"Whites fear exclusion in new S. Africa"

Council: Bar Aristide From Elections
A U.S.-backed advisory council that oversees Haiti's interim government recommended Saturday that ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's political party be barred from upcoming elections, accusing the party of encouraging violence.

Whites fear exclusion in new S. Africa
More than a decade after the end of apartheid, white South Africans still are weighing their future in a society where creating economic clout for the country's long-repressed black majority has become the top national priority.

Axed Moyo puts pen to paper
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's former spin doctor Jonathan Moyo - sacked earlier this year for defying the ruling party - is working on a book about his time in government, a newspaper reported on Friday.

'Women only' village raided in Africa
A group of women in Kenya who had fled the beatings of their husbands to form a women's only village say their new home is being attacked by men.

Kenyan women's village illustrates rising brand of feminism in Africa
Ten years ago, a group of women established the village of Umoja, which means unity in Swahili, on an unwanted field of grassland. The women said they had been raped and, as a result, abandoned by their husbands, who claimed they had shamed their community.

Mbeki's dangerous liaison with Mugabe

Mugabe, friend of South Africa

Chinese General Warns of Nuclear Risk to US
A senior Chinese general has warned that his country could destroy hundreds of American cities with nuclear weapons if the two nations clashed over Taiwan.

G8 debt deal under threat at IMF
The Belgians have apparently proposed changing the terms of the deal to give lenders more leverage over poor countries than they would have if they simply wrote off 100% of their debt.

Blair Finally Admits: Al-Qaeda Doesn't Exist
Commenting on the possible role of Al Qaeda, Blair said, "Al Qaeda is not an organization. Al Qaeda is a way of working ... but this has the hallmark of that approach."

Iran says old foe Iraq is now its brother
Iran on Saturday hailed Iraq as its "brother", taking a further step towards laying to rest the spectre of their war of attrition in the 1980s that killed hundreds of thousands on both sides.

Who shorted British pound?
Currency fell 6% in 10 days before London terror attacks