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JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel said Sunday it plans to ban Qatar's flagship Al-Jazeera network from operating in the country over allegations it incites violence, joining Arab nations that have shut down the broadcaster amid a separate political dispute. The news organization, in turn, said it will take legal action....
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in suburban Minneapolis, like other U.S. mosques, occasionally receives threatening calls and emails. But leaders say they're more frightened after a weekend attack in which an explosive shattered windows and damaged a room as worshippers prepared for morning prayers....
Liberia’s Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Cape Palmas, Andrew J. Karnley has directed the faithful not to accept gifts from politicians seeking their vote.On 25 October 2017, Liberians will vote in Presidential and Legislative elections across the country. Africa’s first female President and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf who has led the country for the past ten years is not seeking a further mandate.Below is an article by Michael T. Biddle (Harper, Liberia):'No parish in the Diocese of Cape Palmas is to accept a gift from politicians, Bishop Andrew Karnley has urged the faithful.The tendency of offering individuals or a community with gifts in return for voting favours by politicians has since become a normal phenomenon in our society which has often made eligible voters elect individuals into power wrongly. It is against such factors that the Catholic Bishop of Cape Palmas has issued a stern warning to all parishes (in his diocese) to desist fr...
Liberia’s Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Cape Palmas, Andrew J. Karnley has directed the faithful not to accept gifts from politicians seeking their vote.
On 25 October 2017, Liberians will vote in Presidential and Legislative elections across the country. Africa’s first female President and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf who has led the country for the past ten years is not seeking a further mandate.
Below is an article by Michael T. Biddle (Harper, Liberia):
'No parish in the Diocese of Cape Palmas is to accept a gift from politicians, Bishop Andrew Karnley has urged the faithful.
The tendency of offering individuals or a community with gifts in return for voting favours by politicians has since become a normal phenomenon in our society which has often made eligible voters elect individuals into power wrongly. It is against such factors that the Catholic Bishop of Cape Palmas has issued a stern warning to all parishes (in his diocese) to desist from receiving offers from politicians even those aspirants who are Catholics.
Bishop Karnley has in the past lashed out at political figures who have failed to provide good and quality leadership for the people. He has criticised the tendency of politicians who make last minute interventions (including donations and gifts) to win votes.
The Bishop of Cape Palmas reminded Liberians to make the ultimate sacrifice and vote for individuals who they believe can change their living conditions for the better rather dancing to the rhythm of those that can offer 'nasonon' or RITCO/NICOM products and rice. (RITCO and NICOM are large distillery factories in Liberia)
Ahead of the start of official campaigning, both incumbents and aspirants are often seen providing cash, food, drinks and other handouts to various communities as means of consolidating support during the elections.
DENVER (AP) -- A few moments at a backstage photo session four years ago are about to be relived, as lawyers for pop star Taylor Swift and a former disc jockey she accuses of groping her begin picking jurors Monday in their dueling lawsuits....
JONESTOWN, Miss. (AP) -- Otibehia Allen is a single mother who lives in a rented mobile home in the same isolated, poor community where she grew up among the cotton and soybean fields of the Mississippi Delta....
NEW YORK (AP) -- For the third time in six months, President Donald Trump is on the hunt for a new communications director. But in practice, the job is filled....
LAIKIPIA, Kenya (AP) -- Burned-out homes in this dry landscape have become a symbol of the tensions around Tuesday's presidential election as Kenyans prepare for the possibility of yet more deadly violence....
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) -- Vice President Mike Pence is pushing back against a news report suggesting he is laying groundwork for a possible presidential bid in 2020 if President Donald Trump does not run....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- With Republicans unable to advance a health care bill in Congress, President Donald Trump's administration may find itself in an awkward role as caretaker of the Affordable Care Act, which he still promises to repeal and replace....
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Ruling party chief Diosdado Cabello said Venezuelan troops quashed a "terrorist" attack at a military base Sunday, shortly after a small group of men dressed in fatigues released a video declaring themselves in rebellion....
