<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" ><channel><title>Newsvine - LIBERIA     </title><link>http://liberia.newsvine.com/</link><description>Newsvine - LIBERIA     </description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2010</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 8 Dec 2009 19:55:27 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:43:32 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Public Service and Politics</title><description><![CDATA[By David J. Hudson]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[wemustchange]]></dc:creator><link>http://wemustchange.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/08/3606882-public-service-and-politics</link><guid>http://wemustchange.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/08/3606882-public-service-and-politics</guid><category>congress</category><category>politics</category><category>community</category><category>family</category><category>vote</category><category>volunteer</category><category>change</category><category>republican</category><category>democrat</category><category>greed</category><category>political-leaders</category><category>public-service-and-politics</category><pubDate>Tue, 8 Dec 2009 19:55:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Liberian President Sirleaf 'surprised' at ban call </title><description><![CDATA[Liberia's truth commission has called for President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf to be barred from office - a decision her spokesman says is "surprising".

The commission recommended a 30-year ban for Mrs Johnson-Sirleaf and dozens of other senior politicians.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jesusa Bernardo]]></dc:creator><link>http://JesusaBernardo.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/07/3003645-liberian-president-sirleaf-surprised-at-ban-call-</link><guid>http://JesusaBernardo.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/07/3003645-liberian-president-sirleaf-surprised-at-ban-call-</guid><category>liberia</category><category>president</category><category>africa</category><category>world-news</category><category>sirleaf</category><category>rebellion-charles-taylor</category><pubDate>Tue, 7 Jul 2009 07:12:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Dimona brings the soul (Music)</title><description><![CDATA["The Black Hebrews, a group of African-Americans who moved en masse to Israel in the seventies, have been supporting their community in Dimona for years with profits from their music.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[krishna-167929]]></dc:creator><link>http://krishna109.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/03/2501212-dimona-brings-the-soul-music</link><guid>http://krishna109.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/03/2501212-dimona-brings-the-soul-music</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>israel</category><category>middle-east</category><category>music</category><category>zionism</category><category>jews</category><category>soul</category><category>gospel</category><category>apartheid</category><category>blogosphere</category><category>african-americans</category><category>black-hebrews</category><category>dimona</category><category>pitchforkmedia</category><category>israelity</category><pubDate>Tue, 3 Mar 2009 19:43:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>US Scouting group donates to Liberia</title><description><![CDATA[The Naragansett Boy Scout Council based in the United States of America has donated scouting materials valued at US$15,000 to the Liberia Scout Association.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hutch]]></dc:creator><link>http://hutch.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/23/735265-us-scouting-group-donates-to-liberia</link><guid>http://hutch.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/23/735265-us-scouting-group-donates-to-liberia</guid><category>liberia</category><category>donation</category><category>world-news</category><category>boy-scouts</category><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 17:02:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>UN lifts Liberia diamond sale ban</title><description><![CDATA[BLood Diamonds!!!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric F.]]></dc:creator><link>http://emerging.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/28/689409-un-lifts-liberia-diamond-sale-ban</link><guid>http://emerging.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/28/689409-un-lifts-liberia-diamond-sale-ban</guid><category>sierra-leone</category><category>united-nations-security-council</category><category>world-news</category><category>blood-diamonds</category><pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2007 13:11:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Liberia shuts 'hide-out' cemetery</title><description><![CDATA[Liberia's largest cemetery has been closed by the president because it is being used as a criminal hide-out.

It has become a favourite haunt for Monrovia's underworld after makeshift structures in the capital's slums were demolished and squatters evicted.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Red Wolf]]></dc:creator><link>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/12/661133-liberia-shuts-hide-out-cemetery</link><guid>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/12/661133-liberia-shuts-hide-out-cemetery</guid><category>liberia</category><category>politics</category><category>crime</category><category>cemetery</category><category>federal-government</category><pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 23:32:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Female peacekeepers reach Liberia</title><description><![CDATA[The first all-female unit of United Nations peacekeepers has arrived in Liberia's capital, Monrovia.

