"tibil dram born june 9 1955 is a malian politician who served in the government of mali as minister of foreign affairs from 1991 to 1992 in the years since he has remained active on the political scene while also acting as a diplomat and mediator in regional crisesdram was born in nioro du sahel he studied at the ecole normale suprieure of bamako before obtaining his advanced studies diploma french dipme dtudes avances dea an advanced predoctoral degree in african history from the university of paris i his political activity began during his studies from 1977 to 1980 he was one of leaders of the malian national students union union nationale des elves et etudiants du mali uneem which opposed moussa traors regime in mali dram was imprisoned on several occasions for his opposition to the regime he then went into exile in europe where he worked for amnesty international from 1988 to 1991 he conducted surveys on the human rights situation in west africa a militant for the malian national congress for democratic initiative congrs national dinitiative dmocratique cnid dram returned to mali when amadou toumani tour toppled traors regime he was minister of foreign affairs in the transitional government from 1991 to 1992in 1995 he was a consultant for the united nations to prepare a human rights survey operation in burundi that same year in disagreement with mountaga tall founder of the cnid he left the party with other militants to found the party for national renaissance parti pour la renaissance nationale parena of which he was elected secretarygeneral in 1996 he was appointed as minister of arid and semiarid zones in ibrahim boubacar ketas governmenthe was elected to the national assembly as a deputy from nioro du sahel in 1997 in november 1999 he became president of parena in 2001 he was elected as president of the west african economic and monetary union uemoahe ran in the april 2002 presidential election and obtained 399 of the votes taking fourth place on february 18 2007 he was nominated as the candidate of parena for the april 2007 presidential election according to official results tour won the election by a landslide while dram took third place and 304 of the vote as part of the front for democracy and the republic a coalition that also included three other presidential candidates dram disputed the results and sought for the election to be annulled alleging fraudthe list on which dram was running in nioro du sahel in the july 2007 parliamentary election together with adema and the union for the republic and democracy was rejected by the constitutional court which said that he had multiple birth certificatesdram acted as a united nations envoy dealing with the early 2009 political crisis in madagascaralso a journalist dram founded the weekly newspaper the republican le rpublicain in 1992"

— Ti%C3%A9bil%C3%A9 Dram%C3%A9 🐨

"bernard telsey b february 8 1960 is a casting director and cofounder of mcc theater in the 1980s he began working for simon kumin casting as an assistant then a casting director at risa bramon billy hopkins casting shows his company has cast include broadway rent wicked in the heights south pacific hairspray equus legally blonde a catered affair the homecoming talk radio november grey gardens the color purple the rocky horror show all shook up tarzan and sweeney todd the demon barber of fleet street offbroadway reasons to be pretty 50 words almost an evening and de la guarda he has cast for several theatre companies including the atlantic theatre company signature theatre westport playhouse new york theatre workshop drama dept act in san francisco la jolla playhouse mccarter theatre long wharf theatre hartford stage and goodman theatre films cast include rachel getting married sex and the city margin call across the universe dan in real life pieces of april rentrent established telsey as someone who casts unconventional shows which got him assigned to cast the capeman he is notable for discovering taye diggs idina menzel anthony rapp and jesse l martintelsey has also served for seven years as the new york vicepresident of the casting society of america"

— Bernard Telsey 🐨

"heide orth born as heide schildeknecht 10 august 1942 is a tennis player from germanyheide grew up in essen in the industrial ruhr valley and began playing tennis with her father at the age of 13 her first important success was winning the west german junior championship in 1960 later heide competed on the international womens circuit for many years and she played for the german national fed cup team 15 times heide reached the quarterfinals in doubles at both wimbledon and the french open in singles she had outstanding wins on the womens tour against the that time reigning wimbledon champions virginia wade twice and evonne goolagongheide married ludwig orth in 1965 and gave birth to her son in 1970 at that time she took an over tenyears break from tennis before entering the itf senior circuit according to itf international tennis federation heide orth is the worldwide most successful female player in the history of senior tennis she won itf world championships in singles 10 in doubles 10 and in team cup competitions 11 also she was successful in winning more than 80 european championships in singles and doubles indoor and outdoor as well as numerous championships of germany and other countries at tournaments in the usa she earned 43 gold balls for winning titles as a usachampion on clay and grass heide was fourteen times european player of the year and she is one of only four tennis players who received the european senior lifetime champion award heide orth is the first female tennis player worldwide to be honoured by the itf for outstanding achievements in senior tennis this special award was handed over to her at the itf world champions dinner in paris june 3rd 2014"

— Heide Orth 🐨

"gilad shalit about this sound gilad ali born 28 august 1986 is an israeli sports columnist and a former mia soldier of the israel defense forces idf on 25 june 2006 shalit was captured by hamas militants in a crossborder raid via underground tunnels near the israeli border hamas held him captive for over five years until his release on 18 october 2011 as part of a prisoner exchange dealduring his captivity hamas turned down requests from the international committee of the red cross icrc to be allowed to visit shalit claiming that any such visit could betray his location multiple human rights organizations criticized this stance claiming that the conditions of shalits confinement were contrary to international humanitarian law the red cross insisted the shalit family have the right under international humanitarian law to be in contact with their son the only communication in the early months came through an intermediary who claimed that a lowranking hamas official ghazi hamad asked him to convey to shalits parents assurance that shalit was alive and was treated according to islams laws regarding prisoners of war in other words he had been given shelter food and medical carethe united nations fact finding mission on the gaza conflict called for shalits release in its september 2009 report in its 27 may 2011 deauville declaration the g8 demanded shalits release shalits capture has been deemed a kidnapping and abduction by many sources he was not granted any visits from the red cross and was not allowed to communicate with family members to which he is entitled as a captured soldier under the geneva conventions and a ransom even if not of a monetary nature was demanded for his returnthe only contact between shalit and the outside world after his capture and before his release were three letters an audio tape and a dvd that israel received in return for releasing 20 female palestinian prisonersshalit was captured near the kerem shalom crossing in israel and held by hamas as a hostage at an unknown location in the gaza strip hamas initial demands of releasing of all female and underage palestinians as well as marwan barghouti were not met on 18 october 2011 he was released in a deal that secured his freedom after more than five years in isolation and captivity in exchange for 1027 palestinian prisoners including some convicted of multiple murders and carrying out terror attacks against israeli civilians according to israeli government sources the prisoners released were collectively responsible for 569 israeli deathsshalit was the first israeli soldier captured by palestinian militants since nachshon wachsman in 1994 shalit having a rank of corporal in the idfs armor corps at the time of his capture was promoted to staff sergeant sergeant first class and then sergeant major on the eve of his release"

— Gilad Shalit 🐨