"Ivory Coast disarmings start May 14"

Asia-Africa Summit aims at new cooperation
After 50 years of suspension since the Asia-Africa Conference in Bandung in April 1955, nearly 60 leaders of Asian-African countries are expected to gather in Jatarta from next week to rebuild a bridge and structure for strengthening political and economic cooperation between the two continents.

World Bank advises against oil boom optimism
Exceptional rises in world oil prices that propelled export revenues in the Middle East and North Africa in recent years have also masked underlying weakness in the region, the World Bank said on Sunday.

African leaders to meet in Egypt on continent's opportunities, challenges

S Africa's Mbeki brokers Ivory Coast election deal
Advertising South African officials hailed another victory for their quiet diplomacy Friday, voicing confidence that a proposal by President Thabo Mbeki to allow a banned political leader to run for office in the Ivory Coast would be acceptable to all parties.

I Coast disarmings start May 14
Warring factions in Ivory Coast have agreed to begin a long-delayed disarmament campaign on May 14, the latest bid to stave off a resumption of hostilities in this war-divided nation.

Nuking the spin: Former UN weapons
inspector talks to Raw Story on Iran, Iraq

EU ban bites into S. Africa ostrich trade

Eureka! Extraordinary discovery unlocks secrets of the ancients
Thousands of previously illegible manuscripts containing work by some of the greats of classical literature are being read for the first time using technology which experts believe will unlock the secrets of the ancient world. Among treasures already discovered by a team from Oxford University are previously unseen writings by classical giants including Sophocles, Euripides and Hesiod. Invisible under ordinary light, the faded ink comes clearly into view when placed under infra-red light, using techniques developed from satellite imaging.

Chicano Leader Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales 1929-2005:
"He Was the Fist. He Stood For Defiance, Resistance"

Colombia pursues US troop cocaine smuggling case
Colombia's defence minister has said a deal giving US soldiers immunity from prosecution was amendable, as law-makers want to charge five US soldiers suspected of cocaine smuggling.

US Military Bases in Latin America and the Caribbean
Military bases in Latin America and the Caribbean are an interlocking web that supports U.S. objectives for securing access to markets, controlling narcotics flow, and obtaining natural resources, especially oil.