DOHA, Qatar -- The first lady of this conservative Muslim sheikdom walked up to the podium in a luxury hotel banquet room and sized up the crowd of mostly wealthy businessmen.

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As Barack Obama officially became his party's presidential nominee, a great disservice to him - and to national civil rights leaders - is the notion that Obama is somehow in competition with the likes of Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton.

Reflecting on his time spent in The Marcus Garvey Library in the London borough of Tottenham, Ronald Elly Wanda salutes the legacy of the library's namesake and his seminal contribution to the pan-African movement.

Unions New South Wales is calling on the Federal Government to introduce a paid maternity leave scheme in the next budget, despite the current economic downturn.