"How Africa developed Europe and America"

New Orleans police charged after taped beating
Three police officers yesterday pleaded not guilty to charges of battery after they were filmed repeatedly beating a 64-year-old man outside a bar in New Orleans.

Mr Davis, who is black, was allegedly assaulted on Saturday night in the historic French Quarter, which has reopened for business after the hurricane. Three of the police officers appeared to be white, the other light-skinned.

Footage from Associated Press showed Robert Davis being punched in the face, his head striking a wall, before being bundled to the ground by four officers and subjected to blows and kicks. He was handcuffed and left lying in a pool of blood. A fifth officer grabbed an Associated Press TV producer, jabbed him in the stomach and launched into a tirade, shouting: "I've been here for six weeks trying to keep alive. Go home!"
New Orleans Officers Plead Not Guilty (Photos with news)

How Africa developed Europe and America
By cancelling Africa’s debts, the G8 countries are supposed to be doing Africa a favour in helping to develop the continent. While this is partly true, the other half of the truth has not been told… and it is that without Africa’s wealth and resources (both human and material), development in Europe and America would not be as we know it today.

Spain: From the Berlin Wall to Ceuta And Melilla
Spain's announcement that it plans to build a third fence to separate its enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla from Morocco, using the most advanced technology aimed at keeping out undocumented immigrants, has drawn loud criticism while giving rise to many questions

Last two AU hostages freed
The last two African Union peacekeepers taken hostage at the weekend by a Sudanese rebel group in Darfur have been released, an African Union spokesperson said.

Liberia poised for historic vote
The West African state of Liberia is set to go to the polls to vote for a president and parliament.

South Africa diamond law would hit De Beer
South Africa's proposed amendments to its diamond law could lead to the demise of De Beers' powerful marketing arm and spark mine closures, the firm and its biggest shareholder said overnight.

'A whole generation has been lost'
Pakistan said on Monday up to 40 000 people are feared dead in the weekend earthquake, as frustration over the slow rescue effort turned to anger and scattered looting.

Would-be African immigrants 'dying in desert'
Former French health minister Bernard Kouchner, a founder of Médécins sans Frontières, said on Monday that hundreds of Africans are dying of thirst and starving in the Moroccan desert after failing in their bid to reach Europe.

Sudan oil exports could grow by two thirds
Tanker traffic to and from Port Sudan oil terminals will increase next year as the export of crude oil will grow two thirds to 500,000 barrels per day if peace between north and south is maintained.

U.S. blocks U.N. briefing on atrocities in Sudan
U.S. Ambassador John Bolton blocked a U.N. envoy on Monday from briefing the Security Council on grave human rights violations in Sudan's Darfur region, saying the council had to act against atrocities and not just talk about them.

Darfur Rebels Free Most Kidnapped African Union Workers
African Union officials say rebels in Sudan's troubled Darfur region have released most of the 18 kidnapped AU workers following negotiations.

Iraq and the "American Dream"

In Defense of Liars...

When Torture becomes Policy

War in Iraq is Really All About Soil and Oil

Making sense of why the Americans are in Iraq and Afghanistan

Venezuelans March in Support of Land Plan

Drug Rehab For George