"New Scramble for the African Pie"

S. African Financial Advisor to Deputy President Guilty
Schabir Shaik, the financial advisor to the Deputy President, Jacob Zuma, was found guilty of two counts of corruption and one of fraud, by the Durban High Court.

Foreign firms guilty of Africa graft - Kenyan minister
Some foreign companies doing business in Africa are as guilty of corruption as the nations in which they invest, a senior Kenyan government official told an economic summit yesterday.

The New Scramble for the African Pie
Remember the Live Aid concert held on July 13, 1985 in London that raised millions for Ethiopian famine victims? We do not know what happened to those millions though we do know for sure that nothing changed for either Ethiopia or Africa.

Nigeria Can Represent Africa in UN - General Abdulsalami

Short: Live 8 and Blair Demean Suffering Africa
"To have a big pop concert to say 'let's make the world a better place, let's make poverty history' but you don't have to do anything in particular, I think starts to demean the seriousness of the suffering of those who are extremely poor and oppressed and suffering," she said.

'Mercenaries' in court tomorrow
A group of suspected mercenaries will appear in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court tomorrow on charges of contravening the Regulation of Foreign Military Assistance Act.

Why Live Eight is a bad idea
So, another history-making pop concert looms on the horizon. By the time you read this, half a rainforest-worth of trees will already have been cut down for newspaper articles praising Bob Geldof, Midge Ure and their supporters, which is fair enough.

The difficult task of creating a non-racial society

Fire Destroys Part of Dead Sea Reserve

Internet Group OKs 'xxx' Web Addresses
The Internet's primary oversight body approved a plan Wednesday to create a virtual red-light district, setting the stage for pornographic Web sites to use new addresses ending in "xxx."

Scientists experiment with 'trust' hormone
Farfetched? Swiss and American scientists demonstrate in new experiments how a squirt of the hormone oxytocin stimulates trusting behavior in humans, and they acknowledge that the possibility of abuse can't be ignored.

Bush meets opponent of Chavez
WASHINGTON President George Bush has met a prominent opponent of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez at the White House in a show of support that could anger the firebrand leader of a major US oil supplier.

"Working Behind the Scenes": The Details of
U.S. Government Support for the Venezuelan Opposition
An Interview with Researcher and Attorney Eva Golinger

Dad says Jeb Bush would be good president
Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush says his son Jeb would make a good president once his other son George is finished in 2008.

U.S. Soldier Pleads Guilty to Assault in
Beating Death of Afghan Prisoner; Gets 3-Month Sentence