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Wortfm
April 28, 2018
History has been made on the Korean peninsula today, as South Korean President Moon Jae-In and North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un shook hands at the Demilitarized Zone between the two countries and pledged to work to denuclearize the peninsula and to declare the official end to the Korean War.
Thehour.com
April 26, 2018
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Latest on former U.S. Rep. and governor candidate Dennis Kucinich's work with an organization sympathetic to the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad (all times local):. 4:30 p.m.. The treasurer of an organization that paid former U.S. Rep. Dennis KucinichÃâà...
WKYC.com
April 26, 2018
Peace activist behind Dennis Kucinich speech fee met Hamas. The Ohio gubernatorial candidate accepted $20,000 to give a speech to a group sympathetic to Syria's Bashar al-Assad. Author: Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press. Published: 10:55 AM EDT April 25, 2018. Updated: 5:09 PM EDT April 25, 2018. COLUMBUSÃâà...
San Francisco Chronicle
April 26, 2018
The Latest: Peace activist behind Kucinich fee met Hamas. April 25, 2018 Updated: April 25, 2018 2:33pm. COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Latest on former U.S. Rep. and governor candidate Dennis Kucinich's work with an organization sympathetic to the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad (all times local):.
The Tribune
April 25, 2018
Two months after peace activist and lawyer Asma Jahangir passed away, another link between India-Pakistan peace process snapped with the death of theatre activist and peacenik Madeeha Gauhar in Lahore on Wednesday morning. She was suffering from cancer and had been admitted to the hospitalÃâà...
The Keene Sentinel
April 25, 2018
Far from a fairy tale, peace activists live in a nightmare, because we are haunted by what happens on the ground when bombs drop and troops invade. The misery of those who live in a war zone is unutterably disturbing. And the grief of American families who lose a loved one to war is something I amÃâà...
Chicago Tribune
April 23, 2018
Peace activist Jean Gump spent more than four years in a federal prison for her role in a demonstration during which she poured blood in the shape of a cross on the hatch covering a Minuteman II missile silo in Missouri and painted the words “Disarm and live.” She was released from prison in 1990, aboutÃâà...
KGO-TV
April 18, 2018
A Filipino peace activist has been denied entry into the United States and is set to board a plane back to the Philippines early Thursday morning. Activists ... Supporters of Jerome Aba mobilized as soon as they realized that the peace activist from the Philippines wasn't going to get past Customs. His planeÃâà...
Boston Herald
April 16, 2018
BEDFORD — Peace activists are planning a nonviolent action in Lexington on Patriots' Day to protest what they call nuclear escalation. Massachusetts Peace Action says participants in Monday's demonstration will stand frozen for two minutes on Battle Green in Lexington before walking about three milesÃâà...
Boston 25 News
April 15, 2018
BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) - Peace activists are planning a nonviolent action in Lexington on Patriots' Day to protest what they call nuclear escalation. Massachusetts Peace Action says participants in Monday's demonstration will stand frozen for two minutes on Battle Green in Lexington before walking aboutÃâà...
WMC Action News 5
April 10, 2018
Parker was also a peace activist. She worked with Stevie Moore and his Stop the Killing campaign. She also volunteered with Ride of Tears, a group that advocates an end to gun crime. The irony of Parker's violent death weighs heavily on those closest to her. "We're hurting," said Ride of Tears CEO MaryÃâà...
TOLOnews
April 8, 2018
Peace protestors once again took to the streets of Lashkargah City on Saturday carrying messages of peace to residents in the volatile southern province of Helmand. The protestors called on Afghans to join the campaign and raise their voices for peace and an end to violence. The peace convoy drove to Lashkargah'sÃâà...
Crux: Covering all things Catholic
April 7, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Seven Catholic peace activists were denied bail during a court appearance April 6, a day after they were detained after entering Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay in Georgia to protest nuclear weapons. Calling themselves the Kings Bay Plowshares, the seven faced charges ofÃâà...
CatholicPhilly.com
April 6, 2018
Calling themselves the Kings Bay Plowshares, seven Catholic peace activists were arrested at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay in Georgia April 5. The protesters said they took the action to mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and to repent for the "sin of whiteÃâà...
Common Dreams
April 5, 2018
Citing the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination this week, seven peace activists were arrested on Thursday morning after they made their way overnight onto the U.S. Naval Base in Kings Bay, Georgia where some of the nation's nuclear-armed submarines are stationed. AccordingÃâà...
WMC Action News 5
April 5, 2018
A Memphis activist who fought to combat crime and violence has died after she was shot in Downtown Memphis last month. MOREAdditional LinksPoll. Fellow activists said her death is another example of the tragic consequences of gun violence. Choosey Parker and her boyfriend were shot in mid-MarchÃâà...
The Commercial Appeal
April 4, 2018
A Memphis woman who protested against gun violence has died after she was shot last month in Downtown Memphis near the Purple Haze nightclub. Toshia "Choosey Parker" Addison,41, died April 2 at the Regional Medical Center. Parker and her boyfriend were shot on March 18 near Lt. George W. LeeÃâà...
