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Spat over alleged Qatar World Cup trafficking clogs Fulton sewage contract
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (659+ words) The contract to operate sewage treatment plants serving hundreds of thousands of residents in North Fulton County was already a clogged mess. It is one of the most expensive agreements in Georgia's most populous county, under renewed scrutiny since the…...
PHOTOS: Atlanta United's Brad Guzan plays final MLS game
1+ week, 20+ hour ago (10+ words) PHOTOS: Atlanta United's Brad Guzan plays final MLS game'AJC.com...
Staying active is the secret to aging well, says 90-year-old tennis player
2+ week, 1+ day ago (601+ words) On most mornings at Gwinnett County's Mountain Park Park, you can find 90-year-old John Lamb in motion. Calling out the score and chasing down shots. For him, tennis isn't a pastime of his youth. It's a passion he discovered at…...
I took thousands of Stone Mountain visitors’ photos as an act of kindness
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (739+ words) In 1996, when the Olympics came to Atlanta, I found myself instinctively providing random acts of kindness. It started when a father was taking pictures of his family in front of the Fountain of Rings, and I offered to take it…...
A tiny nation qualified for its first World Cup. Cape Verde has fans here
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (443+ words) You'll be forgiven if you've never heard of the Blue Sharks, a soccer team that will face Spain's fearsome La Roja squad next June in Atlanta during the FIFA World Cup. But for the local Cape Verdean diaspora, Saturday's scheduling…...
Marathon at worlds takes weird twists: a false start, a near wrong turn and, finally, a photo finish
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (340+ words) Alphonce Simbu of Tanzania edged out Amanal Petros in a wild men's marathon at world championships Monday. " htiw htiw saw nrut kcart hguorht eht eht eht eht eht taht steerts trats .muidats tnirps ecar ylno fo fo ylraen dessim otni…...
10 more deportees from the US arrive in the African nation of Eswatini
5+ mon, 4+ day ago (683+ words) They are the latest of more than 40 deportees sent to Africa since July after the Trump administration struck largely secretive agreements with at least five African nations to take migrants under the new third-country deportation program that rights groups and…...
Thousands of jobs at risk in Africa as US trade deal expires
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (782+ words) The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) will terminate as scheduled on Tuesday amid uncertainty over renegotiations and the looming impact of new tariffs announced by the White House in April....
Leader of Madagascar's military coup tells AP he is 'taking the position of president"
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (715+ words) Col. Michael Randrianirina, who led the rebellion that ousted President Andry Rajoelina on Tuesday following weeks of youth-led protests, said in his first interview with a global news outlet since taking power that he expects to be sworn in as…...
Madagascar's president is ousted in a military coup after weeks of youth-led protests
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (540+ words) Right after parliament voted to impeach Rajoelina, who fled the country fearing for his safety, the leader of Madagascar's elite CAPSAT military unit said the armed forces would form a council made up of officers from the armed forces and…...