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Desmond Tutu: I won’t vote for Mandela’s party
Desmond Tutu will not vote for South Africa’s ruling African National Congress, which brought Nelson Mandela to power exactly 19 years ago, the Nobel Peace laureate said in an article published Friday. Massive poverty, inequality and falling standards have cost the ANC the retired archbishop’s support, he said in an…
Desmond Tutu ‘will no longer vote for ANC’ –the party that brought Nelson Mandela to power
Desmond Tutu will not vote for South Africa’s ruling African National Congress, which brought Nelson Mandela to power exactly 19 years ago, the Nobel Peace laureate said in an article published Friday. Massive poverty, inequality and falling standards have cost the ANC the retired archbishop’s support, he said in an…
Ending child marriage can boost India’s rise: Desmond Tutu
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s development is being slowed by discriminatory practices against women such as child marriage, which stifle their potential to contribute to growth, South African peace campaigner Archbishop Desmond Tutu said. “India is doing fantastically. I mean they are complaining about seven percent GDP growth. Imagine if…
Time for women to rise up, urges Desmond Tutu
DAVOS, Switzerland — After the uprisings in the Arab world, South Africa’s veteran Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu said Wednesday it was now time for women to have their revolution and banish men to the margins. Speaking at a gathering of the world’s political and financial elite in Davos, the vast…
Google+ tops 40 million users
SAN FRANCISCO — Google co-founder and chief executive Larry Page on Thursday said that its online social networking challenge to Facebook is growing fast and has topped 40 million users. “People are flocking to Google+ at an incredible rate and we are just getting started,” Page said during an earnings…
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