recognized Michelle Gaskill, BSN MHSA, vice president of...

Jackets, Sheers, Yellow Are Possible Sleeper Hits

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Half in Ten Campaign Starts Clock On Cutting Poverty in Half

Releases signature report, Restoring Shared Prosperity: Strategies to Cut Poverty and Expand Economic Growth...

Theatre Brought Back To The West Side

High-energy theatre prevailed last Friday evening inside Westinghouse College Prep High School (WCPHS) on Chicagos...

Susan Davenport Austin Elected Chairman of Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI)

NEW YORK - Susan Davenport Austin, most recently Vice Chair of the Board of Directors,...

Egypt Swaps Arrested US-Israeli For 25 Prisoners

By AMY TEIBEL...

UK: Threat of Libya arms proliferation is real

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Group Asks Court To Probe 1,000 Kenyan Deaths

By KATHARINE HOURELD...