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by Rebecca Sargent onDecember 17, 2010
Two men claim to have won the presidential election; two presidents were sworn in. Both sides are ratcheting up the violent rhetoric. At least nine people were killed; many more injured. Amid talk of death squads, Ivorians fear the worst.
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by Frank McCoy onNovember 1, 2011
The East African country sees infotech as the key to moving up, but terror threatens those plans.
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by Teresa Wiltz onOctober 23, 2011
From images of Emmett Till to snapshots of deceased dictators, publishing death photos is a practice with a complicated history.
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by Phillip W.d. Martin onOctober 16, 2011
When first arrested, she blamed the death of her roommate on an innocent black man.
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October 12, 2011
The Libyan president's Nobel Peace Prize makes a great case for global feminism -- but the key to her re-election may be the male vote.
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by Marvin Anderson onSeptember 16, 2011
Four months after the election, millions wait for President Martelly to act.
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by Leroy Woodson Jr. onSeptember 12, 2011
The powerful Frenchman may have added insult to injury in his treatment of a hotel maid, says a writer in Paris.
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by Lauren Williams onSeptember 9, 2011
On Sept. 11, this writer worried about her father at the Pentagon. He lived, but the emotions remain.
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by Karen Gabay onSeptember 6, 2011
Distorted coverage and racist analysis outraged black Brits, who are now shut out of the post-mortem.
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by Frank McCoy onAugust 26, 2011
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