The Galloway Family Foundation (GFF) in conjunction with ABC News and The George Polk Awards have announced their partnership to fund a new fellowship program in the field of investigative journalism. GFF and ABC News, working with the George Polk Awards Committee, have established a pilot program for international investigative reporting, to be known as the Galloway Fellowship for International Investigative Reporting (“The Galloway Fellowship”). The goal of the Fellowship is to identify and train talented international journalists to conduct important investigations in regions that are newsworthy but not adequately covered currently. The Galloway Fellowship innovative program offers foreign journalists... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Friday, July 23rd 2010 |
By ROB GILLIES TORONTO – Police raided a university building and rounded up hundreds of protesters Sunday in an effort to quell further violence near the G-20 global economic summit site a day after black-clad youths rampaged through the city, smashing windows and torching police cars. The violence shocked Canada, where civil unrest is almost unknown. Toronto police Sunday said they had never before used tear gas until Saturday’s clashes with anti-Globalization activists. Police said they have arrested more than 600 demonstrators, many of whom were hauled away in plastic handcuffs and taken to a temporary holding center constructed for... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, July 7th 2010 |
Kaka By Shout-Africa – JUST LIKE A PRAYER … Kaka looks to the heavens after winning the Champions League with Milan The Brazilian says football plays second fiddle in a life which has been devoted to Christianity. Just weeks ago he became involved with the Billy Graham organisation in a TV campaign which had an astonishing effect in his homeland. It was nationally reported that: Hundreds of people were freed from demonic possession. Hardened criminals turned to Christianity in their thousands. Many more were cured of booze and drug addictions. A former voodoo princess turned to Christ. As the... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, July 5th 2010 |
By Shout-Africa – ROME- More than 47,000 kilometres covered in 6 months, from West Africa to South Africa and back up through Central Africa. The Overland 12 humanitarian expedition left Turin on 4 January 2010 to conclude its journey on 5 July in Rome, where it will be received by Minister Franco Frattini at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The caravan, composed of 16 people covering 4 shifts of driving, with a total of over 40 people on board 6 IVECO vehicles, crossed Africa to offer health assistance to the communities it met on the way. The Hospital-University Agency of... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, July 5th 2010 |
By Shout-Africa – WASHINGTON- What do newly declassified documents about weapons grade uranium and dual-use technology diversions from the US reveal about the role of espionage in building Israel’s secret arsenal? Did Israel’s proposed nuclear weapons sales to apartheid South Africa signal they are still for sale if the partner and price are right? Do FBI and CIA cover-ups of investigations into Israeli nuclear espionage signal official US government approval or political acquiescence? Did cooperating with Israel’s policy of “strategic ambiguity” ever make sense for the United States? Is the era of “nuclear opacity” now coming to an end? Are... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, June 30th 2010 |
