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Enslavement of Africans and the University of North Carolina’s commencement address of 1832 William Gaston was a prominent North Carolina attorney, judge, and University of North Carolina trustee From its beginnings, the university community debated the nature of slavery. As early as 1807, the Dialectic Society argued the question: “Ought slavery to be abolished in […]

2013 Blackface Christmas holiday concludes again the Netherlands The annual feast of St. Nicholas Eve is celebrated on December 5 (Sinterklaasavond) in the Netherlands and on December 6 in Belgium. The Dutch Sinterklaas travels by steamboat instead of sleigh and from Spain. Instead of elves, he has characters played by white people in blackface known […]

Motorists again urged to buy e-tags E-tolls lead to South Africa traffic jams SABC Transport Minister Dipuo Peters has again appealed to motorists who have not bought their e-tags for tolled Gauteng highways, to register. She was speaking after major traffic jams were reported on alternative routes as people tried to avoid the e-toll routes […]

White Paper -Scotland’s future The Herald -Scotland Just 27% of Scots said that they supported independence in the days after the publication of the Scottish Government’s flagship White Paper, according to a new poll. More than half of those questioned said that they wanted Scotland to remain within the United Kingdom, while another 17% said […]

China to launch Chang’e-3 lunar probe December 2 The Chang’e-3 mission is the second phase of China’s lunar program which includes orbiting, landing and returning to Earth, following the successes of the Chang’e-2 missions, which include plotting a high-resolution, full-coverage lunar map. Xinhua XICHANG- China will launch the Chang’e-3 lunar probe to the moon at […]

Deportation fears on rise in Dominican Republic Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Wilver Cuevas Betances was born in the Dominican Republic and never left until he ran into some soldiers at a bus station in Santo Domingo who demanded his passport. “I don’t have a passport. I’m Dominican,” the 29-year-old recalled telling the soldiers. Ignoring […]

Australia’s population forecast to double by 2075 ‘Melbourne and Sydney should be neck and neck by 2053, with 7.9 million people each,’ says bureau of statistics Australian Bureau of Statistics Australia’s population is projected to double to 46 million by 2075, according to the latest population projections released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics […]

Raleigh-Durham: Residents get second look at light-rail to run from Durham to Chapel Hill By Jim WiseThe News & Observer DURHAM — The Bull City’s public got a virtual look at the planned light-rail line between Durham and Chapel Hill Wednesday night, in the second of three project updates Triangle Transit is holding this week. […]

Tallest building ruling: Chicago’s Willis Tower (former Sears Tower) loses to New York’s new One World Trade Center Ending Willis Tower’s (Sears Tower’s) reign of 40 years as the nation’s tallest building By Blair Kamin Chicago Tribune One World Trade Center will be the nation’s tallest building when it is completed next year, a Chicago-based […]

Remembering Yesteryear: 100 Year Anniversary of the White Hurricane The Great Lakes Storm of 1913, referred to as the “White Hurricane,” was an extratropical cyclone created when two storm systems merged. The storm had winds of 90 mph and impacted the Great Lakes between November 7 and November 11. The result was 19 ships sunk, […]