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Indonesia’s national energy strategy relies on large fossil-fuel plants, but remote villages show alternatives are possible.
A tank supplies water for the Mbakuhau micro-hydro plant, which yields 30 kilowatts of electricity to power 334 homes. Image: Eko Rusdianto via Mongabay.com. |
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HARARE, ZIMBABWE — A Zimbabwean pastor who was arrested for organizing protests against the government of President Robert Mugabe should be freed on bail, a judge ruled Wednesday. Evan Mawarire, who launched a protest movement on social media called #ThisFlag, has been detained since Friday at a.... |
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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The father of Alianna DeFreeze, the 14-year-old girl who was killed and left in an abandoned Cleveland building, lashed out on social media at controversial Cleveland Heights Pastor Darrell Scott, accusing him of trying to use his daughter's death as a "publicity stunt. |
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House Judiciary Committee B chairman Andy Gipson, R-Braxton, explains the intent of the Mississippi Religious Freedom Restoration Act in House chambers at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, March 12, 2014. The House passed Senate Bill 2681 by an 80-37 vote Wednesday after it had been amended.... |
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*The family of Emmett Till says it was a “godsend” to hear that the white woman who accused him of groping her more than 60 years ago – before the black 14-year-old was abducted and brutally murdered by two white men – has finally admitted that she lied about that part of her story. “Now he’s put in another light. |
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JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI – Mississippi lawmakers are advancing a proposal to add firing squad, electrocution and gas chamber as execution methods in case a court blocks the use of lethal injection drugs. House Bill 638 is a response to lawsuits filed by “liberal, left-wing radicals,” said House Judiciary B Committee Chairman Andy Gipson, a Republican. |
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By Globe Staff February 08, 2017. Michael Levenson African-American leaders in Boston expressed outrage Wednesday that Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren had been rebuked by the Senate for reading a letter by Martin Luther King Jr’s widow that accused President Trump’s nominee for attorney general of intimidating black voters. |
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BIRMINGHAM, AL (WBRC) - Birmingham’s murder rate continues to rise during the new year. The latest murder took place at an apartment complex on Princeton Avenue . The triple shooting brought out Birmingham Police Chief AC Roper and city councilwoman Sheila Tyson.
This the eighth murder during the last eight days and the 12th for 2017. |
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(CNN) - Scores of evangelical leaders, including at least one from each state, have taken out a full-page newspaper advertisement to denounce President Donald Trump's temporary ban on refugees, urging him to reconsider his executive order and welcome people fleeing persecution and violence. |
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ORANGE, NJ — He likes cigars, scotch and rainbows. Muslims and liberals on the other hand? Not so much. It takes a certain kind of person to appreciate the political viewpoints of Peter West. The Catholic priest, an associate pastor at St. John's Catholic Church in Orange, doesn’t pull punches when.... |
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During last week’s National Prayer Breakfast, President Donald Trump vowed to “totally destroy” the Johnson Amendment, a 62-year-old provision in the U.S. tax code that prevents certain tax-exempt organizations, secular and religious, from political campaigning. His remarks have sparked debate over the line between Church and State in America. |
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SAN FRANCISCO - After scaling its custom designed switches up to several thousand, Facebook’s current crop of networking gear isn’t cutting it. The social networking giant is set to replace ...
HARARE, – State-owned fixed line operator TelOne sees four percent growth in revenue in 2015 after it.... |
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Mississippi lawmakers are advancing a proposal to add firing squad, electrocution and gas chamber as execution methods in case a court blocks the use of lethal injection drugs. |
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HARARE， Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- A Zimbabwean high court judge on Wednesday granted bail to a pastor who was arrested for organizing anti-government protests last year. The pastor， Evan Mawarire， was arrested last Wednesday when he arrived in the country from the United States. |
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi lawmakers are advancing a proposal to add firing squad, electrocution and gas chamber as execution methods in case a court blocks the use of lethal injection drugs. House Bill 638 is a response to lawsuits filed by "liberal, left-wing radicals," said House Judiciary B Committee Chairman Andy Gipson, a Republican. |
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Immaculate Conception Catholic Church • Saturday Mass at 5 p.m.; Sunday Mass at 8 and 10 a.m.; Sacrament of Confession Saturday from 4 to 4:45 p.m. Father Dennis Thompson. Located at 116 Alabama St. SE, P.O. Box 169, Lonsdale; 507-744-2829;
Triumphant Life Church • Sunday Worship at 9 and 11 a.m. |
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JACKSON, Miss. -- (AP) Mississippi lawmakers are advancing a proposal to add firing squad, electrocution and gas chamber as execution methods in case a court blocks the use of lethal injection drugs. House Bill 638 is a response to lawsuits filed by "liberal, left-wing radicals," said House Judiciary B Committee Chairman Andy Gipson, a Republican. |
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People of faith have been on the front lines of refugee resettlement for decades, and they are both furious and disheartened that President Donald Trump has halted the U.S. program. Instead of collecting housewares and making welcome signs, they are now bracing for a fight against a former ally: the U. |
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Controversy and partisanship on Capitol Hill may not be something new, but Senate Chaplin Barry C. Black says the election of President Donald Trump has taken things to another level. “There were people on Capitol Hill and away from Capitol Hill who were almost traumatized by the experience,” he told theGrio. |
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Vickie Frederick, a local primary school principal and church minister, has been selected to be a non-governmental organization ambassador to the United Nations. Mrs. Frederick was nominated for the post by Word of Life Christian Fellowship on Dec. 31. |
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Pastors spraying their congregants with Doom, forcing them to eat grass and live snakes and to drink petrol have made headlines not only in South Africa but around the world. Pastor Lesego Daniel poured petrol into a bucket before dropping a match into it and setting it alight to prove that it really was petrol. |
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi lawmakers are advancing a proposal to add firing squad, electrocution and gas chamber as execution methods in case a court blocks the use of lethal injection drugs. House Bill 638 is a response to lawsuits filed by "liberal, left-wing radicals," said House Judiciary B Committee Chairman Andy Gipson, a Republican. |
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HARARE – The High Court has freed Pastor Evan Mawarire on US$300 bail. Justice Clement Phiri asked him to surrender his travelling documents coupled with stringent reporting conditions. The state was opposed to bail arguing Mawarire is a flight risk and can go back to the United States where he left his family. |
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GIFFORD — Pastor Benny Rhyard heads up a long-established church in a fairly transient neighborhood of rental apartments and small houses. Through the years there have been arrests in the low-key residential area, in the 4400 block of 28th Avenue, a block south of Gifford Middle School. Charges have included aggravated battery and drug possession. |
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People of faith have been on the front lines of refugee resettlement for decades, and they are both furious and disheartened that President Donald Trump has halted the U.S. program. Instead of collecting housewares and making welcome signs, they are now bracing for a fight against a former ally: the U. |
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