As It Happens7:23Canadian imprisoned in Sierra Leone for criticizing the president and first lady Calgarian Alicia Hunt says her mother is wasting away in a violent and overcrowded prison, all because she criticized Sierra Leone’s president and first lady on social […]
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As It Happens7:14A gay imam was killed in South Africa. His friend says his death ‘will not be in vain’ Muhsin Hendricks showed the world that ‘it’s possible to be both queer and a devout Muslim,’ his longtime friend and
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As It Happens6:15Why Switzerland is busy fixing up its vast network of nuclear bunkers There’s no point in having a nuclear bunker beneath your home if boxes of old Christmas ornaments are blocking the door. That’s not an uncommon scenario
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As It Happens7:34He risked everything to stand up to Assad, but he never got see the regime fall Again and again, Mazen al-Hamada risked everything to help his fellow Syrians. In the early days of the Arab Spring uprisings, he marched
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As It Happens6:09This Canadian is the new world champion of Excel spreadsheets It was down to the final 30 seconds at the Microsoft Excel World Championships in Las Vegas, and the crowd was going wild. Canada’s Michael Jarman was in
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As It Happens7:06Austrian threat to deport Syrians is more rhetoric than reality, says refugee advocate Lukas Gahleitner-Gertz’s refugee advocacy organization has been fielding a lot of panicked calls from Syrians living in Austria. That’s because the country has threatened to start
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As It Happens6:59‘Motorcycle’ Mary McGee, pioneering racer, dies at 87 Mary McGee’s motto in life was: Always say yes. That’s how she ended up driving race cars in the ’50s when women were expected to stay home and raise kids.
As It Happens5:56In world 1st, Belgian sex workers now have access to contracts, benefits and pensions Many sex workers in Belgium will now be treated like any other worker in the country, with access to employment contracts, maternity leave, health
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As It Happens6:25This 12-year-old Colorado girl is on a mission to bring back snow days When 12-year-old Emily Beckman’s teacher asked her to name the “the greatest invention ever created by humans,” she replied: “Snow days.” So when she learned
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As It Happens7:01Not everyone can afford a pacemaker, so these doctors are recycling them It’s been more than a decade since a man walked into a Michigan hospital and made the unusual request to donate his late wife’s pacemaker. She had
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