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Monday May 13 | Law.com

Kenya Chief Justice Seeks Advice on Running Modern Court System

"There are so many challenges we share," Mutunga said, adding that the partnership is a "learning experience for both jurisdictions." In 2011, Mutunga became the first chief justice of the six member Supreme Court appointed under Kenya's new constitution, adopted in 2010, which instituted a wide range of democratizing reforms.

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Related Topix: Charitable Organizations

Monday May 13 | Sys-Con Media

Ford Foundation Appoints Elizabeth Knup to Lead Its China Office

The early part of her career focused on strengthening the capacity of civil society organizations and working on expanding educational opportunities in .

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Mon May 06, 2013

KQED

San Francisco Has Highest Minimum Wage in Nation, But Thousands in City Make Less

When Lydia Panitig came from the Philippines, she said, her teaching credentials did not transfer, so her only option was a $25-a-day cleaning job.

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Related Topix: Chinatown (San Francisco, CA), Charitable Organizations, Chinatown (Los Angeles, CA)

WOODTV.com

Kissinger: Ford had 'great courage'

Former US Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger addresses the Economic Club of Grand Rapids during an event to celebrate the centennial of Pres.

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Related Topix: Grand Rapids, MI, Henry Kissinger, Charitable Organizations, Dick Cheney

Wed May 01, 2013

Boston.com

Boston's New Urban Mechanics initiative named one of top 25 in nation by Harvard

A City of Boston initiative has been named one of the top government innovations in the country by an institute at Harvard University.

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Related Topix: Harvard University, Charitable Organizations

Thu Apr 25, 2013

BroadwayWorld.com

YANY Hosts Urban Arts Education Panel at Sony Wonder Lab Today

Young Audiences New York is hosting a panel discussion on the cognitive dissonance of living in a city that is arguably the cultural center of the world, yet many of its public school students have little or no contact with either the city's cultural wealth nor the opportunity to have the arts included in their education.

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Related Topix: Harlem (New York, NY), Queens, NY, New York, NY, Charitable Organizations

Religion News Service

Serving God and Mammon at Trinity Church

The Episcopal church known appropriately in all senses as Trinity Wall Street turns out to be worth a cool couple of billion dollars, according to an accounting of assets provided in response to a lawsuit.

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Related Topix: Religion, Episcopal Church, Charitable Organizations

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