"Poverty and the Power of Myths"

Bush Lied, and Press Can't be Bothered to Report on it
On May 1, the Sunday Times of London published the confidential minutes of a meeting between British Prime Minister Tony Blair and members of his Cabinet.
The minutes reveal, among other things, that President Bush and Blair secretly agreed to invade Iraq long before weapons inspections had begun -- in fact, long before the United Nations was even approached about revisiting the idea of weapons inspections.

'Crime is keeping Africa in shackles'
Crime in Africa is leaving the continent shackled in its bid to stave off poverty and protect the most vulnerable section of its population - its youth. As many as 56 percent of children have seen someone killed in front of them and a further 80 percent have lost an immediate family member.

Japan's aid to Africa under global scrutiny
"This year is the year of Africa," Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said at last month's Asia-Africa Summit meeting. Koizumi also announced that Japan would double its official development assistance to Africa over the next three years.

'I Dreamed of Africa' author accused over deaths of black rhinos
A glamorous Italian-born writer and land-owner, whose life story was turned into a movie starring Kim Basinger, is in the middle of an environmental storm after four rare black rhinos died on arrival at her Kenyan farm.

Poverty and the Power of Myths
Ever since Western colonial powers swindled colonies, abruptly leaving behind corrupted systems and tattered economies, to the current day, when the more developed world has cunningly crafted a global economy of dependence and centralism, the third world has been at the West's mercy.

The Cost of the War in Iraq

WHAT WILL IT TAKE?
How Many More Lies Will the Media Tell
This is not a matter of bias in the media; it is a matter of deception. Bias, however damaging, is nowhere as dangerous and destructive as the sheer deception that is taking place. People can detect bias, but unless they are actively exploring alternative news sources they might never even suspect that they are being deceived or lied to by omission. The corporate media have abused the trust that had been earned by journalists past. They know the public trusts them to tell the truth. They know that a public that trusts them will not spend time fact checking.

Lawmakers to Repeal American Indian Ban

Castro: Cuba, U.S. once shared terror info

Statement issued by the Iraqi Resistance concerning
the US enemy defeat and its visible losses in al Qaem

Aristide Backers March in Haiti
About 5,000 people loyal to the former President of Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, have taken to the streets to demand his return from exile.

Bush unveils plans for US colonial office
The US government is creating a permanent agency tasked with the rapid consolidation of US control in countries targeted by Washington for military aggression. That was President George W. Bush's essential message in a speech delivered Wednesday to a Republican audience in Washington.