Côte d’Ivoire begins grim task of exhuming mass graves

  Ivorian authorities have begun exhuming dozens of mass graves dating back to the country’s 2011 post-election violence. The exercise started on Thursday as a new report accused Alassane Ouattara, Ivory Coast’s president, of failing to bring his supporters to justice for crimes they allegedly committed during the conflict. Justice Minister Gnenema Coulibaly presided over […]

Not a phone but total integration of your phone

Mark Zuckerberg wasn’t lying: Facebook isn’t building a phone. Instead, it’s building Facebook into your Android phone. Facebook on Thursday unveiled Facebook Home, “a family of apps” designed to integrate Facebook more closely with Android’s operating system. “Today, our phones are designed around apps, not people,” Zuckerberg, Facebook’s founder and CEO, said during the event. […]

Would Martin Luther King Jr. still be fighting for voting rights?

WASHINGTON — Martin Luther King Jr. “would not yet be satisfied” with the progress the nation has made on protecting voting rights, Attorney General Eric Holder said on the 45th anniversary of the civil rights icon’s death, according to prepared remarks. Holder said King would be “proud of the country he helped recreate” and encouraged […]

North Korean army warns US

The North Korean army has warned Washington that its military has been cleared to wage an attack using “smaller, lighter and diversified nuclear” weapons.”The moment of explosion is approaching fast,” the military said, warning that war could break out “today or tomorrow”.The statement, carried by the Korean Central News Agency early on Thursday, said troops […]

Keeping up with the Kardashian scam.

Could Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian be involved in a charity scam? According to ESPN, Lamar Odom’s charity “Cathy’s Kids” — which he founded in 2004 after his mother passed away from cancer — promises “money for cancer research [but] has not given a dime in grant money to any cancer entity in its eight-year […]

All accounted for…

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution All of the 35 educators indicted in the Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal have been booked into the Fulton County Jail, with the final defendant turning herself in Wednesday afternoon. Former D.H. Stanton Elementary Principal Willie Davenport surrendered to authorities and posted bond, said Fulton sheriff’s spokeswoman Tracy Flanagan. She’s charged with […]

Court upholds Kenyatta win.

Unanimous decision declares March 4 presidential poll credible, dismissing fraud charges and prompting limited clashes.  [Reuters] Last Modified: 30 Mar 2013 19:48 Kenya’s chief justice has announced that the country’s Supreme Court has upheld the result of the country’s March 4 presidential poll, won by Uhuru Kenyatta. The six-member bench in Nairobi was hearing legal challenges to Kenyatta’s win […]