The group of more than 100 police women from India will stay in Liberia for six months, helping to train the local police force.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Red Wolf]]></dc:creator><link>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2007/01/30/544749-female-peacekeepers-reach-liberia</link><guid>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2007/01/30/544749-female-peacekeepers-reach-liberia</guid><category>india</category><category>liberia</category><category>military</category><category>united-nations</category><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2007 20:30:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Liberia's elites leave American comforts for war-torn home</title><description><![CDATA[Africa's best and brightest have long flocked to rich countries for opportunities unavailable at home. Brain drain costs the continent millions of dollars per year, depriving it of thousands of sorely needed professionals.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fipe]]></dc:creator><link>http://fipe.newsvine.com/_news/2006/10/13/398437-liberias-elites-leave-american-comforts-for-war-torn-home</link><guid>http://fipe.newsvine.com/_news/2006/10/13/398437-liberias-elites-leave-american-comforts-for-war-torn-home</guid><category>liberia</category><category>migration</category><category>peace</category><category>africa</category><category>diaspora</category><category>brain-drain</category><category>world-news</category><category>ellen-johnson-sirleaf</category><category>johnson-sirleaf</category><pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2006 06:38:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Liberians march to demand U.N. war crimes tribunal</title><description><![CDATA[From the page:

-- Hundreds of Liberians marched on Tuesday to urge visiting U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to establish a war crimes tribunal to restore justice to the West African country ravaged by a 14-year civil war. --]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Irma]]></dc:creator><link>http://irma.newsvine.com/_news/2006/07/04/277507-liberians-march-to-demand-un-war-crimes-tribunal</link><guid>http://irma.newsvine.com/_news/2006/07/04/277507-liberians-march-to-demand-un-war-crimes-tribunal</guid><category>un</category><category>liberia</category><category>africa</category><category>united-nations</category><category>world-news</category><category>kofi-annan</category><category>ellen-johnson-sirleaf</category><category>monrovia</category><category>samuel-duokie</category><category>prince-johnson</category><pubDate>Tue, 4 Jul 2006 19:27:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>'Women Are Not Men's Property' - ZODWOCA Boss</title><description><![CDATA[-- The Executive Director of a local women advocate group called the Zorzor District Women Care, Madam Agnes Kortimai, said that Liberian women, especially the rural women have been treated as personal property by their husbands.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Irma]]></dc:creator><link>http://irma.newsvine.com/_news/2006/06/20/261424-women-are-not-mens-property-zodwoca-boss</link><guid>http://irma.newsvine.com/_news/2006/06/20/261424-women-are-not-mens-property-zodwoca-boss</guid><category>human-rights</category><category>liberia</category><category>women</category><category>discrimination</category><category>africa</category><category>world-news</category><category>gender-base-violence</category><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2006 20:21:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>International community needs to do more for Liberia returnees, UNHCR chief</title><description><![CDATA[-- The international community should do more to assist returning Liberian refugees if peace is to take root there, said Antonio Guterres top official of the UN's refugee agency UNHCR while visiting neighbouring Cote d'Ivoire.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Irma]]></dc:creator><link>http://irma.newsvine.com/_news/2006/06/20/260820-international-community-needs-to-do-more-for-liberia-returnees-unhcr-chief</link><guid>http://irma.newsvine.com/_news/2006/06/20/260820-international-community-needs-to-do-more-for-liberia-returnees-unhcr-chief</guid><category>liberia</category><category>refugees</category><category>africa</category><category>ivory-coast</category><category>world-news</category><category>unhcr</category><category>displacement</category><category>refugee-camps</category><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2006 06:55:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Gender Base Violence Alarming, Government Partners Hunt $10 Million For Campaign</title><description><![CDATA[-- Gender base violence (GBV) is said to have taken an alarming proportion, but latest efforts by the Government of Liberia and its partners are said to be geared toward launching a vigorous campaign against the act.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Irma]]></dc:creator><link>http://irma.newsvine.com/_news/2006/06/05/244455-gender-base-violence-alarming-government-partners-hunt-10-million-for-campaign</link><guid>http://irma.newsvine.com/_news/2006/06/05/244455-gender-base-violence-alarming-government-partners-hunt-10-million-for-campaign</guid><category>liberia</category><category>women</category><category>politics</category><category>africa</category><category>rape</category><category>gender</category><category>domestic-violence</category><category>gender-base-violence</category><pubDate>Mon, 5 Jun 2006 21:42:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Prison for Liberian exam cheats</title><description><![CDATA[-- School pupils in Liberia have been threatened with a possible prison sentence if they cheat in their exams.

All cheats will be prosecuted, says the body responsible for overseeing more than 64,000 secondary school pupils who are beginning their annual exams.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Irma]]></dc:creator><link>http://irma.newsvine.com/_news/2006/06/05/243977-prison-for-liberian-exam-cheats</link><guid>http://irma.newsvine.com/_news/2006/06/05/243977-prison-for-liberian-exam-cheats</guid><category>liberia</category><category>fraud</category><category>education</category><category>africa</category><category>exams</category><pubDate>Mon, 5 Jun 2006 15:21:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>allAfrica.com: Bong, Bassa Residents On Self-made Vehicle Between Bong And Grand Bassa 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