"500 escape custody in Haiti prison"

500 escape custody in Haiti prison
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti: Scores of prisoners were believed to be at large yesterday, among nearly 500 freed in an armed attack on Haiti’s national penitentiary that left one guard dead. Allies of ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aris-tide rushed to a secure location were returned to the prison yesterday. Police told UN officials that 481 of about 1,150 inmates had escaped in Saturday’s jailbreak and it was unclear how many had been recaptured, Damian Onses-Cardona, a spokesman for the UN peacekeeping mission, told The Associated Press.

Chinese the New Economic Imperialists in Africa
ANYONE travelling around Africa cannot have failed to notice the growing presence of Chinese business and companies. This invasion from the east represents something of a double-edged sword for Africans.

South Africa backtracks on initial reaction to Togolese elections
South Africa has backtracked from remarks by President Thabo Mbeki's spokesman welcoming elections in Togo, saying the west African country's new leader lacked legitimacy and could not announce snap polls.

ANC hails Mhlaba as leader
Raymond Mahlaba was an outstanding revolutionary and a dedicated and selfless leader, the African National Congress (ANC) said early on Monday.

South Africa retrial of 'Dr. Death' sought
The South African state on Monday applied to the Constitutional Court for the retrial of Wouter Basson, the alleged apartheid-era head of germ warfare and mastermind of schemes to poison and sterilize black opponents.

Kenya arrests three terror suspects
Kenyan authorities have arrested three men with alleged links to Osama bin Laden’s Al Qaeda on suspicion of plotting terrorist attacks in the east African nation, a senior police official said Monday.

Mugabe 'No 5' in Africa
The octogenarian is the fifth longest-serving African leader after Omar Bongo of Gabon, in power since 1967, Moammar Gaddafi of Libya, who has ruled since 1969, and Equatorial Guinea's Teodoro Obiang Nguema and Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, in office since 1979.

More Africans Enter U.S. Than in Days of Slavery
For the first time, more blacks are coming to the United States from Africa than during the slave trade.

New luxury car for Swazi king
Mbabane - Swazi King Mswati III has bought a new Mercedes limousine, the latest in a string of luxury car purchases for himself and his 10 wives in the southern African kingdom, according to a royal source.

Curse of King Tut haunts mourning woman
A South African woman, owner of a piece of jewellery believed stolen from the tomb of King Tutankhamen, has asked the government in Cairo for help in breaking King Tut's curse after two members of her family suffered untimely deaths.

US-funded TV ads seek tips to find bin Laden

Bush tells Europe 'no power on earth will ever divide us'
U.S. President George W. Bush sought to repair rocky relations with Europe, saying "no power on earth will ever divide us."

Egypt delays Mideast reform conference indefinitely
A meeting of Arab and other countries and the Group of Eight industrialized powers has been postponed indefinitely amid U.S. criticizm charging lack of democracy in Egypt.

Chavez Threatens to Stop Oil Exports
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez said Sunday that he would stop oil exports to the United States if the U.S. government tries to assassinate him.

John Pilger finds our children learning lies
In our schools, children learn that the US fought the Vietnam war against a "communist threat" to "us". Is it any wonder that so many don't understand the truth about Iraq?

Unembedded, Independent
An exclusive, in-depth interview with journalist Dahr Jamail on what is really going on in Iraq

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