"Rio uncovers African slave graves"

Can Organic Agriculture Feed the World?
In developing countries, UNDP (1992) concluded that organic farming methods seem able to provide similar outputs, with less external resources, supplying a similar income per labour day as high input conventional approaches. Studies show increases in output where local farmers adopt organic farming systems, reaching levels similar to those of high input systems.

Organic Farmers Start Juice, Wine Processing

Rio uncovers African slave graves
A crude burial ground for African slaves that historians had thought was lost, has been accidentally uncovered in Brazil.

Yemen to mediate between Ethiopia, Eritrea
Yemen has offered to mediate to ease escalating tensions between the neighbouring east African countries of Ethiopia and Eritrea, the SABA official news agency reported Thursday.

AFRICAN ARTIFACTS, FOSSILS SEIZED IN FRANCE
Customs officials in southern France have seized almost 18,000 archaeological objects and precious fossils from Morocco and Mali, some of great value, in the past six weeks. In the first haul, in the town of Arles on November 15, customs seized 17,666 artifacts, artworks and fossils from southern Morocco, stashed in a Moroccan-registered vehicle bound for Germany, the economy ministry said. Among the fossils recovered were a number of trilobites, marine insects that became extinct some 250 million years ago.

Aid withheld in response to Ethiopian crackdown
Western donors are considering withholding millions of dollars of aid to Ethiopia, following the country's recent crackdown on the opposition and the press. The sum of $515 million in direct funding for Ethiopian Government programs is reported to be under review. The World Bank representative in Ethiopia says that donors are considering how to redirect the funds.

Constitution loses in Haiti election fight: analysts
Haiti's constitution is being violated by both the U.S.-backed interim government and by the candidacy of a Haitian American millionaire running strongly in the polls in a long delayed election, analysts say.

No release for Museveni's rival
Uganda's High Court has again failed to release opposition leader Kizza Besigye, despite his lawyer's appeals.

'It's War On Criminals'
An African police chief has ordered officers to "shoot to kill" as he struggles to control violent crime. Zambia's top policeman Ehpraim Mateyo said he has "declared war on criminals" in an attempt to control the high crime rate. Car hijacking, heists and aggravated robberies have become common in Zambia. Recently, several businessmen have been killed by criminals in organised attacks. Mr Mateyo urged officers to "gun down criminals" who have been terrorising people, especially in the capital of Lusaka. "Shoot to kill, that's the only message which will make them stop their criminal activities," he said.

Cote d'Ivoire forms transitional govt
Cote d'Ivoirean President Laurent Gbagbo issued a decree here on Wednesday, announcing the formation of a 32-member transitional government which is tasked with the implementation of peace deals and preparation for the next presidential election.

Obasanjo hails Weah for choosing road to peace
Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo Wednesday congratulated Liberian presidential candidate, George Weah, for choosing the path of peace for his country after losing his country`s November runoff election.

UN, Congo end joint operation, killing 86 Ugandan rebels
UN peacekeepers and government forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) wrapped up a joint operation against Ugandan rebel groups in east DRC with a total of 86 rebels killed, UN mission said on Wednesday.

ETHIOPIA: Ban on UN flights still in place
Eritrea's ban on UN helicopter flights in its airspace is still in place despite UN Security Council demands that the restriction be lifted, the UN said on Thursday.

New Ivory Coast leader faces tough job after forming government
New Ivory Coast Prime Minister Charles Konan Banny faced an uphill battle Thursday to disarm the warring factions and bring a reunited country to presidential elections by next October at the latest. Three weeks of tough negotiations finally gave birth to a new government announced Wednesday, shared between supporters of President Laurent Gbagbo, his political opponents and the rebels who have held the north of Ivory Coast since September 2002.

Who Owns the Internet 2006?
Early in 2006, the international community will revisit a long-simmering issue that was slated for discussion, and perhaps even a solution, in 2005, but was neither discussed nor solved. So important was the issue of political governance of the Internet that it became the focal point of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), a forum with the laudable goal of seeking ways to bring the benefits of the Internet to developing countries.

Tech Firms in Oil Scandal
Tech companies such as St. Jude Medical, Siemens, and Boston Scientific are among the 2,200 businesses implicated in the United Nations oil-for-food program, according to an independent investigative report. A final report released by the Independent Inquiry Committee listed the companies’ subsidiaries as among those that paid kickbacks to the Iraqi government during Saddam Hussein’s rein.

'Anti-imperialists beware — Bush is reading again'

Terrorism cases in US may be reopened after wiretap scandal

White House wants Sahara Desert as new front for war on terror

Thirty years on, women still face discrimination in the workplace

The Hidden State Steps Forward

How Britain Denies its Holocausts
Why Do So Few People Know About The Atrocities Of Empire?

NSA just one of many federal agencies spying on Americans

Morales to Nationalize Bolivia Oil, Gas

Colombian confirms plan to assassinate Chave

Israel fires to enforce Gaza Strip "no-go zone"

Leaking Top Secret Lies