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Student who sued GVSU over campus pet rule honored
ALLENDALE, Mich. (AP) — A West Michigan student who settled a lawsuit with Grand Valley State University over her right to keep a guinea pig in her campus apartment has been lauded by an advocacy group. MLive.com reports (http://bit.ly/11shNyL )...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Animals, Human Interest, Education
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School reaches $40,000 settlement over guinea pig
ALLENDALE, Mich. (AP) — Grand Valley State University has reached a $40,000 settlement with a student who sued for the right to keep a guinea pig on campus for emotional support. The Grand Rapids Press reports (http://bit.ly/XX3anD ) that the...
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Student sues GVSU, says she needs pet for support
ALLENDALE, Mich. (AP) — A student is suing a Michigan university for the right to keep a guinea pig on campus for emotional support. Kendra Velzen says Grand Valley State University in western Michigan is violating federal housing rules. The 28-...Tags: Animals
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Court OKs genocide lawsuit against mining company
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled that a London-based mining company can be sued in the United States on allegations it aided the government of Papua New Guinea in genocide and war crimes. The lawsuit was filed by residents...Tags: Politics, Trials, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Mining, Metal and Mineral
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Breathing new life into old Gloucester country store
The first time John Warren walked into the old Pointer Brothers store in the Guinea section of Gloucester, he felt like he'd stumbled into something special. Though the original sales and display area on the first floor had been cut up by a maze of...
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Equatorial Guinea arrests opposition leaders over march
ReutersMALABO (Reuters) - Equatorial Guinea arrested at least four members of the opposition for seeking to organize a protest ahead of an legislative election this month, Amnesty International and a local rights activist said on Wednesday. The founders of...Tags: Elections, Human Rights Watch, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice and Rights, Human Rights
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Guinea opposition to renew protests as U.N.-led talks founder
ReutersCONAKRY (Reuters) - Guinean opposition leaders called on Tuesday for renewed protests next week, accusing President Alpha Conde of sabotaging U.N.-mediated talks aimed at ending the impasse over the organization of a parliamentary election. The...Tags: Elections, Politics, Alpha Conde
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COLUMN-African minerals and the illusion of fair value: Kemp
ReutersBy John Kemp LONDON, May 14 (Reuters) - "With Africa's economies riding the crest of the global commodities wave, there is an unprecedented opportunity to convert the region's vast resource wealth into investments that could lift millions out of poverty,...Tags: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Environmental Issues, Politics, Heavy Engineering, Political Corruption
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Niger offers cash reward to help eradicate Guinea worm
ReutersNIAMEY, May 14 (Reuters) - Niger is offering cash rewards to anyone reporting a case of Guinea worm as part of efforts to permanently eradicate the parasitic disease in the impoverished West African nation, the health ministry said. Though it once...Tags: Skin Lesion, Africa, Mali, Dracunculiasis , Human Development Index
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Guinea indicts gendarme for rape in 2009 stadium massacre
ReutersCONAKRY, May 8 (Reuters) - Guinea has indicted a gendarme officer on rape charges related to a stadium massacre of pro-democracy protesters by forces linked to the military junta in September 2009. Rights groups have criticised President Alpha Conde,...Tags: Human Rights Watch, Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice and Rights, Human Rights
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Reuters World News Highlights at 1400 GMT, May 1
ReutersMay 1 (Reuters) - TOP STORIES ----------- ATHENS/MADRID - Trains and ferries were cancelled and hospital staff walked off the job in Greece on Wednesday and thousands were due to demonstrate across Spain as May Day triggered protests against harsh...Tags: Peru, Politics, Venezuela, Google Inc., Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Master West African Dancer and Drummer Abdoulaye Sylla Returns to CT
Before he and his wife moved to Seattle a few years ago, Abdoulaye Sylla had taught West African dance at Trinity for years, and he’d also presided over weekly drum and dance classes at Hartford’s West Indian Social Club. But before that Sylla...
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