21st Century Maroon Colony - Community News http://www.21maroons.com en hourly 1 Fv Community News Obama: Nobel Peace Prize is ’call to action’ http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/09/nobel.peace.prize/index.html M.J. Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:06:15 +0000 President Obama said Friday that he was ”surprised and deeply humbled” by the decision of the Norwegian Nobel Committee to award him the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. The committee said it honored Obama for his ”extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.”
Obama said he viewed the decision less as a recognition of his own accomplishments and more as ”a call to action.”

]]> President Obama said Friday that he was ”surprised and deeply humbled” by the decision of the Norwegian Nobel Committee to award him the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. The committee said it honored Obama for his ”extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.”
Obama said he viewed the decision less as a recognition of his own accomplishments and more as ”a call to action.”

]]> Kenya begins huge slum clearance http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8258417.stm brother sundance Sat, 19 Sep 2009 09:46:18 +0000 Kenyan authorities have begun to move residents out of Africa’s largest slum – the Kibera settlement in Nairobi. Officials expect to take from two to five years to clear the slum, which is home to about one million people.

The first people to move are being rehoused nearby in 300 newly built apartments, each paying about $10 (£6) a month in rent.

]]> Kenyan authorities have begun to move residents out of Africa’s largest slum – the Kibera settlement in Nairobi. Officials expect to take from two to five years to clear the slum, which is home to about one million people.

The first people to move are being rehoused nearby in 300 newly built apartments, each paying about $10 (£6) a month in rent.

]]> Scale of gorilla poaching exposed http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8256000/8256464.stm brother sundance Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:51:31 +0000 An undercover investigation has found that up to two gorillas are killed and sold as bushmeat each week in Kouilou, a region of the Republic of Congo.

]]> An undercover investigation has found that up to two gorillas are killed and sold as bushmeat each week in Kouilou, a region of the Republic of Congo.

]]> iPhone OS 3.1 kills tethering and unlock http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=5423 M.J. Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:40:07 +0000 It seems that the new 3.1 iPhone OS update kills both tethering hacks and the ultrasn0w unlock hack. Be especially careful since there might be no way to undo the iPhone update – update and be damned!

]]> It seems that the new 3.1 iPhone OS update kills both tethering hacks and the ultrasn0w unlock hack. Be especially careful since there might be no way to undo the iPhone update – update and be damned!

]]> Ex-Employee Puts BET on (eMail) Blast http://www.bvblackspin.com/2009/09/08/bet-ex-employee-e-mail/ M.J. Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:43:03 +0000 Former executive editor of music at BET.com, Andreas Hale hit “send” on an explosive e-mail that sheds light on some of the inner workings (and malfunctions) of the once revered company.

]]> Former executive editor of music at BET.com, Andreas Hale hit “send” on an explosive e-mail that sheds light on some of the inner workings (and malfunctions) of the once revered company.

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