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• Africa’s second liberation
• The ICRC's precious gift to Afghan families: contact with jailed loved-ones
• The perennial presidential urge to bring FBI 'under control'
• Can a Michigan doctor become America's first Muslim governor?

Africa’s second liberation Posted: 29 Mar 2018 12:30 PM PDT A longtime dream in Africa has been the creation of a free-trade zone from Cairo to Cape Town. Most of the continent's 55 countries signed two pacts to reduce tariffs and allow the free movement of people. If fully implemented, they could create the world's largest free market – and liberate Africa from many historic dependencies.

The ICRC's precious gift to Afghan families: contact with jailed loved-ones Posted: 29 Mar 2018 12:13 PM PDT The Afghan man with the long beard, white turban, and worn farmer's hands led his wife, draped all in a flowing dark blue burka, into a small office booth in Kabul. The phone is a direct connection to the prison at Bagram, north of Kabul, organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), to connect Afghan families to thousands of detainees. Recommended: How well do you know Afghanistan?

The perennial presidential urge to bring FBI 'under control' Posted: 29 Mar 2018 11:27 AM PDT The chief of staff was blunt. "The FBI is not under control," he said.

Can a Michigan doctor become America's first Muslim governor? Posted: 29 Mar 2018 09:33 AM PDT After the ceremony, Dr. El-Sayed says in an interview, the former president approached him in the football stadium's locker room. "I hope someday you'll consider running for office," he says Mr. Clinton told him. "I really appreciate that," El-Sayed responded.

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