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Perseverance pays off for Virginia senior Mustapha Farrakhan
Mustapha Farrakhan was talking about maturity recently and used words such as "grateful" and "blessing" about his final basketball season at Virginia — words that conveyed the personal growth of which he spoke.
After a college basketball career...Tags: Basketball, Atlantic Coast Conference, Louis Farrakhan, Colleges and Universities, Virginia Cavaliers
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Farrakhan defends Libya's Gadhafi as 'brother'
Tribune reporterWarning that destruction could be on America's doorstep because it oppresses “God's chosen people,” Minister Louis Farrakhan, the controversial Nation of Islam leader, defended Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi today, calling the U.S. action in...Tags: Government, Islam, Disasters, Judaism, Africa
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Controversial Nation of Islam leader to speak in Tampa
The Religion WorldControversial Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan is scheduled to speak in Tampa on Sunday. His speech marks what the NOI is calling the 15th annual Holy Day of Atonement to mark the anniversary of the Million Man March, which happened Oct. 16, 1995.... -
Farrakhan defends 'my brother' Gadhafi
Warning that destruction could be on America's doorstep because it oppresses "God's chosen people," Minister Louis Farrakhan, the controversial Nation of Islam leader, defended Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on Thursday, calling the U.S. action in Libya...Tags: Government, Islam, Disasters, Judaism, Africa
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FBI Releases Michael Jackson Files
Associated PressLOS ANGELES -- Police concerns about a terrorist attack stemming from the 2003 arrest of Michael Jackson led to a request for federal help, according to FBI files kept on the late pop star. The documents also show that the FBI helped facilitate...Tags: John Gotti, Islam, Local Government, Justice System, The Associated Press
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She refuses to go silently
Tribune staff reporterFrom the start, Elvira Arellano knew she had to stay quiet. After illegally crossing the border from Mexico, she kept her head down. Even her bosses didn't know who she really was. Arellano sometimes thought she heard footsteps at night and awoke with...Tags: Immigration, Illegal Immigrants, Pilsen, Career and Workplace, Defense
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A Spry Farrakhan Sings Obama's Praises
South Florida Sun-SentinelBy Sophia Tareen CHICAGO (AP) - In his first major public address since a cancer crisis, Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan said Sunday that presidential candidate Barack Obama is the "hope of the entire world" that the U.S. will change for the...Tags: Islam, Louis Farrakhan, Barack Obama, McCormick Place, Cancer
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Demonstrators descend on Louisiana town
Tribune senior correspondentJENA, La. — In a procession 2 miles long, tens of thousands of civil rights demonstrators from around the nation marched this morning from the courthouse of this racially embattled town to the schoolyard where nooses were hung from a tree last...Tags: Islam, Local Government, Racism, Al Sharpton, Justice System
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In farewell, Farrakhan urges unity of faiths
Tribune religion reporterMixing Scripture from the Koran and the Bible with foreign policy, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan issued a call for worldwide religious unity Sunday during his farewell address, urging Christians, Muslims and Jews to work toward peace....Tags: Islam, Government, Elijah Muhammad, International Military Interventions, Minority Groups
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Farrakhan asks for proof on bin Laden
Tribune staff reporterMinister Louis Farrakhan called Tuesday on President Bush to lay out the evidence against Osama bin Laden so people may judge whether he was involved in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. "Don't hide behind national security," Farrakhan said in a speech...Tags: Defense, Louis Farrakhan, National Security, Terrorism, Armed Conflicts
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CARIBBEAN AMERICANS IN U.S. HISTORY
Sun-SentinelBAHAMAS Sidney Poitier, first African-American actor to receive the Academy Award for best actor, born in Miami while parents visited from Bahamas. James Weldon Johnson, Harlem Renaissance poet and author of the Black National Anthem, Lift Every Voice...Tags: Islam, Grenada, Shirley Chisholm, Celebrities, Alexander Hamilton
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They could be heroes
Hollywood traffics in heroes, and this season is no different, but current events remind us that the qualifications for heroism on the big screen are, as ever, subject to the whims of history, politics and popular culture. It was bad enough when Kevin...Tags: Nazi Party, John Ford, Danny DeVito, History, Islam
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