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11/04/2005:

"Security forces kill unarmed civilians while protecting oil majors"

Trade: Voices of Dissent From the South
The WTO negotiations on the touchy question of agriculture have hit a new snag as groupings of developing countries have come forward to demand that the issues of central importance to them be addressed in any agreements reached.

Security forces kill unarmed civilians while protecting oil majors, Amnesty alleges
NIGERIAN security forces often gun down unarmed civilians while protecting foreign oil majors in the Niger Delta, rights group Amnesty International said in a just released report, calling on US and British firms to investigate two recent violent incidents.

Rasta squatters brace for new eviction battle
For more than 30 years, the squatters of St Agnes Place have formed one of Britain's most distinctive communities. The proud and well known Rastafarian enclave, complete with its own temple, drew Bob Marley to St Agnes Place on several occasions in the 1970s. They say it was his home from home. But Marley passed away in 1981, and soon the unique community in Kennington, south London, may be history too.

Zimbabwe media says Prince Charles lobbied UN
Zimbabwe’s state media accused Britain’s Prince Charles on Friday of lobbying the United Nations to take action against the government of President Robert Mugabe.

Fulani Herdsmen Under Attack
Fulani herdsmen in different parts of the country, in recent times, have become targets of dangerous attacks from people who accuse them of all sorts of crimes including armed robbery, rape and molestation of farmers.

Worsening riots spread from Paris
Gangs of youths again stoned police and set cars ablaze as France's worst rioting in more than a decade raged for its eighth straight night, sparking fears that racial and social divisions were fuelling growing violence.

French unrest spreads outside Paris
The rioting has grown into a broader challenge for the French state. It has laid bare discontent simmering in suburbs that are heavily populated by poor African Muslim immigrants and their French-born children, many trapped by poverty, crime and poor education. France's Muslim population, an estimated 5 million, is Western Europe's largest. Disaffected members claim racism makes the second class citizens.

Nigeria's Obasanjo in Ivory Coast to push peace
Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo arrived in Ivory Coast on Friday to meet government and rebel leaders and push for progress on a U.N. plan to reunite the divided state and hold presidential elections.

Haiti in uproar over American candidate for presidency
The prospect of a candidate for the Haitian presidency holding a US passport has caused an uproar in the troubled, impoverished Caribbean nation as it heads for landmark elections.

Police blamed after protests in Ethiopia leave 42 dead
The death toll from political unrest in Ethiopia rose to 42 when three people were shot dead as police broke up anti-government protests in the capital, Addis Ababa. The demonstrations, which have prompted the British Government to advise against all but essential travel to Ethiopia, entered their third day yesterday. Children were among a dozen people wounded.

Senegalese singer rooted in traditional, but unafraid of the contemporary
Baaba Maal was inspired as much by thirst for adventure as for learning when, as a young Paris conservatory student, he persuaded his teachers to let him spend two years collecting songs and stories in villages across his homeland of Senegal.

Dream of freedom turns to prostitution nightmare
Rose thought she was coming to Europe to study and earn some money with a part-time job. What the Nigerian girl didn't realise was that books would be a distant dream and the work she would be doing was prostitution.

Iraq prisoner abuse witnesses 'disappear' in US custody

Denver decriminalises possession of marijuana

Bush's Increasing Mental Lapses and Temper Tantrums Worry White House Aides

The golden legacy that Blair was hoping for is crumbling by the day

Lying's Just the Tip of the Iceberg

Do we have a representative government in the US?

SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS:: FTAA, Unruly Protesters Crash the Party

The Quiet Oil-for-Food Scandal

Illusion of Progress in the WTO

Thousands chant 'Get out, Bush!'

First Latin American Gathering Of Worker-Recovered Factories

Bush, Chavez clash on trade as violence mars opening of hemispheric summit

Thousands march in Haiti to support Preval