"UN whitewashes massacre amid new attacks in Haiti"

UN whitewashes massacre amid new attacks in Haiti
"It was a campaign of fear. Didn't you hear the radio? They told people that if they left their homes they would be arrested by the police and the U.N.," stated Jean Joseph Jorel, a representative of the National Commission of the Family Lavalas Cell of Reflection. Jorel made the comment from Cite Soleil on January 9, the same day the Haitian Chamber of Commerce had called a national strike to condemn insecurity in Haiti and a recent spate of kidnappings throughout the capital. Roadblocks manned by the Haitian National Police and the U.N. went up throughout the capital on January 9 and traffic remained sparse as most residents stayed in their homes.

Police detain ex-chief rebel negotiator in Sierra Leone
The police in Sierra Leone on Friday confirmed the arrest and detention of Omrie Michael Golley, who formerly served as legal counsel and chief negotiator for the now defunct rebel Revolutionary United Front (RUF).

South Africa Bans Blood From Gay Men; Gay Groups Protest
South Africa's National Blood Service is looking into claims by a gay rights group that some of its members donated blood, in violation of a ban on blood donations from sexually active homosexual men. The ban has drawn widespread criticism.

Anti-GM foods workshop stirs controversy
Discussions at a workshop in Accra on the implications if Ghana should accept genetically modified (GM) crops turned into a hot debate from participants and resource persons, with bitter criticisms against MOSANTO, the top GM crop leader. Anti-Genetically Modified Crops Campaigner from Saskatchewan, Canada, Percy Schmeiser made a strong case against GM crops, citing ill health effects, particularly the lowering of the functioning of the immune system and increased rate of breast and prostate cancer as a result of the increased use of chemicals to cultivate the crops.

UN Envoy Recommends Robust New Peacekeeping Force for Darfur
The top U.N. envoy to Sudan is asking the Security Council to send a new peacekeeping force to Darfur. The diplomat painted a grim picture of the prospects for ending violence and suffering in the vast western Sudanese region.

UN wants Western forces in Darfur
The United Nations wants the United States and European countries to help form a tough mobile force to stop the bloodshed, rape and plunder in Sudan's Darfur region.

US blocks aircraft sale to Venezuela

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