"Saving Our African Children"

Saving Our African Children
Their uprising signaled the death knoll of the apartheid regime. On June 16th, 1976 in Soweto, thousands of African school children took to the streets—marching more than half a mile long to protest the inequality in education provided to the Africans compared to the whites and demanding their right to be taught in their own African languages

Emerging Women Power
South African president Thabo Mbeki appointed Mrs. Mlambo-Ngcuka as his new deputy replacing former deputy president Jacob Zuma who was fired after being implicated in a bribe-taking scandal.

Cuba's living embodiment of history

Femi Kuti calls Live 8 concert a 'waste of time'
NIGERIAN MUSICIAN Femi Kuti has poured cold water on a benefit concert for Africa to be held in London this week, calling it "a waste of time."

Grammy award winner Luther Vandross dies at 54

9/11 -- Are Americans the victims hoax?

Israel: Bill Would Deny Compensation for Rights Abuses
Members of the Israeli Knesset are debating a bill that would prohibit residents in the Occupied Palestinian Territories from seeking compensation for death or injury at the hands of Israeli soldiers, even if the soldiers are found to have acted unlawfully.

Completing the Chavez Revolution
The Network of Afro-Venezuelan Organizations, made up of 30 groups in that country, is urging the administration of Hugo Chavez Frias to take on several issues to recognize and uplift Venezuela's Black population.

Paul Harvey's Tribute to Slavery, Nukes, Genocide
Disney/ABC radio personality Paul Harvey, one of the most widely listened to commentators in the United States, presented his listeners on June 23 with an endorsement of genocide and racism that would have been right at home on a white supremacist shortwave broadcast.

Venus Williams wins Wimbledon

Paul Harvey's Tribute to Slavery, Nukes, Genocide
Disney/ABC radio personality Paul Harvey, one of the most widely listened to commentators in the United States, presented his listeners on June 23 with an endorsement of genocide and racism that would have been right at home on a white supremacist shortwave broadcast.

Williams Rallies for Wimbledon Triumph
WIMBLEDON, England - Venus Williams mounted one last comeback, capping her career revival by winning another Wimbledon title. Williams overcame an early deficit and a championship point Saturday to beat top-ranked Lindsay Davenport 4-6, 7-6 (4), 9-7 for her fifth major title and her first in nearly four years.

LATIN AMERICA:
Afro-Descendants Marginalised and Ignored
There are almost four times as many people of African descent in Latin America and the Caribbean than indigenous people, yet the poverty and discrimination they suffer are largely ignored, despite the fact that they are just as severe, or even worse, than the conditions facing the region's aboriginal inhabitants.

NIGERIANS CHALLENGE BIG OIL COMPANIES OVER GAS EMISSIONS
Ethnic communities from Nigeria's Niger Delta are challenging the Nigerian government and
some of the world's biggest oil companies over the level of
greenhouse gases emitted during oil production.

Uruguay reopens embassy in Cuba
Uruguay has reopened its embassy in Havana, Cuba, implementing President Tabre Vazkez's statement when he was sworn-in on March 1, 2005 to fully normalise diplomatic ties with Cuba.

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Bush Buddies Karimov and Musharraf
With Friends Like These

Your contribution to the Spanish-American War
A hundred and seven years ago, in 1898, the federal government began levying a temporary 3 percent excise tax on telephones, ostensibly to fund the Spanish-American War.