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10/16/2005:

"Bushmen in Botswana Say They Were Forcibly Evicted From Village"

Rioting Erupts in Toledo as Black Protestors Take on Neo-Nazis
According to the Toledo Blade, rioting erupted Saturday in a neighborhood in North Toledo, Ohio after hundreds of counter-protestors broke up a planned march by a neo-Nazi group.

Nigeria, Microsoft to fight internet fraud
Nigeria signed an agreement with Microsoft Corp. on Friday to work together to fight Internet crime, officials said. In a statement on its Web site, Microsoft hailed the agreement as a first with an African country and said it will work with the Nigerian government "to combat issues such as spam, financial scams ... spyware, viruses, worms, malicious code launches and counterfeiting."

Bushmen in Botswana Say They Were Forcibly Evicted From Village
In the end, the Bushmen of Molapo village could neither hunt nor gather, they said. Nor could they tend crops, collect firewood or lead their goats to pasture. After tens of thousands of years, the dry but life-giving vastness of the Kalahari Desert was declared off-limits by police and wildlife officers.

Darfur ceasefire "on the brink of collapse" - rebels
The crisis of the civil war in Darfur has escalated after the preliminary talks on the power-sharing failed in Abuja and the cease fire agreement between the Sudanese government and the Darfur rebels is on the brink of collapse due to the impasse in the talks on security in N’djamena.

Alcohol Production Highlights Division Between North and South Sudan
Life is difficult in northern Sudan for southern Sudanese displaced by civil war. Many have little or no education, and most cannot find decent jobs. Brewing alcohol in their homes is one way southern Sudanese women earn money to support their families. But they also risk arrest, because liquor is illegal under Sudan's strict Islamic law. The mostly Christian southerners feel they should not have to obey Islamic law

Cell Phone Use Changes Life in Africa
Amina Harun, a 45-year-old farmer, used to traipse around for hours looking for a working pay phone on which to call the markets and find the best prices for her fruit. Then cell phones changed her life.

Morocco sends illegal migrants home
In the week since it started repatriating illegal immigrants, Morocco has airlifted at least 2 000 West Africans to their countries of origin, according to a count by AFP Sunday based on official figures

Americans disguised in Arab Dress captured in the act of setting off a car bomb

British military involved in acts of terrorism in Iraq

Britain "apologizes" for terrorist act in Basra

'Bush's obscene performance with troops in Tikrit'

Things Pfc. Lynndie England Should Wonder About in Prison

'What is the 'character' of Bush administration?'

Russia, US clash over Iran's nuclear 'rights'

Al Qaeda "Barber" Arrested in Iraq

It's getting funnier: Zarqawi's "barber" captured

New Iraq Patent Law Will Make Traditional Farmers Seed Saving Illegal