Grisly finds fuel claims of Taliban atrocities near Mazar e Sharif
Descriptions of a mass grave site six miles west of Mazar e Sharif surface as United Nations investigators prepare to resume inquiries. Hazara leaders allege up to 15 000 Hazara were killed in 1998 after the city fell, amid broader accusations of ethnic violence by Taliban and anti Taliban forces. UN officials expect to begin work next month and issue a report by late March.
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Mazar-E-Sharif
Afghanistan
United Nations
Taliban
Iran
U.N
U.N. Human Rights Commission
Kamal Hossain
Hazara
Jehangir
Rashid Dostum
Beyond the Railroad Tracks Documentary on Odessa Black History
Odessa residents and UT Permian Basin sociologist Joanna Hadjicostandi present a documentary titled Beyond the Railroad Tracks. The hour-long program features oral histories from Black Odessa residents predating desegregation, highlighting unknown local heroes and heroines as essential American history.
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Odel Crawford
Odessa
Black Chamber of Commerce
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University of Texas of the
Permian Basin
Joanna Hadjicostandi
Utpb Sociology Club
Hadjicostandi
Candidates forum for treasurer and commissioner set for Monday
The NAACP will sponsor a forum for Precinct 4 county commissioner and county treasurer candidates at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Gertrude Bruce Historical Cultural Center. Dem Precinct 4 candidates Wilmer Ray Jerry Parkis Judy Lynn Foreman and Bob Bryant will attend along with Republican treasurer hopefuls Carolyn Sue Bowen and Wanda Madarelli. Ray and Parkis plan to attend and discuss their past records with public questions.
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Gertrude Bruce Historical Cultural Center
E. Murphy St
Wilmer Ray
Jerry Parkis
Judy Lynn Foreman
Bob Bryant
Carolyn Sue Bowen
Wanda Madarelli
Ray
Parkis
Two Odessa nursing homes change owners
A Denton based firm sells HEA Management Group Texas Health Enterprises to Daybreak Partners. Daybreak to reopen New Horizons Nursing Center as Sienna Care Center by March 1 after renovations.
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Odessa
Peter Kern
HEA Management Group
Texas Health Enterprises
Daybreak Partners
Daybreak
David Byers
HEA
Texas
State Department of Health and Human Services
Byers
Deering
West County Road
New Horizons Nursing Center
Eighth St
New Horizons
Sienna Care Center
David Bernard
Bernard
Princess Margaret dies after illnesses at 71
London reports Princess Margaret died Saturday at age 71 after a period of illness. The sister of Queen Elizabeth II was known for cosmopolitan glamour and a romance with a divorced commoner, yet she earned respect as a charitable patron and a devoted mother and grandmother. Her death marks a major royal loss in a changing era.
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Margaret
Horseguards Parade
London
King Edward VII Hospital
Buckingham Palace
Elizabeth II
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Odess
Permian Basin Sociology Club
Utpb Library
Naomi Watts
UTPB
Bridals
Washington, D.C
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