"Africa still on road to disaster"

U.S. Begins Military Training in Africa
U.S. forces began military training exercises with allies across northern Africa this week, part of a stepped up campaign against terrorism on the continent, a spokeswoman said Wednesday.

Africa still on road to disaster, says UN
The UN called for urgent action today to avert "disaster" in Africa as it outlined the human cost of a business-as-usual approach to development in the world's poorest continent.

Mbeki moves to strengthen ties with Chile

Chile and South Africa Should Join Forces to Fight Poverty
Santiago de Chile, Jun 8 (PL) South Africa and Chile ought to share ideas and engage in practical program to fight poverty in the two countries, said here the South African President Thabo Mbeki, who winds up Wednesday a two-day official visit in Santiago.

Revealed: how oil giant influenced Bush
President's George Bush's decision not to sign the United States up to the Kyoto global warming treaty was partly a result of pressure from ExxonMobil, the world's most powerful oil company, and other industries, according to US State Department papers seen by the Guardian.

Court strips Pinochet of immunity
SANTIAGO, Chile: A Chilean appeals court voted yesterday to strip ex-dictator Augusto Pinochet of immunity from prosecution so he can face tax fraud and other charges related to millions of dollars he held in secret bank accounts.

Mesa offers resignation again
CARLOS Mesa, Bolivia's president, offered his resignation for the second time in three months yesterday, amid growing protests that have divided his impoverished country.

Parents Are Right to Protect their Children from the Military
A recent front-page story in the New York Times reported growing opposition among parents to the U.S. military’s efforts to contact and recruit their children to join the U.S. armed forces. In the process, parents are also discovering some uncomfortable things about the federal government.

Bush at the OAS: a profile in imperialist hypocrisy
The historical relationship between Washington and the lands to its south is one of exploitation and oppression stretching back more than a century. Since the Spanish-American War of 1898, the American government has constantly been "liberating" the nations of Latin America--either at the point of a US bayonet, as in Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Central America, or through US-backed fascist-military coups--in order to better control their resources and subjugate their peoples.

Photo Essay — Fallujah: An Unnatural Disaster
FALLUJAH is completely surrounded by US Forces, the only way in or out is through one of four very restrictive checkpoints. People normally have to wait hours, but since we had our magic US passports, we made it through in about 45 minutes. We did not observe them actually searching any cars, soldiers just held-up traffic and slowly checked IDs. Like Palestine, these checkpoints seem to have had little to do with security and more to do with harassment and intimidation.

US Illegally Removes Pages from Iraq UN Report
Throughout the winter of 2002, the Bush administration publicly accused Iraqi weapons declarations of being incomplete. The almost unbelievable reality of this situation is that it was the United States itself that had removed over 8,000 pages of the 11,800 page original report.
This came as no surprise to Europeans however, as Iraq had made extra copies of the complete weapons declaration report and unofficially distributed them to journalists throughout Europe. The Berlin newspaper Die Tageszetung broke the story on December 19, 2002 in an article by Andreas Zumach.

British MP George Galloway on Al-Jazeera:
Calls for Bush, Blair, Koizumi, and Berlusconi to Stand Trial

Senate to Issue Anti-Lynching Apology
Washington - The great-great granddaughter of a black South Carolina farmer who was killed by a white mob nearly a century ago will be on hand next week when the Senate belatedly apologizes for failing to pass anti-lynching legislation.

Tanks In The Streets Of New York