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11/01/2005:
"Putting Up A Resistance"
Putting Up A ResistanceRASTAFARIANS AND other residents of London's oldest squatted street promised to resist bailiffs and police to protect their unique community.
AU Discusses On Two UN Security Council Seats Germany Expresses Support for Africa's Move
The African heads of states convened here on Monday an Extra ordinary summit on the UN Security Council reform where Africa looks towards two permanent seats.
Survivors Still Fighting for Justice for 1921 Tulsa Race Riot that destroyed the ‘Black Wall Street’
Did you know that 97 survivors are still fighting the battle of the 1921 Tulsa, Oklahoma race riot? Did You Know Black leaders lead by Harvard professor and attorney Charles Ogletree, recently held a rally on October 30th, 2005 on behalf of survivors of the 1921 Tulsa, Oklahoma race riot, vowing to continue their struggle for reparations.
What's in a Name? a Fight for Identity
Swiss to return $21m to Angola
Authorities will lift blocking orders on four bank accounts and return $21m to Angola for use in humanitarian projects, said the Switzerland foreign ministry on Tuesday.
Canada's Crimes in Haiti
Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin is attempting to position himself as a champion of the downtrodden. Martin talks the talk but doesn’t walk the walk.
Continuing exodus of African & Caribbean doctors eroding health care systems
The public health systems of developing countries in Africa and the Caribbean are continuing to be eroded by the mass migration of its medical elite to richer countries as the devastation of the brain-drain takes hold, a new report has revealed.
UN rejects Guantanamo visit offer
UN human rights monitors say they will not accept a US offer to visit the Guantanamo Bay prison camp unless they are given free access to the prisoners.
Botswana: Court Victory For One Bushman Family
The Botswana High Court ruled on Friday 28 October that the government must allow Bushman Amogolang Segootsane and his family to return to their land in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. It must also return his goats to him and allow him to bring water into the reserve.
Mbeki, Obasanjo off to crisis-ridden Ivory Coast
President Thabo Mbeki and Olusegun Obasanjo, the chairperson of the African Union (AU) and the Nigerian president, will soon travel to the Ivory Coast. This follows the failure by the Ivory Coast to hold elections scheduled for yesterday.
Western falsehoods and the roots of Muslim anger
Danger of US sponsored Nuclear War
Another UN Failure?
Israeli troops kill three Palestinians
Another Trojan Horse from the UN?
Israel conducts mass arrest campaign
Katrina: Rumors, Lies, and Racist Fantasies