"G8 'harming Africa', charity says"

G8 'harming Africa', charity says
ActionAid, part of the Make Poverty History coalition, said the G8 had pushed poor countries into pursuing policies not in their interests.

Chirac says France not gendarme of Africa

Ha, well France has surely been trying to act as the police force for parts of Africa. See: Rwanda marks genocide anniversary and Security, Loyalists Clash in Ivory Coast

Kenya to vie for permanent seat at UN Security Council

Donors decry lack of progress in budget reform in Africa
Donors have decried the lack of progress in implementing proper budget reforms in Africa despite the availability of funding for such reforms.

Maybe so, but what is blocking serious budget reforms in the U.S., that owes the most money of all, and spends way too much on weapons of mass destruction? A large portion of Americans cannot afford basic health care, and the majority of Americans are illiterate. Surely reform to address these concerns is greatly needed.

S.Africa to charge ex-deputy president with graft

Hawk bitten by Africa bug
LONDON: Paul Wolfowitz has climbed aboard the Africa crusade. Returning from a flying trip to Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Rwanda and South Africa, the new president of the World Bank said: "I am more convinced than ever that it is appropriate that Africa is our first priority."

The US war with Iran has already begun
Americans, along with the rest of the world, are starting to wake up to the uncomfortable fact that President George Bush not only lied to them about the weapons of mass destruction in Iraq (the ostensible excuse for the March 2003 invasion and occupation of that country by US forces), but also about the very process that led to war.

Contractor alleging abuse in Iraq
says he feared U.S. forces more than insurgents

U.S. Plane Makes Emergency Landing in Iran

A Noose, Not a Bracelet
Here is a better idea: Instead of Saudi Arabia's oil wealth being used to "save Africa," how about if Africa's oil wealth was used to save Africa--along with its gas, diamond, gold, platinum, chromium, ferroalloy and coal wealth?

Half of Iraqis poor, no baby milk in Baghdad

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