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Special To The Black Star News
February 25,2015
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 Cuomo -- demands heat up for Special Prosecutor in police slayings The families of 18 New Yorkers killed by the police have launched a campaign to get Governor Andrew Cuomo to appoint a Special Prosecutor to handle cases involving fatal shootings by officers. "The system is broken," the family members of people "injustly" slain by police say in a letter to the governor. The families urge Governor Cuomo in a separate press statement to "... |
Dr Theogene Rudasingwa
February 26,2015
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 Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier with Gen. Kagame [An Open Letter to the German Foreign Minister] Feb. 26, 2015 Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier Minister of Foreign Affairs Federal Republic of Germany WERDERSCHER MARKT 1 10117 BERLIN Dear Honorable Dr. Steinmeier, You have just concluded a trip to Africa that took you and your large delegation to the Democratic Republic of Congo,... |
Milton Allimadi
February 27,2015
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 Monroe College students [Black Star Education Focus] Over the next several weeks in our Education Series The Black Star News will conduct Q and A's with area colleges and universities. This week we visit... |
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Colin Benjamin
February 26,2015
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 NYPD Commissioner Bratton -- tell the whole truth; not half This week, NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton’s claim that no “systematic abuse” of minorities is being “condoned” by NYPD brass is another example of the troubling dishonesty plaguing the discourse regarding racial policing in New York, and elsewhere. Does the commissioner really expect Black New York City residents to just accept this assertion when all the evidence contradicts him? On... |
John Muto-Ono p'Lajur
February 26,2015
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 Gen. Bazilio Olara Okello [Africa Focus: Uganda] A member of the family of the late Lt. Gen. Bazilio Olara Okello, the former Uganda Army Commander who led a section of his troops from Northern Uganda and overthrew President Dr. Apollo Milton Obote in 1985, has denied claims that his family is planning to meet Ugandan President of 29 years Yoweri Museveni to discuss compensating for their father’s Estate as a sign of healing and... |
By Charles Schumer
February 26,2015
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 Loretta Lynch with Senator Schumer I am so glad that this committee is finally – finally – moving to a vote on Loretta Lynch’s nomination. She has already been pending on the calendar longer than any other Attorney General nominee in recent history. And I want to take a moment to commend her on her performance. I thought she was level-headed, courteous, and incredibly thoughtful in her responses; from constitutional questions to personal questions and... |
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Special To The Black Star News
February 26,2015
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 Secretary of State Cesar A. Perales [Education] New York State Announces Applications Open for 2015-2017 Empire State Fellows Program The State of New York today announced the opening of the application process for the latest class of the Empire States Fellows. Now in its fourth year, the prestigious program attracts exceptional and diverse talent from all around the country to serve in high-level... |
Special To The Black Star News
February 27,2015
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 President Johnson Sirleaf with President Obama REMARKS BY PRESIDENT OBAMA AND PRESIDENT SIRLEAF OF LIBERIA BEFORE BILATERAL MEETING Oval Office 11:37 A.M. EST PRESIDENT OBAMA: It's a great pleasure to welcome once again the President of Liberia, President Sirleaf. She has been a great friend and ally of the United States. And Liberia and the United States obviously have an... |
Last week a New York Police Department officer was suspended after a video emerged showing him kicking a suspect being arrested, now a group of NYPD officers are being investigated for bringing down Sandra Amezquita a...
The Ebola crises in West Africa is another occasion where the whole world gets to see inept leadership in many African countries.
There have recently been many postings on social media critical of the United States for deploying military personnel and medical workers to West Africa in...
