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Zimbabwe’s Mugabe says pay delay is no reason for strike

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BINDURA, Zimbabwe | MacDonald Dzirutwe | Fri Jul 8, 2016 | REUTERS Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said on Friday a delay in paying wages to public workers was "a temporary problem" that did not justify their strike this week, and warned of a plot to overthrow his ruling ZANU-PF party. Strike organizers have said they plan to continue the action until Mugabe, in … [Read more...] about Zimbabwe’s Mugabe says pay delay is no reason for strike

ሓደጋታት ናይ ብዘይ ልዕልና ሕጊ ዝውሰኑ ሉዓላዊ ጉዳያት ኤርትራ

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Erimedrek | July 7, 2016 ኣብዚ ሳልስቲ እዚ ወደብ ዓሰብ ብ500 ሚልዮን ዶላር ንሕቡራት ኢማራት ዓረብ ከምእተኻረየ ብዝተፈላለዩ ምንጭታት ወግዓውነቱ ብዘረጋግጽ መንገዲ ክግለጽ ቀንዩ ኣሎ። ኣብዛ ዝሓለፈ ዓመተ 2015 ኣብ ኤርትራ ብደረጃ ዘቤትን ዞባን ኣብ ቁጠባዊ ፖለቲካዊ ማሕበራዊን መዳያት ዝተፈላለዩ ምዕባለታት እኳ እንተተራእዩ፥እቲ ዝዓበየ ግን ኣብ ጸጥታውን ወተሃደራውን መዳይ ዝተኸስተ ምዕባለታት እዩ ክበሃል ይከኣል። እዚ ክስተትዚ ምስ ጽምዶ ናይ መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ኣብ ወተሃደራዊን ጸጥታውን ኩነታት የመን ብፍላይ ኣብ ዞባ ወሽመጥ ዓረብን ማእከላይ ምብራቕን ድማ ብሰፊሑ፥ … [Read more...] about ሓደጋታት ናይ ብዘይ ልዕልና ሕጊ ዝውሰኑ ሉዓላዊ ጉዳያት ኤርትራ

WHO ARE ALL THESE TRUMP SUPPORTERS?

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George Saunders | JULY 11 & 18, 2016 ISSUE | THE NEW YORKER At the candidate’s rallies, a new understanding of America emerges. HE APPEARS Trump is wearing the red baseball cap, or not. From this distance, he is strangely handsome, well proportioned, puts you in mind of a sea captain: Alan Hale from “Gilligan’s Island,” say, had Hale been slimmer, richer, more … [Read more...] about WHO ARE ALL THESE TRUMP SUPPORTERS?

What White America Fails to See

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Michael Eric Dyson | JULY 7, 2016 | THE NEW YORK TIMES IT is clear that you, white America, will never understand us. We are a nation of nearly 40 million black souls inside a nation of more than 320 million people. We don’t all think the same, feel the same, love, learn, live or even die the same. But there’s one thing most of us agree on: We don’t want the cops to kill us … [Read more...] about What White America Fails to See