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| Oprah's first academy grads Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:57:29 Surrounded by the white-clad students of her all-girls academy, Oprah Winfrey is glowing with pride. |
| Bridging Africa's digital divide Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:58:34 Stretching some 7,000 kilometers along the West African coastline, a submarine fiber-optic cable emerges off the coast of Nigeria to help bridge the digital divide in the continent. |
| SA power chief: No coal, no growth Fri, 23 Dec 2011 06:33:14 It might be one of the world's worst polluting energy sources, but coal has allowed South Africa to become the continent's largest economy, according to the chief executive of the country's power utility company Eskom. |
| Which African do you most admire? Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:25:09 Each week African Voices brings you inspiring and compelling profiles of Africans across the continent and around the world. Now, we want to hear from you. Let us know which African you most admire, and why. Your comments could end up on a future episode of African Voices. |
| Actor calls for people power Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:55:08 He might be one of Egypt's most recognizable faces but in Cairo's Tahrir Square last January, when it became the focal point for anti-regime sentiment, actor Khaled Abol Naga was proud to be just one of the crowd. |
| 'War Horse' creators' puppets Thu, 29 Dec 2011 10:43:39 With their magnificent puppets, Basil Jones and Adrian Kohler have been pushing theatergoers' experiences to new heights, casting a spell on audiences across the world. |
| Close encounters of a Zambian kind Thu, 2 Feb 2012 09:22:48 "Stop the car, stop the car! There's a bull elephant in the road!" Words I listen to closely as they're being shouted by a man sitting next to me clutching an AK-47. |
| A look inside Zambia Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:27:42 CNN's Errol Barnett visited Zambia on his first Inside Africa assignment. |
| Butterflies helps threatened forests Fri, 3 Feb 2012 12:57:55 Farmers in Tanzania are helping to conserve threatened forests by cultivating an unlikely crop: butterflies. |
| Egypt protests escalate after riot Sat, 4 Feb 2012 01:04:37 Clashes continue between police and protesters in Egypt following a soccer match riot that left dozens dead. |
| Witnesses: Police stood idle in Egypt Sat, 4 Feb 2012 01:05:35 Horrified eyewitnesses described how Egyptian police officers stood by as violent clashes between rival fans at a football match in the northeastern city of Port Said left scores dead. |
| Arab League no longer toothless? Fri, 3 Feb 2012 11:05:29 For much of its history, the Arab League has been viewed as a toothless organization. That perception has begun to change in the aftermath of its responses to crises in Libya and Syria. |
| Egyptian riots go beyond football Wed, 1 Feb 2012 10:02:53 The deaths of 73 football fans shortly after a match between Cairo 's Al Ahly and Al Masry in Port Said, Egypt, has shocked the world. |
| South Africa's wine region Wed, 1 Feb 2012 10:13:24 You can't help but be stunned by the visual splendor when walking around the Western Cape region of South Africa, in towns like Stellenbosch. Immediately you see why this part of the African continent is so well suited for the wine making craft, which was recently my mission for "Inside Africa." |
| Healing 'traumatized continent' Thu, 2 Feb 2012 07:13:48 As Kenya's leading psychiatrist, Frank Njenga has been championing the cause of better mental health care on the east African country and the continent for more than three decades. |
| Congo's abuse survival strategy Sun, 29 Jan 2012 05:46:14 An inaugural group of Congolese women are graduating Saturday from a gender violence survivors program in the nation's east, where armed rebels roam the hills and rape residents. |
| Tough challenges for Libyans Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:37:56 Clashes between rival militias. Allegations of detainee torture. Assaults on the headquarters of the National Transitional Council, which governs Libya. |
| Inside the "Pirates of Somalia" Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:56:20 CNN's Erin Burnett interviews Jay Bahadur, author of "Pirates of Somalia" on the rescue of two Americans held by pirates. |
| Africa's 'father of technology' Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:49:32 Known by many as Africa's "father of technology," software pioneer Herman Chinery-Hesse has been spawning innovations for two decades, helping to break down tech barriers between the continent and the rest of the world. |
| SEALS: We never quit, always win Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:56:14 Two former Navy SEALS explain how the successful raid to rescue a group of hostages in Somalia went down. |
| Kenya praises aid worker rescue Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:11:33 CNN's Becky Anderson talks to the Kenyan prime minister about the rescue of aid workers in Somalia by U.S. special forces. |
| Egypt's 'unfinished revolution' Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:56:17 It has been one year since protests started in Egypt, but the country still has a long way to go. CNN's Ben Wedeman recently spoke to some prominent Egyptians about the country's "unfinished revolution" and why there is still unrest. |
| Football doping affecting children? Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:56:50 Mohammed Qassi Al Saeed, Mohammed Shoaib, Saleh Larbas, Jamal Manad, and Tak Ben Sawlah all played international football for Algeria in the 1980s. |
| Rwanda: Three days, three musts Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:27:22 The tiny landlocked nation of Rwanda may be known for its violent past but tourism officials are hoping, with the help of mountain gorillas, that travelers will see for themselves why the "land of a thousand hills" is worth a visit. |
