"Attacks in Russia on dark-skinned foreigners"

Defiant Mugabe denounces 'coalition of evil'
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Wednesday blasted what he called a "coalition of evil" as he accused powerful countries of using humanitarian intervention to meddle in the affairs of small and weak nations.

Zimbabwe and China swap animals in tiger diplomacy
Zimbabwe, increasingly seeking friends in the east as the West accuses it of human rights abuses, is extending its diplomatic drive to the animal kingdom.

African Leaders Addressing UN Summit Urge Greater Representation On Security Council
African leaders addressing the United Nations Summit meeting in New York today said their continent should have permanent representation on the Security Council, whose agenda is dominated by conflicts there.

AU hopes to launch peace talks despite rebel boycott
African Union officials hope to launch a final round of peace talks in the Nigerian capital Abuja to bring an end to slaughter and starvation in the war-torn western Sudanese region of Darfur.

Somali Pirates to Hand Over Hijacked UN Food Ship
Somali pirates have agreed to release a U.N.-chartered ship and its crew, hijacked nearly three months ago. The ship was carrying food aid to tsunami victims in Somalia.

Jamaica knocks richer nations for failing to help with debt relief
Jamaica’s Prime Minister has knocked the globe’s richer countries for not sticking to commitments to help poorer nations with their debt payments. Speaking to the United Nations Assembly in New York, P J Patterson said developing countries are still having to pay up to US$230 billion every year in debts to wealthy countries and financial institutions such as the World Bank.

Pirates release Somali aid ship
Gunmen have released a ship they hijacked more than two months ago as it transported food aid to Somalis, a Somali government official said on Thursday.

India, S Africa demand UN reform
The leaders of India and South Africa have called for a reform of the UN Security Council to address "the gross imbalance of power" in the world body.

African Union to launch last push for Darfur peace
African Union officials were to launch a final round of peace talks in the Nigerian capital Abuja on Thursday to bring an end to slaughter and starvation in the war-torn western Sudanese region of Darfur.

Attacks in Russia on dark-skinned foreigners
A student from Congo died Wednesday in a St. Petersburg hospital several days after being attacked by unknown assailants, a prosecution official said. It was the latest of a growing number of attacks in Russian cities on dark-skinned foreigners and immigrants from Central Asia and the Caucasus region in recent years, according to the AP.

Frances Newton Died for Bush's Sins
The 40-year-old black woman, executed by the death-obsessed state of Texas last night following a rejection by the US Supreme Court of her attorneys' last-ditch appeal, and after the state's craven and bloodthirsty "pardons and parole" board refused to recommend a stay to Gov. Rick Perry, hardly merited mention in the nation's media, which is now awash in stories about Bush's disaster in New Orleans.

Venezuela's Chavez wants UN out of United States

Chavez says Venezuela to buy up to $1 billion in Argentine bonds, calls Bush a threat

Haiti priest barred from election

Cuba Denounces US Maneuvers at UN Summit

Ignorance and Abdication That Amounts to Madness
All political leaders sometimes parry with the truth, but with Bush the disconnections are systematic