Former soldier returns flag that marked end of British colonial rule in...

AP Worldstream;  June 21, 2006 ;     194 words ......lowered on the eve of Cyprus' independence from British colonial rule almost half a century ago was donated to a Cypriot...museum honoring Greek Cypriots who fought against colonial rule from 1955-1959. Originally from Lowestoft, Suffolk...

TO WASSA FIASE FOR GOLD: RETHINKING COLONIAL RULE, EL DORADO, ANTISLAVERY,...

History In Africa;  January 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......until the late 189Os the British colonial authorities did very...serendipity as the cause of the British colonial intervention in the gold-ri...aims and processes of colonial rule in Wassa Fiase is couched...that came under formal British colonial rule in ...

Elementary Malay Vernacular Schools and School Libraries in Singapore...

School Libraries Worldwide;  January 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......school libraries under British colonial rule and related information...1969). Singapore Under British Colonial Rule, 1819-1941 To understand...four distinct periods of colonial rule. 1. Singapore under Bencoolen...Company (EIC), and later British India, ...

In Sudan's capital, music from the oud tells of times past; A stroll...

The Christian Science Monitor;  February 14, 2007 ;     676 words ......through Mahmoud's shop is a journey through recent political history; what's stocked and sold reveals an arc from British colonial rule to the country's war-torn modern era. For Mahmoud, as for many Sudanese, keeping silent is a survival technique...

Everything points to Colonial Rule; LAMBOURN.(Sports)

The Racing Post (London, England);  September 16, 1999 ;     211 words ...Several factors point to Colonial Rule having an excellent chance in Ayr...colt Chinatown having beaten two of Colonial Rule's main rivals, Nooshman and King Spinner, at Newcastle. Colonial Rule should improve for that Chepstow run...

Slavery and Colonial Rule in Africa

New African;  February 1, 1999 ;     214 words ...SLAVERY AND COLONIAL RULE IN AFRICA Edited by Suzanne Miers...our understanding of slavery and colonial rule, and its abolition at the grassroots...authors are not shy to emphasise that colonial rule began with an endless succession...

Muslim Civic Cultures and Conflict Resolution: The Challenge of Democratic...

African Studies Review;  December 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......95. Paper. Muhammad S. Umar. Islam and Colonialism: Intellectual Responses of Muslims of Northern Nigeria to British Colonial Rule. Leiden: Brill, 2006. xiv + 295 pp. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. $145.00. Cloth. With the tumult unfolding...

SOME RACIST! As the President of South Africa accuses Winston Churchill of...

The Daily Mail (London, England);  January 6, 2005 ;     700+ words ......of a family that devoted lifelong careers for a civilising cause they knew to be just. As he recalled: 'When one considers colonial rule, one's got to remember what was there before it started in West Africa. Cannibalism, slavery and various other abominations...

Jamaicans to mark island's independence at Fort Lauderdale street party:...

South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL);  August 4, 2007 ;     463 words ......say they are looking forward to the event. Jamaica became an independent nation on Aug. 6, 1962, breaking from British colonial rule. Every August, Jamaicans in South Florida celebrate with a slew of events. In Palm Beach County, the United Sports...

Japan expresses remorse for colonial rule over Korean Peninsula

Xinhua News Agency;  September 17, 2002 ;     115 words ...Japan expresses remorse for colonial rule over Korean Peninsula PYONGYANG, Sept...Japan acknowledged the fact of its colonial rule over the Korean Peninsula from 1910...with compensation for Japan's harsh colonial rule, has long been demanded by the DPRK...

Colonial Rule and Its Effects on Countries such as Rwanda, Indonesia, and...

Michigan Academician;  March 22, 2002 ;     163 words ...Colonial Rule and Its Effects on Countries such as...examines the negative consequences of colonial rule, the most tragic being ethnic cleansing...system on its own after emerging from colonial rule. In worst-case situations such as in...

British colonial descendant arrested for grisly murder in Kenya

Xinhua News Agency;  April 20, 2005 ;     225 words ...British colonial descendant arrested for grisly murder...detained the grandson of a pioneer British colonial settler after a senior wildlife...Dalamere who was among the first British colonial settlers to arrive in Kenya, was...

Urgent Japan expresses remorse for colonial rule over KoreanPeninsula

Xinhua News Agency;  September 17, 2002 ;     40 words ...Urgent Japan expresses remorse for colonial rule over Korean Peninsula PYONGYANG, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- Japan acknowledged its colonial rule over the Korean Peninsula from 1910 to 1945 and expressed "deep remorse" for it, said a declaration issued here Tuesday.

Zimbabwean gov't to pay gratuities to political prisoners under colonial...

Xinhua News Agency;  January 20, 2005 ;     299 words ......gratuities to political prisoners under colonial rule HARARE, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- Zimbabwe...prisoners, restrictees and detainees under colonial rule are expected to receive their gratuities...the independence of the country from colonial rule. "Most of these people lost ...

:: AFRICA Italy to give Libya Pounds 110m a year as apology for colonial...

The Independent on Sunday;  August 31, 2008 ;     115 words ......Italy will pay billions of dollars in compensation for its colonial rule of the North African country. "This accord opens the door...killing, destruction and repression against Libyans during the colonial rule," Mr Gaddafi added. Mr Berlusconi said that 110m per year...