Herald Palladium
March 29, 2018
While talking to the students, Halperin said Gandhi, a peace activist, believed that children could change the world. “I believe he's absolutely right,” she said. “Gandhi's a very important man. He wrote a quote called, 'Be the change you want to see in the world.'” She said there are many ways they can teachÃâà...
wreg.com
March 26, 2018
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - - A peace activist is fighting for her life after falling victim to the very kind of crime she's trying to stop. Choosey Parker was shot March 18 near the Purple Haze nightclub downtown. Two men have been charged in the incident, according to police records. Alan Neal, 27, of West MemphisÃâà...
Southside Pride
March 19, 2018
In 2012 after the rampage shooting of 20 school children and six educators, in Newtown, Conn., Connecticut lawmakers passed some of the toughest gun measures in the country: 1) expanding an existing ban on assault weapons; 2) prohibiting the sale of magazines with more than 10 rounds; 3) requiringÃâà...
The Daily Star
March 18, 2018
Parents of murdered peace activist mark 15th anniversary of her death. RSS; Follow; Email; Print; Share. The Daily Star. you've reached a subscriber-only article. Sign up now and access the full breadth of The Daily Star content in minutes. subscribe now unrestricted access 1 month...$12 | 3 months.
The Fayetteville Observer
March 18, 2018
Lenore Yarger and Steve Woolford have answered the phone at the G.I. Rights hotline for 16 years. Service members can call the number for free and confidential counseling on benefits, regulations, discharges, grievances, and what it means to be a conscientious objector. The hotline is sponsored in partÃâà...
The Nation
March 17, 2018
LAHORE - Indian peace activist OP Shah on Friday said that a meaningful dialogue between India and Pakistan was the only way forward to improve relations between the two countries. Speaking at a round-table discussion on “Pak-India Relations and the way forward”, Shah said that the two neighboursÃâà...
Allentown Morning Call
March 8, 2018
International peace activist Kathy Kelly addressing a rally. Kelly will be the keynote speaker at the annual Lepoco dinner March 17. (Contributed photo/Lepoco). Daniel Patrick SheehanContact ReporterAbout the Valley. The swords-to-plowshares people are out there still, laboring in parts of the world where daily life makesÃâà...
The Irish News
March 8, 2018
Baroness May Blood yesterday unveiled the blue plaque in honour of peace activist Saidie Patterson at Shankill Methodist Church in Belfast. Picture by Mal McCann ... A PEACE activist committed to "fairness and equality" was honoured in Belfast yesterday on International Women's Day. A blue plaque toÃâà...
Buffalo News
March 3, 2018
Alice M. Hague, a fashion illustrator, watercolor artist and peace activist, died Thursday in Buffalo after a brief illness. She was 88. A native of Fort Wayne, Indiana, the former Alice Myers graduated from Fort Wayne High School and from the Cape Cod School of Art in Provincetown, Massachusetts, whereÃâà...
Press Herald
March 1, 2018
Sally Breen, 82, of Windham, longtime peace activist in Maine. She was a member of Peace Action Maine for more than 25 years and participated in numerous protests. By Melanie CreamerStaff Writer. Email Writer Ãâ÷ 207-791-6361. Share. facebook Ãâ÷ tweet Ãâ÷ email Ãâ÷ print. Read Article. Sally Breen, anÃâà...
The Coast Halifax
February 27, 2018
RIP Betty Peterson, iconic peace activist and voice for change. Legendary advocate for environmental, feminist and Civil Rights causes passes away in Halifax at age 100. Posted By Jacob Boon on Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 10:58 PM. click to enlarge Peterson, pictured here shortly before her 100th birthday.
Lowell Sun
February 22, 2018
Geoff Foster, director of organizing and policymaking at UTEC, addresses marchers ahead of the UTEC Silent March for Peace on Wednesday. The march was in response to recent deadly shootings in the city. The marchers are at the intersection of Warren and Central Streets in downtown Lowell.
yourcentralvalley.com
December 31, 1999
FRESNO, Calif. - The President dropping an order, as three country's military mights drop missiles on Syria. "They had the targets picked out, the aerial operations for each of these countries picked out," Fresno County Republican Party Vice Chairman Mark Johnson said. "I think this was a very measuredÃâà...
HNN Huntingtonnews.net
December 31, 1999
Lisa Stiller, Board of Consistent Life Network and long time peace activist based in Beaverton, Oregon, states; "Peace activists and supporters of Consistent Life Ethic are joining in this vigil and the March for Our Lives in opposition to all violence. We believe comprehensive gun safety legislation, whichÃâà...
Kuwait News Agency
December 31, 1999
NEW YORK, March 13 (KUNA) -- A team of Kuwaiti peace activists took part in the 62nd session of the Commission on the Status of Women held at the UN ... During the meeting, the conferees addressed a host of challenges women are facing in various fields, the Kuwaiti peace activist said, adding thatÃâà...
