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Peter Richards is an Adjunct Professor of Geography at George Washington University. He also serves as a Senior Economist to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). His academic work has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the Inter-American Foundation, and the National Geographic Society. The views and opinions expressed in this article are his and do not necessarily represent USAID.
Church leader appeals 11-year prison sentence for raping choir girls We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement A Queensland church leader convicted of raping and indecently assaulting two choir girls has appealed the 11-year jail term he was handed 18 months ago. Shartiel Nibigira, a father-of-eight who fled from the war-torn African country of Burundi and came to Australia in 2007, was found guilty on 21 charges in the Brisbane District Court in December 2019. The offences involved two choir girls from the Goodna chur...
His skin warmed; nausea reared its ugly head. It followed him home and crept into his bed as the police officer of 20 years turned to the bottle to ward off the nightmares. The confronting scene of the night of September 9, 2017 stayed with him, consuming him, until one night Sergeant James believed he had to die. Third victim of crash revealed: Bree Keller, 22, has been revealed as the third victim of the crash in $200,000 Nissan GT-R R35. Thankfully he turned back from the brink, sought help and was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, a mental injury triggered by his ...
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The wine history of Southern Chile, particularly the regions of Bío Bío and Itata – one of the country’s oldest wine-growing regions – dates back hundreds of years, yet it is only more recently that the regions of the south are gaining increased recognition, particularly for dry-farmed vineyards and old vines. ‘We’ve tried some wonderful wines from the likes of Malleco, Bío Bío and Itata’ commented Peter Richards MW, Regional Chair for Chile, during Decanter World Wine Awards 2020 judging month. ‘The reason is, these areas being slightly further south, slightly cooler, sl...