ClearWay MinnesotaSM highlights important health message during the big game  

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., January 29, 2009 – The Super Bowl is known as much for its striking ads as it is for the actual football game. Among this year’s offerings will be a new ad from ClearWay Minnesota that somberly reminds Minnesotans that “we all pay the price for tobacco.”

 A Report to the President of the United States from the Task Force on New Americans

The report, “Building an Americanization Movement for the Twenty-first Century: A Report to the President of the United States from the Task Force on New Americans” is the result of more than two years of research by the Task Force on New Americans into immigrant integration efforts across all sectors of society in the United States.  The report provides an overview of successful integration initiatives observed in many sectors and prescribes recommendations to launch a coordinated national campaign to promote the assimilation of immigrants into American civic culture.

(GIN) – The Halliburton Co, once headed by former Vice President Dick Cheney, has agreed to a $559 million fine to end a bribery probe into its former KBR Inc unit. The settlement would be the largest against a U.S. company for bribery charges under federal law.
 

Islamic authorities in the northern Nigerian city of Kano have told organizers of a planned protest by divorced women to cancel the event.
 
The head of the Sharia police, or Hisbah, said the planned protest was an “embarrassment", and is "un-Islamic".
 
According to women's rights activists, divorced women are often thrown out of their homes, lose custody of their children, and many end up destitute.
 

By BUKOLA ORIOLA

It is the time of year when lovers celebrate their love around the world. Christ Covenant Chapel (CCC), a multi-national church is therefore taking advantage of the season to stimulate the love between couples and singles alike who are or hoping to engage in serious relationships. The church‘s yearly program, Love Banquet where lovers are taught how to keep the fire of their love burning romantically has been scheduled to hold on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2009. The theme of the event tagged Rekindling Your Love would hold at the Embassy Suites located at 2800 American Boulevard West, Bloomington, MN 55431.
Wife of Pastor kingsley Ayesu, CCC, Mrs. Joyce Ayesu told African News Journal (ANJ) that the banquet would help lovers, especially married couples ensure a conscientious effort to make their relationships work.

Professor Joseph L. Mbele
St. Olaf College

Virtually every day, in America, you are told to be a millionaire. Day and night, television peddles the dream that even you can be a millionaire, if only you work hard enough. Alternatively, you can be a millionaire by just winning the lottery. It all sounds like a fairy tale, but millions of people believe it.

Maybe there is something wrong with me, for I have never tried to be a millionaire. Even if I did, I am sure I will never be a millionaire. How sad, you might say. It is not that I don’t need money. I do need money, like everyone else. However, being a millionaire is out of the question.

The African Union Commission recently launched a comprehensive Africa Diaspora health initiative in Washington, DC. His Excellency, Dr. Jean Ping, Chairperson of the African Union Commission on Friday September 26, 2008 in Washington DC, launched the Africa Diaspora Health Initiative under the auspices of the African Union Mission to the United States of America.
 

Interpreters can start applying immediately to be part of online database. Minnesota health care providers will soon have a new way to find interpreter services for patients with limited English skills.

The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) is about to launch a new "Interpreter Services Quality Initiative," designed to improve health care access for Minnesotans who face significant language barriers. The interpreter initiative was established through legislation passed by the 2008 Minnesota Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Tim Pawlenty on May 29.

Wounded fire victim Harris Murphy explaining to ULAA National President Kesselly how the fire started and unsuccessful attempts made to escape with other victims. Kesselly was among the first of community leaders to arrive on the scene.

The Union of Liberian Associations in the Americas, ULAA, has received with profound regrets news of a house fire in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which claimed the lives of five (5) Liberians and two (2) of their Ivorian family members and led to the injury and displacement of several others.

Children’s author Yohannes Gebregeorgis, founder of Ethiopia Reads and a candidate for CNN’s Hero of the Year Award for 2008, spoke at Minneapolis Central Library recently.