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HomeSKIP TO CONTENTSKIP TO NAVIGATIONVIEW MOBILE VERSION The New York Times U.S. The Obama Era PART 1The Regulator in Chief PART 2The Threat to the Planet PART 3The “Good War” PART 4The Health Care Revolution PART 5Breaking the Racial Barrier PART 6A Changed Man Cover Photo President Obama campaigning for Hillary Clinton in Miami Gardens in October. CreditDoug Mills/The New York Times Jolted by Deaths, ObamaFound His Voice on Race Tensions across the country prompted the presidentto abandon his early reticence on race again and again. By MICHAEL D. SHEAR and YAMICHE ALCINDORJAN. 14, 2017 WASHINGTON — Only weeks after...

HomeSKIP TO CONTENT The New York Times U.S. Share The Obama Era PART 1The Regulator in Chief PART 2The Threat to the Planet PART 3The “Good War” PART 4The Health Care Revolution PART 5Breaking the Racial Barrier PART 6A Changed Man How the Presidency Changed Obama Text by JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVISPhotographs by STEPHEN CROWLEY and DOUG MILLS January 17, 2017 In the beginning, there was hope. A racial barrier shattered. An anxious nation eager to turn the page on foreign war and economic hardship. And the audacious plans of a new president. President Obama stood on the West Front of...

Media Contact: Obi Emekekwue (oemekekwue@afreximbank.com; Tel. +202-2456-4238) Dr. Benedict Oramah, President of Afreximbank (Left), with Calixte Ganongo, Minister of Finance of Republic of Congo (centre); and Raphael Malonga, Ambassador of the Republic of Congo to Egypt, in group photo following the signing of the facility agreement in Cairo. Cairo, 11 January 2017 – The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the Government of the Republic of Congo yesterday in Cairo signed a facility agreement under which the Bank will provide $250 million in future flow pre-financing to meet the Government’s strategic plan for its oil fields.                 Afreximbank President Dr. Benedict...

BOOKS | CRITIC’S NOTEBOOK Obama’s Secret to Surviving the White House Years: Books 点击查看本文中文版 By MICHIKO KAKUTANIJAN. 16, 2017 Photo President Obama in the Oval Office during an interview with Michiko Kakutani on Friday.CreditDoug Mills/The New York Times Not since Lincoln has there been a president as fundamentally shaped — in his life, convictions and outlook on the world — by reading and writing as Barack Obama. Last Friday, seven days before his departure from the White House, Mr. Obama sat down in the Oval Office and talked about the indispensable role that books have played during his presidency and...

We need FREEDOM to be argued, we need it to be read and talked about and understood. – Sir Bob Geldof HISTORIC DAY FOR HUMANITY FREEDOM WAS LAUNCHED IN JUNE 2016 AT THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY IN LONDON WITH THE KEYNOTE ADDRESS GIVEN BY SIR BOB GELDOF Watch the presentations at the launch, and also Jeremy Griffith’s subsequent description of the transformation of the human race. 4:32 Short Introduction 29:47 Part 1: The Dishonest Biology 34:01 Part 2: The Truthful Biology 21:40 Some Q & A 0:14 Part 3: The Transformation Of The Human Race Read the expanded transcript of...

By Langmead at Langmead & Baker Ltd    +260 979 060705;  info@langmead.com SOLWEZI, ZAMBIA – Work by First Quantum Minerals (FQM) to rehabilitate the troubled Chingola-Solwezi road has drawn praise from Senior Chief Kalilele of the Lamba people, who is hopeful that the improved highway will attract more investors to North-Western province. The chief made clear his views on the matter by announcing that a good road infrastructure plays an important role in attracting foreign direct investment – not just in his chiefdom, but in the province generally. “I’m very grateful to First Quantum for working on this road,” said Senior...