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Two Atlantic Grantees Featured on BBC's The One Show
Original Source This video clip features the work of two of Atlantic’s Reconciliation and Human Rights grantees in Northern Ireland – the Suffolk Lenadoon Interface Group (SLIG) and the Integrated Education Fund. The piece was aired across the UK on the BBC’s evening flagship programme,…
Author: BBC's The One Show
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Accord on intl medical aid inked
The Ministry of Health on March 31 signed a cooperation accord with international and domestic partners in increasing the efficiency of international medical aid to Vietnam. The accord was the outcome of a conference with medical partners, drawing eight bilateral donors, three international organisations, four…
Author: Vietnamese News Agency (VNA)
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Congress expands AmeriCorps volunteer program
By Ann Sanner WASHINGTON–Tens of thousands of Americans, from teenagers to baby boomers, soon will get a fresh chance to lend a helping hand in a time of need. The House voted 275-149 Tuesday for a $5.7 billion bill that triples positions in the Clinton-eraAmeriCorps program,…
Author: Associated Press
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U.S. to Join U.N. Human Rights Council, Reversing Bush Policy
Original Source By Colum LynchWashington Post Staff Writer UNITED NATIONS, March 31 — The Obama administration decided Tuesday to join the U.N. Human Rights Council, reversing a decision by the Bush administration to shun the United Nations’ premier rights body to protest the influence of…
Author: The Washington Post
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Huffington plans investigative journalism venture
Original Source By DAVID BAUDER NEW YORK (AP) — The Huffington Post said Sunday that it will bankroll a group of investigative journalists, directing them at first to look at stories about the nation’s economy. The popular Web site is collaborating with The Atlantic Philanthropies and other…
Author: Associated Press
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Huffington Site Starts Project to Investigate the Economy
Original Source By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Huffington Post said Sunday that it would bankroll a group of investigative journalists and make the nation’s economy an initial priority for coverage. The Web site is collaborating with The Atlantic Philanthropies and other donors to create the Huffington Post…
Author: The New York Times
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HIV infected prisoners' suffering
by Khopotso Bodibe It was September 2005. South African Aids activists were busy focusing on countering rampant Aids denialism and trying to get government to speed up access to antiretroviral medication for millions of HIV-positive citizens. At Durban’s Westville Prison, another sad chapter in South…
Author: Cape Argus
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Refugees moved from pillar to post
JOHANNESBURG – Some lie awkwardly splayed on the stairs while others sleep in a neat row outside a church in Johannesburg from where Zimbabwean refugees will soon find themselves having to relocate again. The Methodist Church, in the city centre, has long been a popular…
Author: Money Biz
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Cradle-to-prison pipeline focus of meeting
by NOEL E. OMAN Dismantling the cradle-to prison pipeline that will leave one in three black males born since 2001 at a lifetime risk of going to prison is the ambitious goal of a meeting to be held next month in Little Rock. The Arkansas…
Author: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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Senate Moves to Expand National Service Programs
Original Source By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN WASHINGTON — The Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill Thursday to broadly expand national community service programs, increasing the number of positions to 250,000 from 75,000 and creating new cadres of volunteers focused on education, clean energy, health care and…
Author: The New York Times