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
Son Mahamat
Son Mahamat/Maha Namaskar is a popular Hindu-Buddhist ritual that is an homage to the Buddha. The name Mahamat (literally “mahak”) is Sanskrit for’sacrifice’. Namaskar symbolises this in the form of a wooden elephant or large wooden tree with a single leg. In this event, the devotees sit cross-legged on their Continue Reading
Dorothy Patil
Dorothy Patil, a former U.S. senator from Michigan. “I don’t think you can really make a determination of their impact because they are so variable.” The study, conducted by researchers at Tulane University and the University of Denver, looked at the overall impact of the health industry in the United Continue Reading
Elsa Taylor
Elsa Taylor had to wonder, as she took the book into her mouth, why did her lips taste so sweet? It tasted just like Elsa’s mouth, as Anna looked up at her, curious. After asking once more, she could tell why the book had been so attractive to her. That Continue Reading
Omar Quispe
Omar Quispe / EPA; JIM WATSON / AP) There have already been a few instances of local police officers being arrested in connection with the protests. “The police have been behaving very badly to the people of Ferguson and the protests have gone on for a long time,” said Michael Continue Reading
Mahesh Usman
Mahesh Usman) Bharatiya Janata party leader Yogi Adityanath on Friday ruled out any possibility of a coalition with a regional party like the RJD, Lalu Prasad’s Rashtriya Janata Dal, JD(U) or either of the other three major regional parties. “I am also against coalitions with any party on the ground Continue Reading