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Of interest (Sat, Mar 12th, 9am)

Remembering Black Advertising Pioneer Herb Kemp

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The Associated Press: APNewsBreak: Aristide returning to Haiti in days
Ousted ex-Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide will return within days to his homeland ending seven years in exile, a South African official said Friday. The former slum priest remains hugely popular and his return could disrupt elections this month in his earthquake-ravaged country.

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Memorial Set for Independent Filmmaker Allen Willis
The Daily Variety is reporting that pioneering filmmaker Allen Willis has died. Willis, who made films on The Black Panthers and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. became the first African American in California broadcast journalism when he took a job at San Francisco's KQED television in 1963. Before that, he studied under photographer Ansel Adams…

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BBC News – Gabrielle Giffords walking and talking, doctors say

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BBC News – Chechnya women’s Islamic dress code: Russia blamed

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BBC News – Zahida Kazmi: Pakistan’s ground-breaking female cabbie

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BBC News – Bahrain protesters ‘facing death threats’

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BBC News – How foreign media affect revolutions

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BBC News – Libya crisis: no ‘happy ending’ for Colonel Gaddafi

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