In South Africa, High Level of Confidence in Judiciary; 80% trust courts and judges to be independent from outside pressure.
Byline: Magali Rheault and Bob Tortora Synopsis: South Africa's president resigned recently after allegations that he had interfered in his political rival's corruption and fraud case. Gallup Poll findings, which predate these events, show that a substantial majority (80%) of South Africans trust their judicial system is...

Tents bring focus to Darfur genocide; Display will go to Washington, D.C.
Byline: Judy Powell WESTBORO - Jeff Govendo wants the culture wars bumped from the front page of newspapers and replaced with another conflict: the crisis in Darfur. To that end, the Social Action Committee chairman at B'nai Shalom has brought Tents of Hope to Westboro....

Many African Muslims Give High Marks to U.S. Leadership; Three-quarters of Muslims in Mali, Senegal approve.
Byline: Magali Rheault and Dalia Mogahed Synopsis: Approval of U.S. leadership among Muslims living in sub-Saharan Africa is higher than approval among residents living in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region. WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Approval of U.S. leadership among Muslims living in sub-Saharan Africa...

Merkle Bolsters Business Development Team.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-22 August 2008-Merkle Bolsters Business Development Team(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Merkle, a database marketing agencies, announced the hiring of four new business development professionals who will focus on expanding Merkle's client base and building relationships with existing clients. Robert (Bob) Wedge...

Radio the Chief Medium for News in Sub-Saharan Africa; Many in sub-Saharan Africa rely on radio to stay up on the news.
Byline: Cynthia English Synopsis: A median of nearly 6 in 10 sub-Saharan Africans say radio is the most important media they rely on to stay well-informed about events in their country. WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Many people in sub-Saharan Africa tell Gallup that radio is the...

Exhibit seeks to show the sports photograph as art.
Byline: Bob Keefer The Register-Guard Robert Pledge represents a moment in photography, historically speaking, that he says has come and gone. "You were discovering the world," he said one recent morning over a cup of tea at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, where he...

Sudan blamed for attacks in Chad.
Byline: Michelle Faul The Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya - Tanks rolled through Chad's capital on Sunday, turning the streets into a body-littered battle zone between the government and rebels. Fighting also raged in an area where some 420,000 refugees live near the border with Darfur. ...

Rebels charge Chad's capital, battle troops.
Byline: Tom Maliti The Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya - Hundreds of rebels charged into Chad's capital aboard pickup trucks Saturday, clashing with government troops around the presidential palace in the most forceful attempt yet to oust President Idriss Deby. Libya's official news agency, JANA, reported...

352 OFWs in Chad safe.
Byline: Charissa M. Luci The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said yesterday that the 352 Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in war-torn Chad are safe. Quoting an embassy report, Foreign Affairs spokesman Claro Cristobal said the 352 registered OFWs working in Chad's biggest oil and gas...

On January 1, 2008, John R. Watters, who has done linguistic fieldwork and consultation in Cameroon, Nigeria, and Chad and has taught linguistics at the University of California at Los Angeles and the University of Yaounde (Cameroon), completed his maximum term of service as executive director of SIL International and Wycliffe International and the position was divided in two.
On January 1, 2008, John R. Watters, who has done linguistic fieldwork and consultation in Cameroon, Nigeria, and Chad and has taught linguistics at the University of California at Los Angeles and the University of Yaounde (Cameroon), completed his maximum term of service as executive director of SIL International...