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Five times the NCAA meted out a 'death penalty.' Will Miami make six?
Allegations of perks showered on University of Miami football players call into question the NCAA's ability to really police college athletics. Some wonder if the NCAA will mete out the 'death penalty' to Miami. Only five sports programs have ever been banned from competition for a year or more.
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Did Trayvon Martin attack George Zimmerman first?
Neighborhood watch leader George Zimmerman says Trayvon Martin punched him, jumped on top of him and began banging his head on a sidewalk. Zimmerman said he cried for help, then shot Martin.
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Three in 10 young adults live with parents, highest level since 1950s
A weak economy and high debt levels are prompting more young adults to return to the family nest, a new survey shows. Perhaps surprisingly, most are happy with their living arrangements.
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Herman Cain's other problem: African-Americans
Though his campaign caught fire for a time, many black voters did not embrace Herman Cain because he rejects institutional racism as a major issue. But his candidacy has exposed rifts in the black community.
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Africa Monitor
What will make the Libyan rebels' government-building attempts successful?
Guest blogger Laura Seay interviews the author of a book on governance by rebel groups about what Libya's National Transitional Council will need to do to build a stable government.
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Five times the NCAA meted out a 'death penalty.' Will Miami make six?
Allegations of perks showered on University of Miami football players call into question the NCAA's ability to really police college athletics. Some wonder if the NCAA will mete out the 'death penalty' to Miami. Only five sports programs have ever been banned from competition for a year or more.
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Africa Monitor
Congo conflict minerals bill hurts the miners it hopes to help
Guest blogger Laura Seay writes that a US ban on conflict minerals amounts to a de facto boycott of the Congolese mining industry, hurting Congo's civilians by removing a key source of income.
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Africa Monitor
Is Congo's mineral trade really the key to the country's conflict?
While conflict minerals are certainly an important factor in Congo's conflict, guest blogger Laura Seay is not convinced they're the most important factor.
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Africa Monitor
Ivory Coast's conflict and Rwanda's genocide: Key differences
Ivory Coast bears some similarities to Rwanda in 1994, but there are a number of factors that make it unlikely Ivory Coast's conflict will develop into a genocide like Rwanda's.
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Africa Monitor
The Steelers won the Super Bowl? T-shirts sent to Africa say so.
A US-based NGO's move to send misprinted Super Bowl T-shirts to Africa is a misguided attempt at aid, writes guest blogger Laura Seay.
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Africa Monitor
In Rwanda, a rebel commander's case that no one wants to try
Two years after Rwanda arrested Congolese rebel commander Gen. Nkunda, it still doesn't know what to do with him – he knows too many secrets that could come out if he is tried.
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Africa Monitor
Can 'naming and shaming' bring an end to Congo's conflict mineral mining?
Guest blogger Laura Seay expresses doubts about the potential for 'naming and shaming' to convince companies to eliminate Congo's conflict minerals from their supply chain.
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Africa Monitor
What to watch for as South Sudan turns out for referendum vote
The week-long referendum vote in South Sudan began Sunday. While it appears that relations between the north and south are calm, tensions within the south could prove to be a hurdle.
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Africa Monitor
World AIDS Day and the unbearable lightness of, like, Kim Kardashian
Several celebrities are planning to raise awareness about World AIDS Day on Dec. 1. While there is nothing wrong with celebrities becoming activists, many of their ventures do little to assure donors that their money is being used well.
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Africa Monitor
Africa's poor, left out of Millennium Development Goals summit, now have the stage
A conversation about September's Millennium Development Goals summit, which lacked the voice of those MDGs mean to help, led to an event to give voice to Africa's poor.
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Africa Monitor
Why Kristof's endorsement of 'D.I.Y. Aid' is poorly informed
New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof's recent piece, 'D.I.Y. Foreign-Aid Revolution' has been skewered by aid professionals, because he praises projects launched by amateurs. Guest blogger Laura Seay adds to the criticism.
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Africa Monitor
Budgets, mass rape, and the UN mission in Congo
If the budget and force size of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) continue to be cut, we're likely to see less civilian protection, not more.
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Africa Monitor
At UN, elites mull MDG. Did poor weigh in?
Talk of the Millennium Development Goals at the UN General Assembly this week’s brought home one very clear fact: Western thinking about development is elite-driven.
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Difference Maker
He teaches inner-city kids how to be smart about money
Douglas Coe has founded the Bulls and Bears summer camp, where kids can try being a stock analyst – and learn how to handle their own finances too.
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Africa Monitor
Newt Gingrich dissertation on Congo sheds light on his jab that Obama is 'anticolonial'
Newt Gingrich has joined conservative columnist Dinesh D'Souza in criticizing President Obama as having adopted his Kenyan father's 'anticolonialist' ideas. When did being 'anticolonial' become a bad thing in the US?
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Africa Monitor
UN report on Congo genocide could be game-changer
Guest blogger Lauren Seay says that the leaked UN report on the possible Congo genocide, which implicates the Rwandan government, brings crucial facts to light that could bring justice to the region.
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Zimbabwe diamond ban: Will it work?
The US-based Rapaport Diamond Trading Network announced a Zimbabwe diamond ban Monday, but will it have the desired effect of preventing child labor and forced labor?
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Africa Monitor
Rwanda election: Why did Kagame's image tank this year?
President Paul Kagame's international image has morphed in recent months from model, pro-business African leader to iron-fisted strongman. But his tight control on dissent is nothing new.
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Are America's prisons incubating radical Islamists?
Recent domestic terror suspects had converted to Islam while in prison. Experts are divided on the extent of the threat.
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Fight against poverty unites Christian left and right
Liberal and conservative groups bridge some differences in new collaborative efforts to fight the problem.
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Europeans eye U.S. models to ease school segregation
A diverse area in Amsterdam weighs assigning students based in part on race, class, and parents' education level.
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