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South Sudan’s Community Empowerment for Progress Organisation (CEPO) is launching a nine-day campaign of activism to promote the spirit of patriotism among South Sudanese.CEPO Director, Edmond Yakani says the initiative aims at encouraging citizens of South Sudan to share positive things about their country and to build peace, South Sudan’s Catholic Radio Bakhita reports.Yakani says the campaign will give citizens a chance to interact and strengthen their knowledge on patriotism. The campaign starts next month.(Catholic Radio Network)Email: engafrica@vatiradio.va
Mexico City, Mexico, Jun 23, 2016 / 12:28 am (CNA).- Archbishop José Luis Chavez Botello of Antequera-Oaxaca, México, called for intensifying prayer for peace after clashes between authorities and a teachers' union left at least seven dead and more than 50 injured. Since June 11, the National Coordinator of Education Workers (CNTE) in the state of Oaxaca in southern Mexico has held a series of demonstrations against the educational reforms undertaken by the government of President Enrique Peña Nieto. The protests included blocking highways connecting Mexico City and the states of Puebla, Veracruz, Chiapas and Guerrero.The Oaxaca Department of Public Safety says that it deployed 800 officers on June 19. During the confrontation between demonstrators and authorities, at least seven people died and 51 were injured.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="es" dir="ltr">México: Choq...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Asians remain the fastest-growing racial group in the United States, according to new information from the Census Bureau....
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Dubai, the Mideast's desert party town, has just gotten even wetter....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Facing questions about meager fundraising, slipping poll numbers and campaign instability, Donald Trump is tending to business - in Scotland....
HAVANA (AP) -- Colombia will move closer than ever to ending a half-century of bloodshed when its president joins leftist rebels Thursday in celebrating a cease-fire and disarmament agreement at a dignitary-studded signing ceremony in Cuba....
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- Two people who fell ill while working at the U.S. research station at the South Pole have been evacuated by a small plane that made the daring rescue flight in Antarctica's harsh winter....
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Florida's Key West is one of the most gay-friendly places in the country. The Florida Panhandle - many locals call it the Redneck Riviera - is a different story....
WONSAN, North Korea (AP) -- The bright red slogans hang from buses, government buildings and even some restaurants and gas stations, urging North Koreans to work harder to make the country's 200-day "speed campaign" a success. "Have you carried out the plan for today?" one poster asks....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Latest on House Democrats' protest demanding a vote on gun control legislation (all times local):...
