BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan — President Barack Obama slipped unannounced into dangerous Afghanistan on Friday, one year after widening an ever deadlier war and just days before a pivotal review about the 9-year-plus conflict. Plans for a face-to-face meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai were scrapped at the last minute.
MONTREAL — A teacher in Montreal has been suspended for giving her students a sexually explicit multiple choice test which had questions on the penis size of Black people and homosexual encounters. Vancouver 24/7 reports: A teacher has been suspended after she gave her Grade 8 students a sexually-explicit multiple-choice test that included questions about […]
Nigeria — Dick Cheney will be charged by Nigerian authorities in a bribery case involving his former employer, Halliburton according to the Huffington Post: An arrest warrant “will be issued and transmitted through Interpol,” said Godwin Obla, the prosecuting counsel at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Nigeria. The charges center on an alleged […]
Upon reflection of National AIDS Awareness Day – take time to pray for healing – – – Prayer for People With HIV / AIDS Hear our prayer, O God of mercy and love, for all who suffer with AIDS. Grant unto them tender and loving companions who will support them in the midst of fear. […]
Check out photos from this year's Lamplighter Awards Show!
Atlanta — For the past several years, Hip-Hop artists across the country have held events that encouraged safe sex and the importance of continuously being tested for HIV/AIDS.
The 2010 Lamplighter Awards took place on Saturday, November 27th at the Durham Performing Arts Center. It was an evening of appreciation for those who are doing good things in our communities. Check out the recipients here!
PORT-AU-PRINCE — Polls closed on schedule around Haiti at 4 p.m. Sunday amid chaos, confusion and isolated instances of violence. Hours earlier, a dozen of the 19 presidential candidates called for “peaceful protests” against “massive fraud” in the country’s presidential and legislative elections.
The first family says grace each night before dinner, President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle told ABC News in an interview that aired Friday. “It’s interesting listening to the girls, what they pray for,” the president told Barbara Walters, referring to daughters Malia and Sasha. “They’ll talk about family and thanking God for blessing […]
New York — Victor Mooney is hoping the third time’s the charm for his one-man journey to raise AIDS awareness. The Queens man is planning to row a boat solo from Africa to New York as part of his quixotic campaign to fight the deadly disease.