| Nashville may get new wave of refugees
By the time the notice arrived, Sadia Yalahow and her family had been living in a state of limbo for nearly nine years. In 1991, the family fled civil war in Somalia for a refugee community in Egypt. Once there, they found that the languid pace of international refugee resettlement and Egyptian law left them barred from work and forced to subsist on what relatives abroad could spare. .
Deputy fatally shoots man in Clackamas
CLACKAMAS COUNTY, Ore. - A Clackamas County Sheriff's deputy fatally shot a man Saturday night after the man allegedly pulled out a handgun in a "life-threatening fashion" following a vehicle chase that ended in a school parking lot, the sheriff's office said. The man killed was identified as 31-year-old Aaron Damien Ganon of Clackamas. It all started about 11 p.m. when deputies were dispatched to a report of a man with a gun at the Twin Creek Apartments at 11500 S.E. Sunnyside Road in Clackamas, said Detective Jim Strovink, a sheriff's office spokesman. Ganon's wife, Ofelia, said he came to the complex hoping to get back together with her and their three kids. She refused, she said, and called 911 because she was worried he would hurt himself.
Ruthless leader Raila Odinga battles to save 'rightful' victory
Nobody right now is better placed than Mr Odinga and his key ODM lieutenants... to do what the government is unable to do - save the country from total destruction and President Kibabki’s people from the threat of genocide," he wrote. "If their intervention can restore a peace the government is unable to, that will be the real demonstration of who has the people’s mandate." That decision could mean Mr Odinga returning to the opposition once more and fighting his adversary in Parliament, where he enjoys a commanding majority. But it would also mean for now putting aside a dream that he, his father and his followers have waited so long to realise. .
David Cameron's fudge on faith school 'fakes'
Parents who pretend that they have Christian beliefs in order to win places in church schools are doing the best for their children, David Cameron believes. The Tory leader refuses to criticise the "middle-class parents with sharp elbows". Asked for his views on the families accused of playing the system, he says: "I think it’s good for parents who want the best for their kids. I don’t blame anyone who tries to get their children into a good school. Most people are doing so because it has an ethos and culture. I believe in active citizens." Mr Cameron will learn this year whether his own daughter has won a place at a state-funded Church of England school in Kensington, West London. This month The Times reported a surge in late baptisms into the Catholic Church, further evidence that some parents may be finding religion at a convenient moment in their children’s education.
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