http://allafrica.com/stories/printable/200901050174.html Ghana: Secretary-General Welcomes Peaceful Polls 5 January 2009 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today congratulated the people and Government of Ghana on the peaceful and organized end to their recent...

http://www.sfbayvie w.com/2008/ from-fanon- to-africa- with-love/ From Fanon to Africa, with love by Mumia Abu-Jamal December 27, 2008 As the economies of the West and East tumble, tremors may also be felt in African economies, as heightened food prices...

http://news. bbc.co.uk/ 2/hi/business/ 7784117.stm Afro-Colombians fight biodiesel producers By Jane Monahan Bogota Sunday, 21 December 2008 For Afro-Colombians evicted from their land in north-western Colombia and along the Pacific coast, the loss of...

Monday, December 22, 2008, This email was forwarded from Jebron: II. How Did Christmas Come to Be Celebrated on December 25? A. Roman pagans first introduced the holiday of Saturnalia, a week long period of lawlessness celebrated between December 17-25....

The Aswan dam in Egypt and now this new dam in Sudan doesn't just cheat Africa of its ancient history, but cheats the whole of humanity, as these archeological sites are the very first manifestations of human activity on the planet. It's incredible how...

http://www.tlaxcala.es/pp.asp?lg=en&reference=4655 Bahia, Brazil,1798: The revolution of the Black Jacobins AUTHOR: Mário MAESTRI Translated by Ernesto Páramo, revised by Nancy Harb Almendras & Fausto Giudice Part I - Bahia, 1798: The revolution of the...

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20081230_gaza_clouds_obamas_prospects/ Gaza Clouds Obama’s Prospects Dec 30, 2008 By Robert Scheer So, why didn’t they give peace a chance? Why did the leaders of Hamas and Israel not wait for the incoming U.S. president’s...

This is precisely one of the reasons why I said that Obama’s presidency is going to be a failure. Because America’s domestic policy is governed by special interest groups, their presidents often end up making the wrong decisions, both domestically and...