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It is now more than 3 weeks since widespread xenophobic terror against foreign nationals has erupted in provinces across South Africa. To date, over 20,000 people in the Western Cape have been displaced, some are staying in community halls and local shelters, but many have…

Original Source by Imke van Hoorn, Zodidi Mhlana and Sapa | Johannesburg, South Africa The Johannesburg High Court has granted an urgent interdict preventing the relocation of foreigners displaced by xenophobic attacks who are being accommodated at the city's Cleveland and Jeppe police stations, Lawyers…

Mark Gevisser, creative force behind two current exhibitions about gay life, writes about the dynamics of putting love on show today After I gave a public lecture on my Mbeki biography in Cape Town a few weeks ago, an old comrade came up to me…

After much speculation about the media's influence on the recent outbreaks of xenophobic violence, Daily Sun is now subject of an official complaint about their coverage of non-nationals. The Media Monitoring Project (MMP) and its partner Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in South Africa (CoRMSA)…

Will Houston's charter school expansion revolutionize urban education? Original Source by Jay Mathews It all began with the waiting lists. At Harvard, Yale, and Princeton, long waiting lists are seen as evidence of high standards and prestige. But long waiting lists were the cause of…

The familiar sounds of the famous Mexican songs “Cielito Lindo” and “Los Machetes” filled the air last Wednesday morning at Orozco Community Academy in Chicago, as eighth grader Adan Ramirsez strummed his guitarron with fellow students in the school’s new Mariachi band before an invited…

By Fergus Black and Lorna Reid BROADCASTER Eamon Dunphy was persuaded by controversial journalist Frank Connolly that his information on alleged payments to the Taoiseach was significant, he admitted yesterday. Mr Dunphy denied that he had gone to the tribunal for "revenge" over how Dail…

THE billionaire backer of an Irish anti-corruption office has admitted he was sad to pull its funding when it got caught up in a controversy surrounding alleged IRA training for Colombian guerrillas. In a rare interview to be broadcast today, Irish-American philanthropist Chuck Feeney, 77,…

The 2008 Annual Report tells the story of The Atlantic Philanthropies and its revised strategy incorporating social justice into the fabric of its grantmaking. It also highlights the outstanding work of 14 grantees to make lasting changes in the lives of disadvantaged and vulnerable people.

When Gerard McCarten, a butcher from North Belfast, steeled up his courage to testify before the local health authority about the suicide of his son Danny two years ago, the officials he was dealing with got up and opened the windows in the room onto…