"Tookie death shows racism rife in America"

Bush Sr. and North Should Join Tookie Williams
So, the state of California, run by the Hitler praising Arnold Schwarzenegger, has executed former Crips gang leader Stanley Tookie Williams at San Quentin.

Tookie death shows racism rife in America
BLACK AMERICA is in mourning today after Stanley 'Tookie' Williams, the reformed ex-gang leader, was executed earlier today.

Condemnation as ‘reformed’ gangster Tookie Williams is executed
There is outrage and despair from civil rights groups and anti-capital punishment supporters as the “reformed” gangster, Stanley “Tookie” Williams was executed by the state of California yesterday morning. Over one thousand people gathered outside the prison in San Francisco, where the 51-year old’s protest of his innocence came to an abrupt end when he was given a lethal injection.

At the end of the chain, the farmers who face ruin
As Western subsidies distort Africa's markets, Kate Eshelby in Burkina Faso reports on the victims

The bumpy road to clean, green fuel
Osman Ibrahim is encouraging farmers in Malawi to abandon their traditional tobacco crops and enter the energy sector — by planting a tree called jatropha (Jatropha curcas).

Furious Obasanjo grounds airlines, lashes regulator
President Olusegun Obasanjo has grounded two private Nigerian airlines following crashes which killed 224 people in seven weeks. One of the carriers, Sosoliso Airlines, operated the 32-year-old McDonnell Douglas DC-9 that crashed on Saturday in the southern city of Port Harcourt, killing 107 people.

Oil output, profits prop up Sudan economy
Sudan’s economy is set to expand 13.4 percent next year, from an expected 8.3 percent in 2005, amid higher oil output and profits, the International Monetary Fund said on Monday.

Campus racism rises in Australia

Weah supporters' riots raise fears for Liberian stability
A riot flared in Liberia and the government warned of a coup plot on Monday after the defeated presidential candidate, George Weah, threatened to block his rival's inauguration, claiming that last month's election was rigged.

Racial unrest spreading in Australia
The racial unrest that broke out in Sydney's beachside suburbs over the weekend has spread to two other large Australian cities, where people of Middle Eastern descent were assaulted by whites, police said Tuesday.

Nigeria`s air crash victims` families feud over remains
Families of some of Nigeria`s latest air crash victims are feuding over the remains of some of the over 50 school children who died in the crash on Saturday, the local press reported Tuesday.

50,000 Aborigines face eviction
AT least 50,000 Aborigines in tiny Outback communities may be forced to uproot and move to larger settlements under a plan by federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Amanda Vanstone. Senator Vanstone says more than 1000 communities with fewer than 100 people are unviable and government funding cannot solve poverty, unemployment and health problems caused by isolation.

The economic realities of racism
People who watched the rioting in France should note that all is not equal in America either. The economic plight of Africans and Arabs in France is indicative of the ways a small minority of Whites continues to control and dispense the wealth of the planet. Unless economic accommodations are made toward inclusion across racial lines, France's violence could spread to other industrialized countries.

Choking the Internet: How much longer will your favorite sites be on line?

Stay out of anti-US crusade, Golding warns Caricom

Row over CIA 'torture' flights engulfs Blair

American hypocrisy

Race warfare divides city

George Bush denies ‘myth’ that he’s uninformed