Originally posted on The Free:
Almost 260,000 people, half of them young children, died of hunger during the last famine in Somalia, according to a UN report, with the world body admitting it should have done more to prevent the tragedy. Senait Gebregziabher, director of the aid group Oxfam in Somalia, said “The world was…
Mine Collapse in Darfur Region of Sudan Claims Dozens African Union troops patrolling the Darfur region of Sudan. At least ten AU peacekeepers were killed by Darfur rebels on Sunday, September 30, 2007., a photo by Pan-African News Wire File Photos on Flickr. Mine collapse in Darfur claims dozens Friday, 03 May 2013 00:00 KHARTOUM.…
Egypt Court Order Morsi’s Children to Attend US Citizenship Revocation Hearing Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on a state visit to Turkey holds talks with Foreign Minister Davotoglu. The new president has been traveling around the world., a photo by Pan-African News Wire File Photos on Flickr. Egypt court orders Morsi’s children attend US citizenship…
Venezuelan President Sounds Warning to Europe Nicolas Maduro has won the elections in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Maduro was designated as successor to the late President Hugo Chavez Frias., a photo by Pan-African News Wire File Photos on Flickr. Maduro sounds warning Friday, 03 May 2013 00:00 PARIS. — Venezuela’s newly elected President Nicolas…
Brazil Eyes Maputo Dam Leaders from the Brazil, India, Russia, China and South Africa (BRICS) countries. The summit of these states will hold their first gathering on African soil this week in the Republic of South Africa., a photo by Pan-African News Wire File Photos on Flickr. Brazil eyes Maputo dam Friday, 03 May 2013…
Bluetongue can be a deadly disease of sheep. The standard approach to an outbreak is vaccination, vaccination, & more vaccination. A new study shows that these vaccines cause an autoimmune neurological disorder called ASIA—the same that vaccines can induce in humans. This study of Spanish sheep provides a frightening look into its frequency and severity.…
4,487 US Soldiers Killed, 32,223 Seriously Wounded March 04, 2012For your quick reading, I’ve listed key statistics about the Iraq War and occupation, taken primarily from data analyzed by various think tanks, including The Brookings Institution’s Iraq Index, and from mainstream media sources. Data is presented as of January 31, 2012, except as indicated. U.S. SPENDING…
VIA: LEFTeria Ahmet and Hussen’s brother and his family died on their way to Greece Greece: A Way into Europe Desperate Syrian refugees take deadly risks to get to Europe. Λέσβος, Ελλάδα. Ένας τουριστικός προορισμός … αλλά όλο και περισσότερο μια οδός διαφυγής … για εκατοντάδες πρόσφυγες που προσπαθούν να περάσουν στην Ευρώπη. …
ECB Wins Ruling to Deny Access to Secret Greek Swap Files The European Central Bank will be allowed to keep private files showing how Greece used derivatives to hide its debt after defeating the first court challenge using the bloc’s freedom of information rules. “Disclosure of those documents would have undermined the protection of…
Original article in Greek,against the Canadian ElDorado Co. mining in Chalkidiki,N.Greece and the destruction of the environment. Please use the site’s translator.It’s one of those places that if it will be lost,the entire planet will be suffering. Relevant posts,plenty of them either on here or at the http://insomniadiary.wordpress.com one. Even though i don’t feel the…
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — For weeks, said Army Col. John V. Bogdan, the man in charge of Guantanamo’s detention facilities, he had tried to bring the crisis to a peaceful resolution. Since early February, a little more than six months after he took over command here, detainees had been protesting their treatment. Those in…
Oil Spill Spotlights Keystone XL Issue: Is Canadian Crude Worse? An oiled duck, one of at least 16 found covered in Canadian crude that leaked from the Pegasus pipeline March 29, was rescued Monday in Mayflower, Arkansas. Photograph by Courtney Spradlin, Log Cabin Democrat/AP Bret Schulte in Fayetteville, Arkansas for National Geographic News Published April…
At least 13 people killed in Iraq violence – officials Today, 15:06 Fighting in northern Iraq killed nine police Friday, while a car bomb targeting worshippers near a Sunni mosque north of Baghdad left four dead, security and medical officials said. The police were killed in clashes with armed men in the northern city of…
October 31, 2012 A few comments on what’s going on at sea. Earlier this month, Nigerian authorities seized a ship operated by the Moran Security Group. In the usual manner, the ship, M/V Myre Seadiver, is flagged by the Cook Islands, was built in Norway in the 1960s, was Norwegian owned and flagged for most…
Payvand.com – Iran has succeeded in derailing its relationship with not one but three West African states in the embarrassing fallout surrounding a secret arms shipment. The row has left the Iranian administration’s hopes of expanding its political influence and trade ties with African states in tatters. Senegal broke off diplomatic relations with Tehran…
Submitted by Mark J. Grant, author of Out of the Box, The Cyprus Template “What manner of men had lived in those days…who had so eagerly surrendered their sovereignty for a lie and a delusion?” -Taylor Caldwell Cyprus is absolutely the template for Europe now. It is just that the template is far worse…
Originally posted on Davey D's Hip Hop Corner:
So the FBI is increasing their bounty for Assata Shakur , once known as Joanne Chesimard to $2 million and putting her the Most Wanted Terrorist list.. Making her the first female in history to be put on such a list and basically making her be on…
Originally posted on West Papua Media Alerts:
by Alex Rayfield May 1, 2013 Demo in Jayapura, May 1 (photo: Dawn Treader) For many people around the world the first day in May is a time a celebration, a day to remember how ordinary people won the right to the eight hour working day. But in…
AFP, Lagos, 30 April 2013 – A Nigerian judge on Tuesday postponed his verdict against an alleged member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards who is charged with an illegal arms shipment.Azim Aghajani, who has been held in detention pending the verdict, was in court alongside his alleged Nigerian co-conspirator, Ali Abbas Jega.Judge Okechukwu Okeke said…
