"World Marks TB Day Today"

Democracy--or the US Military--On the March
I don't understand all this talk about how US actions in Iraq and Afghanistan have inspired a "democracy movement" in the Middle East. Well, actually, I do understand it. People are desperate to derive something positive from all the horror wreaked upon the region by the American interventions, something to reassure themselves that what their country has done isn't so bad after all, that they themselves are not as gullible as they were starting to feel.

World Marks TB Day Today
Ethiopia 2nd in Africa in TB Infection
The 'World Stop Tuberculosis Day' will be celebrated today in Ethiopia with themes Frontline TB care providers: Heroes in the fight against TB and Open windows and prevent TB.

Africa: rise of tuberculosis
Tuberculosis is at an all-time low in the USA and is declining in most parts of the world, but health officials, speaking out today to mark World TB Day, warn that the disease is very much on the rise in Africa.

TB kills 1 person every 10 secs
One person is affected by tuberculosis every second, while another dies from the killer disease every ten seconds.

Militias 'control' I Coast
The face of the Ivory Coast conflict has changed in the year since government troops broke up an opposition rally, killing 120 people according to the United Nations, with militias now dominating the crisis that threatens to spin out of control.

UN peacekeeping force for Sudan
The UN Security Council has voted unanimously to send 10,000 troops and 715 civilian police personnel to southern Sudan to support the implementation of a peace deal that ended a 21-year-old civil war, Xinhua reported.

Ecuador Police Fire Tear Gas on Congress
Police fired tear gas into Ecuador's Congress before dawn Wednesday to disperse opposition lawmakers who refused to leave after a legislative session that cut short a debate on candidates for attorney general.

Populist Mayor Rankles Some in Mexico

Don't Be Afraid of the Word
Revolution. We need one in the United States, and we will most certainly have one. The only questions are when, and how. When will enough of us finally realize that our own government is a fascist and terrorist organization? How long can we, with a clear conscience, support a government that commits mass murder the world over for profit? How long will it take for the majority of the citizens of this country to realize that so long as our government engages in these actions, we are in danger of just retaliation by those who have suffered from its barbarous policies?

American empire and inequality
both feed and reflect savagely selective moral concerns
Dominant United States media and policymakers express apprehension about the dangerous prospect of "nuclear weapons in the Middle East." By this they mean the prospect that Iran might be able to develop one or two such weapons at some point in the future. The interesting fact that Israel is already precariously armed to the teeth with thermonuclear weaponry is not for them a cause for trepidation.

Days After Killings,
a Tribe Seeks a Cloak of Privacy for Its Grief
The Chippewa Indians of the Red Lake Reservation have always set themselves firmly apart. They have their own license plates, which bow to Minnesota statehood but feature the tribe's name on top. For a time in the 1980's, non-Indians even needed a tribal passport to do business here or to drive across the reservation. Most American Indian tribes allow people to own plots of land - in Red Lake, the traditional ways of communal property still adhere. But the grief and shock unleashed when a troubled 16-year-old went on a shooting rampage here on Monday have shaken the walls of that cultural separation and raised questions about what holding the world at arm's length means, and what it costs.