(GIN)—To the deafening sound of hundreds of “vuvuzelas”—South Africa’s equivalent of the air horn—international champions of the soccer field already are scoring goals in the run-up to the heralded World Cup of 2010.

But, for two days this past week, anti-racism...

(GIN)—As the Islamist faction, Al Shabaab, pins down the elected Somali government in Mogadishu, its militia court has ordered harsh punishments for four young men caught stealing three cell phones and two AK-47s.

The four teens were sentenced to the amputation...

(GIN)—Forty HIV-positive women in Namibia were coerced into signing documents prior to childbirth that would make them unable to bear more children, according to published reports.

The International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS says it will sue the Namibian government...

By Pharoh Martin
NNPA National Correspondent

WASHINGTON (NNPA)—As the American population continues to brown, an increasing number of organizations are making calculated strides in an effort to ensure that the diversity of their membership mirrors the diversity of the nation....

Special to the NNPA
from the St. Louis American

(NNPA)—Black male children are particularly at risk for food allergy, according to researchers who examined the results from the first representative U.S. survey where quantitative sensitization to various foods was investigated.

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House Calls
By Gerald W. Deas, M.D.

Definition: Rx—Latin recipe

MD—Latin. Doctor of Medicine

Recently, as I sat on the stage of the Brooklyn College auditorium waiting for the graduates of the Dr. Gladstone H. Atwell Middle School 61 Star...