Tag Archives: Nelson Mandela

Rain on Mandela, Snow in the Holy Land

Sunday, December 15, 2013

Mandela Funeral: Former South African President Nelson Mandela was buried today in the Eastern Cape village of Qunu where he lived as a child. After six hours of ceremony at the end of 10 days of national mourning, Mandela’s body …

School Shoot Misses Teacher, Billionaire Winer

Saturday, December 14, 2013

School Shoot: A Colorado high school student who took a shotgun to school yesterday to hunt a teacher, ended up wounding two students before killing himself. It happened at Arapahoe High School in suburban Denver, just a few miles from …

N. Korea Execution, “Embrace the Suck”

Friday, December 13, 2013

Pyongyang Purge: The formerly powerful uncle of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un was executed immediately after he was found guilty of plotting against the government, according to the country’s state news agency. Chang Song-thaek was physically removed from a Communist …

OMG Congress Agrees, Woman at the Wheel

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Deal: House and Senate negotiators reached a budget deal for the first time in three years, potentially avoiding another government shutdown in January. Washington’s Democratic Sen. Patty Murray said, “We have broken through the partisanship and gridlock.”   The agreement …

Celebration in Soweto, Life on Mars?

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

World: One hundred thousand people danced and sang in a rainy Soweto stadium today in celebration of former South African President Nelson Mandela. Leaders from all over the world attended, including Former Presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and George W. …

Storm Rages On, 60 Years of Play

Sunday, December 8, 2013

Stormy Weather: The latest icy winter storm is still expected to bring snow, sleet and freezing rain to northern Pennsylvania, upstate New York, and New England by late today and early tomorrow. Further north, snow. The storm that started in …

Mandela Celebrated, Jobs Up

Friday, December 6, 2013

Nelson Mandela: Former South African President Nelson Mandela is being mourned not only as a great leader and peacemaker for South Africa, but for the world.  Mandela died at age 95 after months of illness.   He spent 27 years in …

Protesters Die in Egypt, Jobs Up in US

Friday, July 5, 2013

Egypt Violence: Reports from Egypt today say soldiers shot and killed three supporters of deposed President Mohamed Morsi. The NY Times reports crowds of demonstrators organized by the Muslim Brotherhood, Morsi’s Party, marched on an army barracks where the deposed …

US Student Dies in Egypt

Saturday, June 29, 2013

World: A 21-year-old American who would have been a junior this fall at Kenyon College was stabbed to death during protests in Alexandria, Egypt. Andrew Pochter was there to teach English to 7 and 8 year olds and was watching …

Snowden Talking to Ecuador

Monday, June 24, 2013

Moon Over Ecuador: Fugitive NSA Leaker Edward Snowden was seen at the Moscow airport talking with ambassadors from Ecuador, a possible new home. But Snowden was not on a flight to Cuba today, as was expected. He’s getting help from …