"Out Of Africa"

UN Supports Death Squads
On the Justice of Impunity in Haiti

S. Africa finalizes new immigration regulations
The South African government announced on Wednesday that it has finalized the new immigration regulations which will come into effect on July 1."The current amendments to the immigration law will also introduce some changes, eliminating the red tape burden that was imposed on travelers," Home Affairs Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said at the parliament in Cape Town.

2 000 scam marriages scrapped
Almost 2 000 marriages have been annulled in the past nine months as authorities clamp down on foreigners using stolen or forged identity documents to marry unsuspecting South Africans to evade immigration controls.

Home Affairs to monitor 'mercenaries'
The 61 alleged mercenaries who recently returned to South Africa will be closely monitored by the Department of Home Affairs, minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said in Parliament on Wednesday.

Mandela's Powerful Message - 'Africa's Time Has Come'

Mangena Pleads for Support for Indigenous Knowledge
Science and Technology Minister Mosibudi Mangena says scientists need to give priority to the increased use of indigenous knowledge within the streams of scientific development in the country.

DRC: South Africa to help rebuild public service

From Out Of Africa... And Into India
The Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology (CCMB) has claimed to have unravelled the mystery surrounding the origin of the Andamanese tribes. It says that it has traced the latter’s origins to Africa by showing that the first humans who migrated from Africa were trapped in the Andaman regions 70,000 years ago.

Origin of the Andaman population
HYDERABAD: The Andaman islanders originated in Africa and travelled through India hundred thousand years ago. This is the outcome of a research by the Centre of Cellular and Molecular Biology here. It has used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) of 16,569 base pairs of five each of the Onge, Great Andamanese and Nicobarese tribals to reconstruct the origin of the Andaman islanders.

First Minister gets reminder of Geldof's Africa warning
MALAWI'S education minister has been arrested for allegedly using public funds for his wedding ceremony, just days before First Minister Jack McConnell's visit to the African country.

SA wants better safety for flying in Africa
The incidence of air traffic accidents in the African continent is unacceptably high. This was South Africa's position at the African Union (AU) air transport and aviation conference, currently under way at Sun City in the North West.

AU urges Nato officials to assist in Darfur

Education in South Africa - In 11 Languages
Here in South Africa, all subjects are taught in 11 "official" languages. This is too ridiculous for words. The wastage and mega-cost of this may not be obvious to people who only speak English. Let me explain. We have 11 official languages - to make everyone happy - even teeny weeny, backward tribes. Of these languages, one is English and one is Afrikaans.

Mexico to charge former president in 1968 massacre

Allowed terrorism
Three years ago, President Bush said that his War on Terror would pursue terrorists "in any dark corner of the world," but no light has been cast on Miami where terrorists for decades have waged a campaign against Cuba of hit-and run attacks, sabotage, infiltration of armed agents, assassination, etc. After the failure of the CIA's 1961 invasion, using Cuban émigrés at the Bay of Pigs, the CIA tried another plan, Operation Mongoose, which also failed after leading directly to the 1962 October Missile Crisis.

Galloway and the mother of all invective
George Galloway stormed up to Capitol Hill yesterday morning for the confrontation of his career, firing scatter-shot insults at the senators who had accused him of profiting illegally from Iraqi oil sales. They were "neo-cons" and "Zionists" and a "pro-war lynch mob", he raged, who belonged to a "lickspittle Republican committee" that was engaged in creating "the mother of all smokescreens".

Reporters Without Borders Unmasked
Its Secret Deal with Otto Reich to Wreck Cuba's Economy

MEDIA-U.S.: A Tale of Two Stories
Here's a question for international news hounds. Who is the "son of a bitch" referred to in this comment by a U.S. Defence Department spokesman?
"People are dead because of what this son of a bitch said. How could he be credible now?"

Blair blamed for Indian farmers' deaths
The British government had its back to the wall over its development policies on Tuesday after claims that it paid a think tank to enforce needless privatisation of state units in India's Andhra Pradesh - a move that contributed to thousands of farmer suicides.

Israel to investigate poor treatment of Filipinos on Tel Aviv flights
The Philippines has received assurance from the Israeli government that it would act upon the poor treatment of Filipinos travelling on Tel Aviv flights. Manila has filed a formal protest over the alleged segregation of the travellers at the back of aircraft on flights to Tel Aviv.

50,000 AWOL in WW 2 - GIs Behaving Badly

Bush renews Burma sanctions
US President George W. Bush has renewed economic sanctions on Burma, saying its military government represses human rights.