Immigrant who hid in Oregon church gains support

Francisco Aguirre - a community activist who first came to the U.S. from El Salvador two decades ago - poses for a photo on Sept. 24, 2014, in the church where he has taken refuge nearly a week ago to avoid deportation.
As an immigrant activist's stay at an Oregon church to avoid deportation nears a week, he's gaining supporters, including Portland's mayor, and the church plans a rally for him.
But court documents reveal more details about the troubled past of Francisca Aguirre, 35, who came...

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9 years ago

TheCitizen

02 Oct

10 dead in shooting at Umpqua Community College in Oregon

A gunman opened fire at an Oregon community college killing at least 10 people and wounding nearly a dozen, authorities said.

 

11 years ago

AllAfrica.Com

26 Jun

Court Orders Deportation of Illegal Burundian Immigrant

Court Orders Deportation of Illegal Burundian Immigrant
AllAfrica.com
THE Kisutu Resident Magistrates' Court in Dar es Salaam ordered a Burundian national, Vanessa Shuwejimana, (19), who was allegedly found conducting prostitution at a hotel in Kariakoo area along Pemba street, to be deported back to her mother country.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

09 Mar

Why I hid in a culvert like Mzee Gaddafi...

Once upon a madly sunny afternoon half a century ago, when the bigger part of what is now known as Tanzania was called Tanganyika - a name which some people are fighting to revive as hard as combatants on the battle field want to win a war and avoid being branded unforgivable cowards, I went into temporary exile from my home.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

07 Dec

Mandela hid in my house for six months

A year has passed since Nelson Mandela, the South African apartheid revolutionary passed on. Many across Africa and across the world reverenced him for his courage and the spirit of forgiveness, which he upheld.

 

5 years ago

Showbiz Cheat Sheet

19 Mar

Katy Perry Easily Hid Her Pregnancy Because She's Always Been 'Curvy and Hungry'

Katy Perry Easily Hid Her Pregnancy Because She's Always Been 'Curvy and Hungry'  Showbiz Cheat SheetKaty Perry wins appeal in $2.8m plagiarism case  The GuardianJudge Reverses Rapper's $2.78 Million Victory Against Katy Perry  XXLMAG.COMShowBiz Minute: Perry, Glastonbury, Hanks  Associated PressKaty Perry wins reversal of Dark Horse plagiarism verdict  BBC NewsView Full coverage on Google News

 

9 years ago

Michuzi

African in New York Episode 25 Promo: Affordable Housing in New York: As A Tanzanian Immigrant, What do you need to know?

Ms. Afua Atta-Mensah is the Director of Litigation and Policy Safety Net Project at Urban Justice Center. She works to resolve affordable housing issues helping both Americans and immigrants to both know their rights and to be able to get justice if required.She has been working as an attorney for ten years specializing in housing issues here in New York. At the moment she is running for an unpaid position as a district representative of one of the districts of Harlem and she asks you to...

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

24 Jan

Turkish lira gains against euro

>The beleaguered Turkish lira recovered from all-time lows yesterday after the central bank intervened directly in foreign exchange markets for the first time in two years. The lira tumbled to around 3.11 to the euro and 2.29 to the dollar in morning trade but recovered to 3.0922 and 2.2674 in the early afternoon after the “aggressive” central bank action.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

15 Apr

Shilling gains slightly against greenback

The Shilling gained ground against the dollar by 0.2 per cent in the beginning of the second quarter of this year. The situation is attributed to the Bank of Tanzania’s liquidity squeeze in forex markets.

 

5 years ago

The Guardian

10 Apr

Here's how your body gains immunity to coronavirus

Here's how your body gains immunity to coronavirus  The GuardianScientists Scan for Weaknesses in the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein  The ScientistSARS-CoV-2 May Confound Seasons, Persist in Warmer Months  MedscapeCoronavirus may not go away in warmer weather, says US report  Hindustan TimesWhy it’s too early to start giving out “immunity passports”  MIT Technology ReviewView Full coverage on Google News

 

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