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Le discours inacceptable Nicolas Sarkozy
http://togopages.net/blog/?p=854 Le discours inacceptable Nicolas Sarkozy par Boubacar Boris Diop, 25 Aug 2007 Il est peut-être écrit quelque part qu´entre Paris et ses anciennes colonies d´Afrique noire rien ne doit se passer selon les normes admises...
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Katrina victims lose in court
Katrina victims lose in appeals court By BECKY BOHRER, Associated Press Hurricane Katrina victims whose homes and businesses were destroyed when floodwaters breached levees in the 2005 storm cannot recover money from their insurance companies for the...
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Asa Hilliard another African giant joins the ancestors
Georgia State professor Asa Hilliard dies in Egypt By SAEED AHMED The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 08/13/07 Dr. Asa G. Hilliard, who as a teacher, psychologist and historian shaped the minds and laid the groundwork for future African-American...
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Should people pay for new organs?
Should people pay for new organs? byTim Harford Last month, 20-year old David Lomas donated over half of his liver to save the life of his father, Stephen. It was an inspiring sacrifice. There aren't enough donors to go around, and 400 people die each...
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Un cours de l'histoire Africaine pour les députés et senateurs francais
L’ADN des polygames par Serge Bilé 1-10-2007 Sur la question des tests ADN, le journaliste écrivain Serge Bilé jette un pavé dans la mare...et ce n’est pas une pierre ponce... A l’heure où la France cherche à réduire ses dépenses publiques, il est surprenant...
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Chad and China: A win- win or a win-lose relationship?
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/13/world/africa/13chinaafrica.html?th&emc=th China, Filling a Void, Drills for Riches in Chad By HOWARD W. FRENCH and LYDIA POLGREEN August 13, 2007 KOUDJIWAI, Chad — The small plane flew in low over a scorched, peppercorn...
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"Stolen generation"Aboriginal man wins compensation
Stolen Aboriginal man wins payout An Aboriginal man taken from his family as a baby has been awarded compensation in a landmark case in Australia. Bruce Trevorrow is the first member of Australia's "stolen generation" of Aborigines to win compensation....
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Diamonds: a lesson in mythmaking
AFRICAN DIAMONDS Jewish /European Business Patterns of Inequality In this essay, the writer would outline how African diamonds from Namibia. South-Africa, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Angola and Congo is owned, mined, stockpiled or sold, cut and retailed, without...
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Cachoeira in Bahia draws US tourists hungry for tradition
Cachoeira in Bahia, where black customs still flourish, draws US tourists hungry for tradition By Patrick J. McDonnell, @latimes.com September 23, 2007 CACHOEIRA, BRAZIL -- -- Semaj Williams, a stress-management consultant from New Jersey, feels Brazil...
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How racism in America is kept alive
How Racism in America is Kept Alive First of all, Blacks are not the initiators of racism and can never be attributed the label of reverse racist because Blacks are the victims of racism, period. Racism is engrained in the psyche of whites from before...
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Chinese influence spreads around the world
China's Influence Now Extends From Australian Desert to Sahara to Amazonian Jungle and Beyond Sunday September 2, 2007 By William Foreman, KARRATHA, Australia (AP) -- For nearly three decades, Chinese peasants have left their villages for crowded dormitories...
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Africans wary, but optimistic about future, poll shows
http://www.nytimes. com/2007/07/25/world/africa/25poll.html?th&emc=th July 25, 2007 Africans Are Wary but Hopeful, Poll Shows By LYDIA POLGREEN and MARJORIE CONNELLY DAKAR, Senegal, July 24 — Despite a thicket of troubles, from deadly illnesses like AIDS...
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Conference on Reparations
REPARATIONS NOW! CONFERENCE ON REPARATION “What is the Role of the Trade Unions Movement?” Reparation is simple, it’s unpaid wages Thursday 23rd August 2007 1200 – 1900hrs South Bank University Keyworth Centre, Keyworth St. SE1 London, England REPARATIONS...
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Mondialisation du pouvoir militaire grace à l'otan
Mondialisation du pouvoir militaire grâce à l'expansion de l'OTAN L'OTAN et le réseau plus vaste d'alliances militaires sous l'égide des Etats-Unis par Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, Canada Après la dissolution du Pacte de Varsovie et l'effondrement de l'Union...
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Dalits excluded from India's economic boom
http://www.washingt onpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/20/AR2007062002535_pf.html A 'Broken People' in Booming India Low-Caste Dalits Still Face Prejudice, Grinding Poverty By Emily Wax Washington Post Foreign Service Thursday, June 21, 2007; A01...
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le capitalisme, pire enemi de l'humanité
Le président bolivien Evo Morales inaugure la Vème Rencontre Mondiale d'Intellectuels et Artistes en Défense de l'Humanité Par Pascual Serrano, 23 Mai 2007 Le président bolivien Evo Morales a inauguré le mardi 22 mai dans la ville de Cochabamba la Vème...
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Race to recover lost kingdom on the Nile
From the New York Times, 06/19/07 Scholars Race to Recover a Lost Kingdom on the Nile http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/19/sc...kush.html?8dpc By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD Archaeologists are finding widespread evidence that the kingdom of Kush once had influence...
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Herero Genocide: Still no compensation from Germany
Herero Genocide 1904 -1908: Still no compensation from Germany http://www.thepetit ionsite.com/takeaction/444474096 When the Herero people of Namibia revolted against the confiscation of their land and cattle by German colonists more than 80,000 plus...
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The Dominican Republic's dark secret
RACISM AGAINST BLACK DOMINICANS HAS BECOME EPIDEMIC ON THE ISLAND By JULIO TAVAREZ August 8, 2007 -- When I read last week about the U.S. Embassy in the Dominican Republic censuring Loft, a nightclub in the Naco neighborhood of Santo Domingo, because...
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African Union Summit supports Zimbabwe's land reform programme
http://www.blackbritain.co.uk/news/details.aspx?i=2477&c=africa&h=AU+SUMMIT+REPORT%3a+Pan-African+coalition+rallies+support+for+Zimbabwe AU SUMMIT REPORT: Pan-African coalition rallies support for Zimbabwe 04/07/2007 Land issue will not be going away...
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Stop trying to 'save' Africa
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/13/AR2007071301714.html Stop Trying To 'Save' Africa By Uzodinma Iweala Sunday, July 15, 2007 Last fall, shortly after I returned from Nigeria, I was accosted by a perky blond college student...
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Des missiles antichar (la mort) pour la liberation des infirmières bulgares(la vie)
Qu'a vraiment promis la France à la Libye ? La polémique sur les contreparties qui auraient été consenties à Tripoli pour la libération des infirmières bulgares enfle. Le gouvernement parle de contrats privés, la gauche réclame une commission d'enquête...
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Al Sharpton challenges bling bling lifestyle of the entertainment industry
Rev. Sharpton backs idea on rap lyrics By CAROLYN THOMPSON, Associated Press The Rev. Al Sharpton, who has challenged the entertainment industry on denigrating lyrics, on Monday supported a state senator's idea to pull public investments from companies...
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African Canadians want pay, not plaques
’ They need to pay' Call for reparations in Canada being met with silence and refusal June 30, 2007 Royson James City columnist HALIFAX–Minutes before the official ceremony to unveil a new 24-foot steel and bronze sculpture in front of the North Memorial...
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Online mobilisation forces advertiser pull out from BET's racist series
"Mess" flap spurs advertisers to drop BET series http://www.reuters.com/article/industryNews/idUSN1030366320070710?pageNumber=2 By Andrew Wallenstein LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Mounting backlash against an upcoming BET series accused of trafficking...