Congo turmoil underscores lethal tribal clashes and UN limits
The Luba in the DRC face rebellion by Kamuina Nsapu, with hundreds killed and thousands displaced as UN peacekeepers number 16,000. Meanwhile South Sudan wrestles with similar tribal violence, while international forces hesitate to intervene. The piece recalls Congo’s diamond trade under Mobutu and lingering political tensions surrounding Tshisekedi’s death and Kabila succession.
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
United Nations
Drc
Kamuina Nsapu
Zaire
Belgium
Simba
Patrice Lumumba
CIA
Kasais
Mobutu Sese Seko
Etienne
South Sudan
U.N
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
New Castle News Circulation Details and Contact Info
Publication address and contact numbers for The New Castle News in Pennsylvania. Includes carrier call lines, circulation hours, delivery expectations, and rates. Also lists inserts rules, address changes, and notes opinions policies for editorials and letters.
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New Castle News
P.O
New Castle
PA lawmaker pushes welfare reform to curb fraud
State Rep Aaron Bernstine outlines two bills to reduce welfare misuse in Pennsylvania. One requires DHS background checks for lottery prize winners over 2500 dollars to verify continued eligibility. The other would cut benefits for households with students failing truancy rules, aiming to boost work and school participation while safeguarding taxpayer dollars.
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House
Majority Policy Committee
Department of Human Services
DHS
Senate
House of Representatives
Aaron Bernstine
Beaver
Butler
Lawrence Counties
Harrisburg
Discernment versus Islamophobia in public discourse
A letter arguing there is no Islamophobia, only rational discernment, cites the Holy Land Foundation case and CAIR, claims Barack Obama limited terrorism investigations and a database on Islamist groups was destroyed, and criticizes Governor Wolf and political correctness in Pennsylvania. Patty Jenkins, New Castle.
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Holy Land Foundation
Muslim Brotherhood
America
D.C
Council of American Islamic Relations
CAIR
David
Chris Gaubatz
Obama
U.S
Philip Haney
Wolf
Pennsylvania
Patty Jenkins
New Castle
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