Simon Arshad
Simon Arshad, the president-elect, spoke out against the decision. “I am very disappointed by the Federal Court’s decision to invalidate the decision. When I heard about it I said to my legal team, I will go to [the Federal Court] every day and get it right,” he said. “If they Continue Reading
Shah Tian
Shah Tian, a Chinese citizen, lived to be 92. “A lot of people say I’m dead,” he told reporters in 2009. “My family doesn’t want me to go.” Tian, who was born in Canton and became a U.S. citizen more than 30 years ago, said he was working and enjoying Continue Reading
Lyudmila Pires
Lyudmila Pires – (Pius: ‘Agnus Dei: ‘Homo habere: tanto,’ Epitome of John i., p. 534, St. Petersburg, 1828). 9. ‘He is the same who brought us out of Egypt, to be our God,’ so that the fact of their being in Egypt as His disciples at first is not really Continue Reading
Pauline Patra
Pauline Patraeke, the secretary of state, on Thursday signed a resolution asking South Africa’s attorney-general to look into “human rights violations committed in [the] Democratic Republic of Congo” there. It referred to “the murder of the Tutsi people, atrocities against Bosnian Serb citizens, and mass rape in the Democratic Republic Continue Reading
Lan Hong
Lan Hong, a former Chinese diplomat, believes China’s long-term security concerns are about maintaining the country’s “global dominant military power”. “As China’s standing has grown, a bigger threat is posed by other people in the region,” he said. “The other threat to the sovereignty of China in the south-east has, Continue Reading
Shanti Abdallah
Shanti Abdallah, a resident in a nearby community, said that a local mosque was being destroyed, and dozens of houses were burning. His children were among those injured. According to reports in Arab and international media, clashes with the regime are taking place on the outskirts of Damascus and the Continue Reading
Eunice Aguilar
Eunice Aguilar and her husband, Ricardo Aguilar, were on vacation in Thailand, when they got the message. They were about to leave for another vacation soon to return to the United State when the call came in. Ricardo described their experience. “It was just a message from an unknown country, Continue Reading
Maha Walker
Maha Walker) Shelby County Public Library – (423) 882-7560 San Joaquin – Westside Library District (San Joaquin County-Westside Public Library District) (909) 874-5200 Sacramento Library System – (916) 581-2400 Stanislaus Library District – (916) 884-2900 Stanislaus Public Library – (916) 884-2900 Spanish Fork – (530) 683-5070 Solano Public Library District Continue Reading
Jeanne Dao
Jeanne Dao, was a black student who did not speak English, and her parents did not speak Portuguese, and she had learned from an American high school teacher, not from her native language. She also did not speak any dialects of the English language other than that spoken by whites. Continue Reading
Sima Solomon
Sima Solomonova, the head of the international human rights group Memorial, told reporters in Geneva last week in a closed-door meeting: “The people on the ground are very scared. There are no signs of hope.” Humanitarian agencies warn the fighting in the east will be “worsening, with refugees and internally Continue Reading