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People of all ages come together to package 144,000 meals for the hungry
NEWS7 Associate ProducerIf you passed by one banquet hall at the Hotel Roanoke Saturday night, you would've thought you were missing out on a huge party. Inside, there were more than 400 people from the Episcopal Diocese of Southwest Virginia having a great time...Tags: Religion and Belief, Christianity, Anglicanism, Ray Buchanan
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Rapper urging students to change the world
Multimedia JournalistA group of ninth graders in Lynchburg is trying to change the world, and they're starting with Sudan. After studying about the Sudanese, students at the Virginia Episcopal School were inspired to make a difference. To help with their motivation,...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Teaching and Learning, Students, Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), Education
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Time to ditch the sweater for a swimsuit
Multimedia JournalistR.E. Lee Memorial Church in Lexington is raising money for families in South Sudan with a Polar Bear Plunge. Normally sweaters and hot chocolate don't go with flip flops and beach towels. But that was what News7 saw in one backyard pool on...Tags: Swimming, Religion and Belief, Hot Cocoa
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A "Taste of Culture" in downtown Roanoke
Multimedia JournalistRoanoke got a "Taste of Culture" after the group Local Color brought Sudan traditions to downtown. People watched different Sudanese dances, arts and crafts, as well as taste authentic homemade foods. Pearl Fu, Roanoke’s Ambassador for Good Will,...Tags: Arts and Culture, Culture
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UPDATE 1-Sudan agrees to resume talks with S.Sudan next week
Reuters(Details, background) KHARTOUM, May 24 (Reuters) - Sudan has agreed to restart talks with South Sudan on Tuesday with the aim of ending hostilities and settling disputes after heavy border clashes scuppered an earlier round of negotiations, its Foreign...Tags: Blue Nile Incorporated, Petroleum Industry, Thabo Mbeki, Africa
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UPDATE 1-Anti-African street violence surges in Israel
Reuters* Netanyahu government hamstrung on border-jumper influx * Jewish state mindful of demographic, Holocaust lessons (Adds Netanyahu comments) By Dan Williams JERUSALEM, May 24 (Reuters) - Surging street violence against African migrants in Israel,...Tags: Religion and Belief, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Human Rights, Tel Aviv (Israel), Benjamin Netanyahu
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UPDATE 2-Sudan, S.Sudan agree to resume talks next week
Reuters* Negotiations to restart after border battles * U.N. resolution had threatened both sides with sanctions * Diplomats do not expect quick breakthrough (South Sudan agrees to talks on Tuesday) KHARTOUM/JUBA, May 24 (Reuters) - Sudan and South Sudan...Tags: Blue Nile Incorporated, Petroleum Industry, Thabo Mbeki, Africa
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Sudan agrees to resume talks with S.Sudan next week
ReutersKHARTOUM, May 24 (Reuters) - Sudan has agreed to restart on May 29 talks with South Sudan to end hostilities and settle unresolved disputes, the foreign ministry said on Thursday. "The meeting will be on May 29th," El-Obeid Morawah, spokesman for the...Tags: Thabo Mbeki
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FEATURE-South Sudan's history emerges - from a tent
Reuters* Roadside Juba tent contains dusty trove of archives * Race against time, termites to conserve historical records * South Sudan seeks national identity from ethnic potpourri * Memory of the liberation war is a powerful agglutinant By Pascal Fletcher...Tags: England, Arts and Culture, Customs and Tradition, Museums, UNESCO
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South Sudan's history emerges - from a tent
ReutersJUBA (Reuters) - South Sudan's independence last July was forged through years of hard-fought rebellion in the bush, so it seems fitting that the world's newest nation still keeps much of its history in a tent. The weather-beaten brown tent in a roadside...Tags: England, Arts and Culture, Customs and Tradition, Museums, UNESCO
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Anti-African street violence surges in Israel
Reuters* Netanyahu government hamstrung on border-jumper influx * Jewish state mindful of demographic, Holocaust lessons By Dan Williams JERUSALEM, May 24 (Reuters) - Surging street violence against African migrants, including a rampage that an Israeli...Tags: Justice and Rights, Entertainment, Religion and Belief, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Human Rights
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UPDATE 1-S.Sudan says Sudan bombs, shells its territory
Reuters* South Sudan says attacks defy UN, AU peace efforts * Accuses Khartoum of trying to prevent talks * No comment from Sudan (Adds Mbeki, Sudan, South Sudan comments) JUBA/KHARTOUM, May 22 (Reuters) - South Sudan said Sudan attacked it with aerial...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Blue Nile Incorporated, Salva Kiir Mayardit, Thabo Mbeki, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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