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07/03/2005:
"UK's attempt to demonise Zim flops"
UK's attempt to demonise Zim flopsBRITAIN desperately tried to hijack a briefing to the United Nations Security Council on the food situation in the Sadc region to attack Zimbabwe on Thursday and get it on the agenda of the world body.
DRC troops go on looting spree
Government soldiers looted homes, beat people and fired gunshots into the air on Sunday in the western part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a UN spokesperson said.
PCs 'infested' with spy programs
The average computer is packed with hidden software that can secretly spy on online habits, a study has found.
Body's Own Marijuana-like Compounds Are Crucial For Stress-induced Pain Relief
A new study shows, for the first time, that the release of the body's own marijuana-like compounds is crucial to stress-induced analgesia -- the body's way of initially shielding pain after a serious injury.
Penn Astrophysicist Outlines A Multi-Pronged Approach In The Hunt For Dark Energy
SOUTH AFRICA: FALLOUT AS CHINA SEWS UP TEXTILE MARKET
The South African textile industry says cheap imports from China are threatening to wipe out the local industry, where 75,000 jobs have been lost since 2002.
Violence is the Engine of US History
"Increasingly, Americans are a people without history, with only memory, which means a people poorly prepared for what is inevitable about life – tragedy, sadness, moral ambiguity – and therefore a people reluctant to engage difficult ethical issues."
SOUTH AFRICA: FALLOUT AS CHINA SEWS UP TEXTILE MARKET
The South African textile industry says cheap imports from China are threatening to wipe out the local industry, where 75,000 jobs have been lost since 2002.
Mexico says cultural misunderstanding behind conflict over stamp of black comics character
Mexico's government insisted Thursday that a black cartoon character with exaggerated features is a historical icon who deserves to be celebrated on a postage stamp - and that U.S. leaders charging racism do not fully understand Mexican culture.
Mexican Officials Must Come Clean on Racism
The Mexican government's sale of the racially offensive cartoon character Memin Pinguin as a commemorative stamp is an outrageous sign that top Mexican officials still refuse to deal with the country's racism
Australia, New Zealand plan new moves against Mugabe
Africa's Struggle for Nile Water Grows Turbulent
Earth trembles as big winds move in
2004 VOTE FRAUD FACTS SURFACE
They Celebrated 1,100 miles of Pipeline,
while we mourned our Dead
Forget cameras - spy device will cut drivers' speed by satellite