| Nigeria's embattled president Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:41:25 He is the son of a canoe-carver, a mild-mannered academic who wears a fedora but eschews the flowing robes and bombastic brashness that often characterize Africa's "Big Man" leaders. |
| Close encounters of Zambian kind Sat, 21 Jan 2012 01:23:38 "Stop the car, stop the car! There's a bull elephant in the road!" Words I listen to closely as they're being shouted by a man sitting next to me clutching an AK-47. |
| Churchill: Painter and talent scout Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:25:59 He is best known for steering Great Britain through the perils of World War II, but Winston Churchill was also a talented painter who helped launch the career of one of North Africa's leading artists, Hassan el Glaoui. |
| Egypt's revolution far from over Sun, 22 Jan 2012 08:05:02 Egypt's first democratically elected parliament is to meet Monday - but that is not the end of the country's revolution. |
| One dead in fifth day of Egypt clashes Mon, 6 Feb 2012 02:17:58 Violent clashes near Egypt's Interior Ministry on Monday left at least one person dead and 72 injured, a health ministry official said. |
| Anger in Cairo and beyond Sat, 4 Feb 2012 01:07:09 CNN's Ben Wedeman reports from Cairo on the continuing clashes happening across Egypt following the soccer riots. |
| Egypt on edge after soccer riots Sat, 4 Feb 2012 01:04:54 CNN's Ben Wedeman reports on the political fallout from the Port Said soccer riots. |
| In the shadows of Table Mountain Fri, 3 Feb 2012 12:53:55 For hundreds of millions of years it has dominated the coastal skyline of southern Africa, imposing a dramatic and domineering backdrop to an idyllic location. |
| Women of the Arab Spring Fri, 3 Feb 2012 11:04:35 Women have been at the forefront of uprisings that started in Tunisia and spread across North Africa and the Gulf. But many fear the promise of change is fading. CNN follows eight women who say they will not back down. |
| NGO dispute: U.S. aid to Egypt on line Mon, 6 Feb 2012 05:44:48 U.S. aid to Egypt could suffer if Egypt persists in prosecuting nongovernmental organization workers, U.S. officials warned Monday. |
| Mali: Gadhafi's fighters stoke violence Mon, 6 Feb 2012 10:49:15 Tuareg tribesman who reportedly fought for Moammar Gadhafi in Libya have returned to Mali with weapons, stoking violence and forcing thousands to flee, Mali's president said. |
| Prison hospital readies for Mubarak Mon, 6 Feb 2012 10:49:00 Egypt's interior minister has ordered officials to prepare for the arrival of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak at a hospital in Cairo's Tora prison. |
| Libya's Saif Gadhafi could be tried within weeks, official says Sun, 5 Feb 2012 11:55:52 Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, the son of Libya's deposed leader Moammar Gadhafi, could go on trial "within weeks or months," Libya's interior minister said Sunday. |
| Gas pipeline explodes in Egypt's northern Sinai Sat, 4 Feb 2012 07:11:44 Massive flames shot into the sky over northern Sinai on Saturday after a section of a pipeline that carries gas from Egypt to Israel and Jordan exploded, according to a security official in the region. |
| Syria protests erupt on several continents Sat, 4 Feb 2012 09:34:42 A wave of protests broke out at Syrian embassies on several continents amid reports of more than 200 deaths in one Syrian city on Friday and before a possible U.N. Security Council vote on a response to the violent crackdown in the country. Here's a breakdown of some of the demonstrations: |
| Shootout at South Sudan peace meeting kills dozens Sat, 4 Feb 2012 03:33:14 At least 37 people were killed during a shootout at a meeting to resolve cattle disputes in South Sudan, officials said Saturday, the latest in a spate of violence in the world's newest nation. |
| Rights group: Libyan diplomat was tortured Fri, 3 Feb 2012 03:01:42 A Libyan diplomat died 24 hours after he was detained by a militia based in the city of Zintan, Human Rights Watch said. |
| Men jailed for killing South African lesbian Fri, 3 Feb 2012 04:31:00 Gay rights advocates in South Africa hailed a judge's sentencing of four men to 18 years each in prison for brutally slaying a 19-year-old lesbian. |
| 2 Americans kidnapped in Egypt, authorities say Fri, 3 Feb 2012 07:48:13 Two American tourists have been kidnapped in the southern part of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, a security official said Friday. |
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for February 06, 2012 is:
propinquity • \pruh-PING-kwuh-tee\ • noun
1 : nearness of blood : kinship 2 : nearness in place or time : proximity
Examples:
Many of the retirement community's residents cite the propinquity of the area's various cultural offerings as a significant reason for their choice of the facility.
"Canada was faced with the overwhelming propinquity of the United States; it was just next door -- for almost nine thousand kilometres." -- From Derek Lundy's 2011 book Borderlands: Riding the Edge of America
Did you know?
"Propinquity" and its cousin "proximity" are related through the Latin root "prope," which means "near." That root gave rise to "proximus" (the parent of "proximity") and "propinquus" (an ancestor of "propinquity"). "Proximus" is the superlative of "prope" and thus means "nearest," whereas "propinquus" simply means "near" or "akin," but in English "propinquity" conveys a stronger sense of closeness than "proximity." (The latter usually suggests a sense of being in the vicinity of something.) The distinctions between the two words are subtle, however, and they are often used interchangeably. "Propinquity" is believed to be the older of the two words, first appearing in English in the 14th century; "proximity" followed a century later.