"Survey Shows Most Blacks Favor Slavery Reparations"

Press freedom slipping in the West
Press freedom is being eroded in parts of the Western world, failing to advance in Iraq, but making progress in states emerging from repression, the watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has reported.

Venezuela Warns: Bush Is the True Atomic Threat
Venezuelan authorities denied with indignation an accusation by US Rev. Pat Robertson that Venezuela is preparing a nuclear attack against the United States. Venezuelan Vice President Jose Vicente Rangel asserted Venezuela is willing to launch "love, affection, and appreciation" to the US people, but the true atomic bomb threatening the United States is President George W. Bush.

Survey Shows Most Blacks Favor Slavery Reparations
Eighty-nine percent of blacks believe the federal government should offer a combination of cash payments, debt forgiveness and social welfare programs to compensate for the devastating effects of slavery and racial segregation, according to a new survey released Tuesday.

Mauritania bans licensing of Islam based political parties
Mauritania denied a license for a new political party under the claim that the party is Islamic, and contravenes the law which prevent religion-based political parties, even though, apparently, the party does not officially say its goals are religious.

Liberian vote pits economist against 'hero'
Liberia's run-off presidential vote on November 8 sets up a showdown between the overwhelmingly young supporters of footballer George Weah, who have known only war, and those counting on oldtimer Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf to restore a lustre lost decades ago.

US firm to sell land on moon to Chinese

Saddam trial: whose 'demons' are they anyway?
The coalition is focusing on Saddam's crimes of 23 years ago in order to disclaim responsibility for present failures.