"Hitting Rock Botton"

Forcing Iran into a Nuclear Corner
Why Are Nukes OK for You, But Not for Us?
Imagine you are leader of a nation with a population of 69 million, and one fifth the size of the US. You have massive oil and gas deposits but your country is otherwise appallingly poor, being over 70 per cent desert that cannot be irrigated because there are few water sources. Your armed forces are equipped with antique tanks and airplanes that would be suitable as memorials to your dead after your country has been invaded, which you have reason to believe may be its fate.

What's Next In Venezuela?
The nationalisation of a bankrupt and closed-down paper company, Venepal, under workers' self-management late last year signaled a new turn in Venezuelan politics. Soon afterward, Chávez used the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil to talk about "socialism of the 21st century," and has continued speaking on that theme ever since. "It is impossible that we will achieve our goals with capitalism, nor is it possible to find an intermediate path," Chávez said in a May Day speech in the capital city of Caracas. "I invite all of Venezuela to march on the path of socialism of the new century."

U.S. policy on Haitians getting judicial scrutiny
A judge will review a government document that says undocumented migrants from Haiti should be held without bond because Haiti may be a jumping-off point for terrorists to enter the U.S.

'I want to see for myself'
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan visited Darfur on Saturday after warning warring parties and international donors that time was running out to broker peace and avoid an unprecedented humanitarian disaster.

'Arrogant Nation'
The arrogance of ignorance, a profoundly dangerous and ill-informed presumption that one’s own people are better (wiser, morally and spiritually ascendant, and more capable) than others, seems rather well entrenched within the American populace.

Cuba to continue fighting terrorism, US hostility: Castro
Cuban President Fidel Castro said his country will continue fighting terrorism and the hostile policies of the United States. Cuba will insist that extremist anti-government figure Luis Posada Carriles, who was arrested in the United States, be brought to trial for his crimes against the island, said Castro, as cited Friday by local state-run daily Granma.

Cuba: More Social Benefits for Its Population
While others may be trying to reach Mars, we in Cuba are trying in our own way to reach distant stars in areas like general benefits for the population, asserted President Fidel Castro on Thursday night, during a special radio and TV address at Havana’s Convention Center.

US Rejects Venezuelan Request on Posada

Hitting Rock Botton
The Bush Administration's Shameful Rejection of Venezuela's Extradition Request

Muslim rallies blast U.S. in Asia, Africa

AU lifts Togo sanctions
Members of the African Union's peace and security council on Friday lifted sanctions imposed on Togo three months ago because of a power bid there, announced the AU.

'It must stop completely'
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has ordered his government to reduce its dependence on foreign aid and lashed out at "paternalist" donors who he said want to impose their values on his country.

Hundreds Protest Barclays' Planned Return to South Africa
Several hundred people have demonstrated in the South African city of Johannesburg to protest the planned return of Britain's Barclays Bank. The protesters Saturday called on the bank, a major investor in South Africa during the apartheid era, to pay reparations to the victims of apartheid. They also want the bank to resolve a lawsuit in the United States, where it is accused of aiding the white minority regime.

Saudi ailing King Fahd hospitalised
Saudi Arabia's ailing King Fahd was hospitalised Friday for medical examinations, the royal palace said in a statement carried by the official news agency SPA.

South African newspaper gagged in 'Oilgate' scandal
A South African court has forced one of the country's most respected newspapers to recall an edition's entire print run over a report alleging an illegal donation to President Thabo Mbeki's ruling party from a state oil company.

Ethnic Politics Are a Danger to Democracy, Says Kenyatta
Kenya's main opposition, Kenyan African National Union (KANU) leader Uhuru Kenyatta, has accused the ruling National Rainbow Coalition (NARC) of weakening his party by appointing a number of KANU members of parliament into government positions.

Media Disinformation and the Nature of the Iraqi Resistance
The flurry of news, hypotheses, and disinformation about the nature of the Iraqi Resistance against the Occupation continues unabated.

DeLay Angered by 'Law & Order' Mention

U.S. accused of reporting less than half its casualties in Iraq
Prensa Latina informs that official US reports on Iraq reflect less than half the numbers of soldiers killed in that war of aggression, according to an article by El Diario-La Prensa online in New York.

Amnesty slams Israel 'war crimes'
Amnesty International has accused Israel of committing war crimes in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Mom's Call From Iraq Casts Glare on Black Student Treatment
In a report last September on what it brands "Educational Apartheid in America's Public Schools," the Children's Defense Fund found that black students are still expelled and suspended in numbers disproportionate to whites.