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Democracy Now! on Leonard Peltier Release after 50 Years In Prison

2 months ago | theashlandchronicle.com | David Runkel |Justin McCurry |Owen Jones |Deborah Cole

AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. And we turn now to an issue and a story we’ve been covering for all 29 years. We turn to Leonard Peltier. “Today I am finally free! They may have imprisoned me but they never took my spirit!” Those were the words of Leonard Peltier, the longtime political prisoner and Indigenous activist, who’s been released from prison after spending nearly half a century behind bars for a crime he says he did not commit.
Blaine equestrian Diane Moon achieves Century Club status - The Northern Light

Sep 4, 2024 | thenorthernlight.com | Deborah Cole

When Blaine resident Diane Moon began riding horses 30 years ago, at age 50, she knew she was unlike a lot of her peers who had begun riding at much younger ages. What Moon lacked in youthful pony club and summer camp experiences on horseback, she made up for with her strong desire to stay physically fit. Together with her horse, Chimo, she competed successfully in show jumping for 13 years until he needed to retire from sport due to age related issues.
Messi joining MLS side Inter Miami after PSG exit

Jun 7, 2023 | sinardaily.my | Deborah Cole

08 Jun 2023 11:57am BARCELONA - Rik Sharma Lionel Messi on Wednesday said he will sign for Major League Soccer side Inter Miami, choosing the United States as his next destination over a Barcelona reunion or blockbuster deal to play in Saudi Arabia. The Argentine forward, 35, has spent the last two seasons at Paris Saint-Germain, playing his final game for the club on Saturday, after moving from Barcelona in 2021, where he spent the majority of his career.
Powerful new earthquake hits Turkey, trapping several under rubble

Feb 20, 2023 | al-monitor.com | Ezgi Akin |Joris Fioriti |Deborah Cole

February 20, 2023 A powerful earthquake measuring 6.4 struck Turkey’s Hatay province on Monday evening. People are feared dead or injured in the province, which was one of the hardest hit by the major earthquakes just two weeks ago. Turkey’s death toll from Feb. 6 earthquakes stands at 41,156 people, according to official figures, more than 20,000 of them in Hatay.
New quake hits Turkey and Syria, killing three

Feb 20, 2023 | al-monitor.com | Joris Fioriti |Deborah Cole

February 20, 2023— Antakya (Turkey) (AFP) A 6.4-magnitude earthquake on Monday rocked Turkey's southern province of Hatay and northern Syria, killing three people and sparking fresh panic after a February 6 tremor that left nearly 45,000 dead in both countries. Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said three people were killed and 213 were taken to hospital, while in Syria White Helmets said more than 130 people were injured and that some already damaged buildings had collapsed.
Syria's Assad visits Oman after quake, in first since war

Feb 20, 2023 | al-monitor.com | Joris Fioriti |Deborah Cole

February 20, 2023— Muscat (AFP) Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visited Oman on Monday, his first official trip to the Gulf country in more than a decade of civil war at home, the Omani foreign ministry said. The one-day trip to meet with Sultan Haitham bin Tareq came two weeks after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck southeastern Turkey and northern Syria, killing more than 44,000 people across both countries.
Algeria announces $1 billion for African development

Feb 19, 2023 | al-monitor.com | Deborah Cole

February 19, 2023— Algiers (AFP) Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said Sunday the North African nation will allocate a billion dollars to finance development projects across the continent through the Algerian Agency of International Cooperation for Solidarity and Development. The official APS news agency said his decision was announced in a speech read by Prime Minister Aimene Benabderrahmane at the annual African Union summit of leaders in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.
Honor killings in Iraq rekindle efforts to criminalize domestic violence

Feb 19, 2023 | al-monitor.com | Shelly Kittleson |Deborah Cole |Bahira Amin

February 19, 2023 BAGHDAD — A number of high-profile cases of women and girls killed by family members across Iraq in recent months are attracting attention once again, leading to a resurgence of calls for Iraq to enact laws against domestic violence. Last month, the case of a young woman in a “family dispute” in which the community police had been asked to mediate ended badly when a 22-year-old Youtuber was killed by her father. He has reportedly admitted to strangling her in her sleep.
Aid group issues urgent appeal for quake-hit Syria

Feb 19, 2023 | al-monitor.com | Deborah Cole |Bahira Amin

February 19, 2023— Al-Hammam Crossing (Syria) (AFP) The group Doctors Without Borders called Sunday for the "urgent scaling up" of earthquake aid to northwest Syria as it delivered a convoy laden with emergency assistance. Aid has been slow to reach Syria's rebel-held areas since the February 6 quake killed a combined total of more than 43,000 people across Turkey and Syria.
In Old Cairo, residents reconnect with their heritage

Feb 18, 2023 | al-monitor.com | Bahira Amin |Deborah Cole |Haitham El-Tabei

February 18, 2023— Cairo (AFP) For most of their lives, children from historic Cairo's Al-Khalifa district only saw the mausoleums, mosques and madrasa schools that pepper their neighbourhood from outside heavy bronze doors.