Tag: savo heleta
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August 16, 2009 02:58 PM EDT --
Appearing on Bill Maher's show, Brad Pitt said that religion doesn't make sense to him but gay marriage does!
"I grew up in a religious family, in a religious community and it just doesn't make sense . . .
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July 11, 2009 05:40 AM EDT --
In the past couple of days I posted pieces on here detailing a few of my emotions as I traveled through Savo's wonderful book. This book is being something to be read, it is a journey to be experienced. . . .
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November 26, 2007 09:21 AM EST --
"A gripping and compelling story... fascinating piece of memoir literature." Dr. James Lyon, International Crisis Group
"A moving, real-life story, a must-read." Ambassador John . . .
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January 11, 2008 05:54 AM EST --
December 29, 2007
My Weekend Reporter
Weekend Post (South Africa)
Held as a teenager in a detention centre run by Muslim militias, this Serbian's heart is set not on revenge but resolution . . .
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March 10, 2008 06:31 PM EDT --
Not My Turn to Die: Memoirs of a Broken Childhood in Bosnia , by Savo Heleta ( AMACOM ; March 20, 2008; $22.00 Hardcover)
Prologue
The Muslim drivers looked terrified, their . . .
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June 10, 2009 05:40 AM EDT --
With voter turnout in the European elections held last weekend lower than ever, some German politicians are suggesting mandatory voting and fines for the apathetic voters in the future.
Across . . .
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June 21, 2009 10:51 PM EDT --
Thanks Walker!!!!
When I mentioned that I was going to order some books, as soon as I got enough Swagbucks and other things together for some dollars in my Amazon.com account, Walker pulled . . .
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July 23, 2009 07:57 AM EDT --
Comedian Jon Stewart is America's Most Trusted Newsman , at least according to an online poll conducted by the Time Magazine.
Of course, this is not a scientific poll (if any are), but still a great . . .
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July 24, 2009 10:56 AM EDT --
Over the last two weeks, the authorities have seized $1.26 billion worth of marijuana and arrested over 80 people in Fresno County, California, writes the Fresno Bee.
Gil Kerlikowske, director . . .
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June 15, 2009 09:10 AM EDT --
Italian customs officials have recently stopped two Japanese men at the Italian-Swiss border carrying United States bonds worth $134 billion hidden in their suitcase.
This has been labeled as "either . . .
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June 19, 2009 08:48 AM EDT --
Sherri Goforth, an executive assistant for Tennessee State Rep. Diane Black (R-Gallatin), emailed a profoundly racist photo to other legislative staffers on May 28 under the headline "Historical Keepsake . . .
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August 02, 2009 07:54 AM EDT --
Wisconsin jury has found Dale Neumann "guilty of killing his sick 11-year-old daughter by praying for her recovery rather than seeking medical care," writes BBC.
Neumann told a court he "believed . . .
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June 24, 2009 07:26 AM EDT --
According to the American National Prison Rape Elimination Commission , about 60,000 inmates are raped and sexually abused each year in the United States.
The commission quotes a 2007 study by the . . .
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July 06, 2009 08:35 AM EDT --
American health-care industry is currently spending $1.4 million a day on lobbying the Congress to prevent health-care reform, writes the Washington Post.
For the campaign, the health-care industry . . .
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July 18, 2009 08:58 AM EDT --
Don't you hate when your chocolate melts in your fingers while you take time to eat it?
I do!
Now, finally, there is a solution.
The Swiss chocolate manufacturer, Barry Callebaut, has developed . . .
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August 09, 2009 10:52 AM EDT --
George Vera, an obese prisoner in Texas , has been charged with illegal possession of a firearm in prison after the authorities discovered a gun between his rolls of fat.
A police spokesman told the . . .
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October 04, 2009 02:42 PM EDT --
Greetings from Juba and South Sudan!
I arrived in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, on Saturday, October 3, and will stay here for seven days.
Since March 2009, I'm working on South Sudan Executive . . .
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July 08, 2009 04:22 AM EDT --
This was an idea I got a few minutes ago. I plan to write a major review of Savo's book when I have completed it, but for now, there are a lot of emotions and thoughts coming, as I'm reading. Please look . . .
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July 10, 2009 01:41 AM EDT --
In my last post about this wonderful book, written by fellow Gather member Savo Heleta, I mentioned how it was as if he was taking us on his journey with him. I've read a number of reviews on Amazon, . . .
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August 16, 2009 03:53 PM EDT --
Kimani Nganga Maruge, Kenya's and world's oldest primary school pupil, has died at the age of 90.
He held the Guinness World Record for being the oldest person to start primary school at the age . . .
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