"Too Much Short-Term Thinking"

US 'regime change' could 'effect SA security'
Kader Asmal this week warned in parliament that the United States's policy of "regime change" could potentially have profound implications for South Africa's security. Former education minister Asmal, who is chairperson of parliament's portfolio committee on defence, made it clear that he was not suggesting South Africa itself was under threat from the US, but that military interventions by the superpower on the rest of the African continent could have an impact on "our own security". It would also be "most unwise" for South Africa to neglect its conventional deterrence capabilities, he told parliament.

US unilateralism could impact SA's security, says Asmal

There's Too Much Short-Term Thinking in Africa - Prof Chan

New Immigration Branch to Monitor Refugees
Government is to launch a new branch to discourage illegal migration into South Africa by encouraging foreign nationals to apply for different permits to legalise their stay in the country.

Mugabe unfazed by boycott
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said his ruling party would be undeterred if the main opposition party boycotted a new parliament to be sworn in this week and "run the country in the normal way", a newspaper said on Sunday.

Zimbabwe opposition to challenge poll
Zimbabwe's opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), said yesterday it would go to the country's electoral court in an attempt to expose the "fraud" it blames for its defeat in the general election on 31 March.

New York Times Relentless anti-Mugabe Demonizing Campaign

The US and New York Times are not bothered by US sponsored genocide.

345 violations during week eight of cease fire (Israeli/Palestinian)
A report prepared and published by the Palestinian National Information Center revealed that the Israeli army violated the truce, arrived at the Sharm Al-Sheikh summit in Egypt, 345 times, including 60 shooting incidents against civilians; 48 were injured.

Is America Preparing for Martial Law?
The Department of Homeland Security recently carried out an extensive anti-terrorist exercise entitled TOPOFF 3 (April 4-8, 2005). The "drill" was described by officials as "a multilayered approach to improving North American security". The stated objective of the TOPOFF 3 "Full Scale Exercise" was to "prepare America" in the case of an actual bioterrorism attack by Al Qaeda:

Oil for dollars, and dollars for US deficit
The Asians remain shocked and in disbelief. Just when Japan, China, Taiwan and Hong Kong had accumulated enough dollars to buy oil to keep them warm for many winters, it's all over. In broad daylight, the Americans and the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) cheered as the price of oil popped up from US$30 a barrel to more than $50.

SA to continue 'quiet diplomacy'
DESPITE allegations of massive irregularities and rigging by the opposition MDC in the recent parliamentary election, the South African government looks set to continue with its 'quiet diplomacy' stance towards its northern neighbour.

Khatami calls meeting with Israeli president fiction

Flores Withdraws From Race to Head OAS