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GIN— An independent assessment by Amnesty International has found that a damaging oil spill in Nigeria’s Niger Delta was much worse than the oil company Shell admitted.
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Oil Pollution in Nigeria downplayed by Shell Company
- Friday, 04 May 2012 10:12
- Editor
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Disappearing Interest in the Philippines
- Friday, 27 April 2012 10:39
- Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist
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I received the call on a beautiful Sunday morning from a good friend. What I expected to be a normal call turned into something else. It turned out that this particular April day was the anniversary of the disappearance of a relative of my friend, a fact that she wanted to share with me. It also turns out that such
Emtro Gospel partners with Brenda Jackson to release ‘Truly Everlasting -The Movie’
- Friday, 20 April 2012 13:54
- Ursula V. Battle
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Independent Film set to hit stores May 15, 2012
“Truly Everlasting—The Movie” was produced, directed and fully financed by Romance novelist Brenda Jackson.
Students, Teachers and Parent challenged to tackle financial literacy
- Wednesday, 28 March 2012 14:18
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Third Annual National Financial Capability Challenge Helps to Prepare Students for Secure Financial Futures Exam Now Open to High School-Aged Students Across the Nation— Runs through April 13, 2012.
Washington, D.C.— High school-aged students from across the country can test their knowledge about personal finance through the National
First African American Woman Architect Succumbs
- Friday, 24 February 2012 18:23
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Special to the NNPA
Memorial services were being set for Norma Merrick Sklarek, a celebrated African American architect who accomplished numerous firsts in the field. Sklarek died Monday at her home in Pacific Palisades. She was 85.
Born Norma Merrick in Harlem to Trinidadian parents, she attended Hunter College High School, then Barnard College and acquired her architecture degree in 1950 from