Statler owner pays off liens against storied Buffalo hotel - Buffalo News
Pub. Date - Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:44:00 GMT
The cash-strapped British owner of Buffalo's Statler Towers has paid off a stack of liens and judgments related to the downtown building, his attorney said today. Bashar Issa today paid nearly $150,000 owed for elevator work, and architectural and ...

Somalia: Islamic Courts Union Takes Over Police Stations - AllAfrica.com
Pub. Date - Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:49:00 GMT
Mogadishu — Islamic Courts Union forces have taken control of police stations in Mogadishu as Ethiopian troops started withdrawing from Somalia, officials said on Saturday. Abdirahim Issa Adow, a spokesman for the Islamic Courts Union said he was ...

Workday Minnesota honored at Ethnic and Community Media Awards - Workday Minnesota
Pub. Date - Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:48:00 GMT
Minneapolis - Workday Minnesota received an award for commentary, while a Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder series on the Twin Cities security officers' milestone battle for a fair contract took top honors, in the first annual Minnesota Ethnic and ...

Uganda: Kacita Worried By Mombasa Car Crushing - AllAfrica.com
Pub. Date - Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:57:00 GMT
Kampala — VEHICLE importers are worried about the crushing of cars at Mombasa. From December 10 to December 24, 140 vehicles were crushed at Mombasa to de-congest the port. Some of the vehicles had stayed for as many as eight years. The vehicles ...

Hip-Hop Rumors: Cam'ron Sighting! Dirty Drama! Did or Didn't Mistah ... - allhiphop.com
Pub. Date - Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:59:00 GMT
I heard Cam’ron is chillin’ like a villain! Somebody hit me up an told me that Killa was recently spotted at Six Flags riding roller coasters and whatnot. They also told me that he was back at the pool of some hotel with some super thick babes ...