"Racist attack on Sudanese refugees"

S. Africa, Zimbabwe open migrant center
To address an increasing flow of illegal migrants from Zimbabwe to South Africa, the countries announced plans Tuesday for a joint border migration office.

South Africa breaks record in car sales

Drought blamed on deforestation
Nairobi - Kenyan Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai on Monday blamed the drought threatening millions in Kenya with famine on deforestation and urged immediate steps to replace lost trees.

Bolivia's Morales visits S Africa
Bolivia's president-elect Evo Morales is in South Africa on the latest leg of his world tour ahead of his inauguration on 22 January.

GM crops fail to deliver benefits to Africa
JOHANNESBURG – Ten years after the first significant planting of Genetically Modified (GM) crops there are no apparent benefits for consumers, farmers or the environment, a report made public on Tuesday said.

Top UK University to improve education in Africa
The University of Bristol has been leading a research programme in partnership with African universities to improve education in Tanzania, Rwanda, Ghana and South Africa.

Spain's battle against racism
The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) – hosts of a keynote European anti-racism conference in Barcelona – considers the 1 February event an important milestone in its own campaign to rid football of intolerance and discrimination.

Racism blamed for slow change
A City Council member from the East End says racism may be a factor in the slow pace of housing development and other projects in his community.

Racism: Essential Readings
That racism exists today is indisputable, as evidenced by the resegregation of schools and neighborhoods, the extraordinary numbers and proportions of incarcerated people of color, the higher rates of disabling illness and lower life expectancies among people of color, and the continued presence of racial stereotypes uncovered by social psychologists conducting research projects across the country—to mention only a few indicators.

Racist attack on Sudanese refugees
(FinalCall.com) - Last week in Cairo, Egypt, between one to two thousand Sudanese refugees camped out in the upper middle-class area of Mohandessin, to protest against the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. According to press reports, the refugees had been there for a little over three weeks. Many of the reports that I read, from both American and international press, stated that the refugees were trying to convince the United Nations High Commission for Refugees to send them to a third country. Many had traveled to Egypt as refugees because of the long bitter war in the Sudan. Although the war recently ended in a peace accord, many who were from southern Sudan still felt that the country was not safe enough to return home with their families.

Racial stereotypes in Katrina commentary
These commentators perpetuate the stereotype that African-Americans who question the white establishment are self-promoting, unreasonable and non-credible. The irony here—that these dismissals of racism themselves echo racist stereotypes—points to the way Americans’ denial of their prejudices can perpetuate the very bigotry they disavow.

US African Americans see Bolivarian process
Venezuelan Education Minister Aristobulo Isturiz has met a delegation of US African American personalities currently visiting Venezuela to get to know the Bolivarian revolutionary process first hand.

Caribbean slave descendants sue French philosopher
Descendants of slaves from France's Caribbean islands are suing a leading French philosopher for making allegedly offensive remarks about the islands' black populations, a lawyer said on Monday.

Italian atheist sues priest over existence of Jesus
ROME -- Forget the U.S. debate over intelligent design versus evolution. An Italian court is tackling Jesus, and whether the Roman Catholic Church may be breaking the law by teaching that he existed 2,000 years ago.

Politically correct racism, White Australia & US Empire

What Sharon Did
The Bulldozer's long, brutal career ended better than anyone expected.

Teens sent to prison for lynching
Moments before their trial was to begin, five white South Carolina youths admitted their roles in a mob attack on a black teen and received prison sentences from a judge who called their actions "despicable" and "cowardly."

Joshua Bey Talks of Life as Black-American Muslim
At 95, Bey is one of the oldest of the estimated 2.5 million Hajis participating in this year’s pilgrimage. He recounted to Arab News his long life as an African-American Muslim.

Black hole leaves dent in space-time
Scientists say a black hole has chiseled a remarkably stable indentation in the fabric of space and time. The finding may help scientists measure a black hole`s mass and how it spins, two measurements that have long been sought, the astronomers reported at the annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Washington, D.C.

Another Black Nazarene devotee dies
ANOTHER Black Nazarene devotee died at the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) on Tuesday morning, a day after a stampede during an annual Roman Catholic procession claimed the life of a 38-year-old man and injured 20 others. Ricardo Escobido did not recover from a heart attack Monday as he and other members of a volunteers' group prepared to start the parade of the centuries-old black statue of Jesus Christ known as Black Nazarene through Manila's Quiapo district, said hospital spokesman Dr. Michael Tee. Escobido was rushed to the hospital at the same time as several men who were left bloodied and unconscious when the wooden cover of a manhole gave in as a massive crowd of mostly barefoot males surged toward the Black Nazarene, Tee said.

Pair jailed for raping baby
Two babysitters were jailed today for raping a 12-week-old child and taking pictures of the horrific abuse.

Zapatistas tour cements shift for indigenous rights
Zapatistas began a six-month tour of Mexico with a welcome extended from Tohono O'odham at the northern border, as Mexico's indigenous joined those of Bolivia and Venezuela to lead a continental shift toward support for indigenous rights.

Impeach Blair on Iraq, says general
A former general has called for impeachment proceedings against Tony Blair, accusing the prime minister of misleading parliament and the public over the invasion of Iraq.

The politicisation of the Sakharov Prize

"Terrorism and Its Real Face:
Fake Democracy and the Trade Monster's True Colors"

Haitian business leaders strike

U.S. Support for 'State Terror' in Latin America Mutes Us Now

Perspective: Create an e-annoyance, go to jail

Ugly Phrase Conceals an Uglier Truth
Behind the US Government's corruption
of language lies a far greater perversion