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Also daher weht der Wind!

Woran denken Sie, wenn Sie “Passat”, “Scirocco”, “Bora” oder “Vento”
lesen? Richtig: An Winde!

Wind war in Deutschland in den letzten Wochen ein häufiges Thema:
Nach den Sturmtiefs CHRISTIAN und XAVER brachten noch einige andere
Tiefausläufer windiges und zum Teil stürmisches Wetter mit sich. Auch
aktuell haben wir es wieder mit viel Wind zu tun – derzeit ist es das
Tief DAGMAR, das uns im Norden der Bundesrepublik eine frische Brise
um die Nase weht. (more…)

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‘Germany means protection for my life’: Nouroudeen (34)

Q: How are you?

Nouroudeen: I am fine.

Q: How long have you been living here?

Nouroudeen: I came to Germany two months before.

Q: Where do you come from?

Nouroudeen: I come from Benin. (more…)

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Former British Prime Minister Discusses Faith and Action

*Tony Blair visits U of T Multi-faith Centre*

Former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair, founder of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation, applauded the efforts of the foundation’s six Canadian Faiths Act Fellows to help eradicate malaria and address other pressing community issues.

Blair recently took part in a discussion at the Multi-faith Centre on U of T’s St. George Campus where he talked about the impact of faith communities on global health outcomes alongside expert U of T academics, faith leaders and his foundation’s Faiths Act Fellows (See photos of Blair’s visit). Faiths Act is the foundation’s multi-faith social action program comprising 34 fellows across the world taking action together against preventable disease and extreme poverty. (more…)

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Byzantine Photo Exhibit Opens at Kelsey Museum of Archeology

DATES: Oct. 1, 2010-Jan. 23, 2011 and Feb. 4-May 29, 2011.

EVENT: “Vaults of Heaven: Visions of Byzantium” features a two-part series of ultra-large-scale photographs, many over six feet tall, by Turkish photographer Ahmet Ertug. (more…)

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