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Respected African writer wins Booker Prize
Achebe wins Booker Prize for fiction By THOMAS WAGNER, Associated Press Writer Wed Jun 13, 8:47 AM ET Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe won the 2007 Man Booker International Prize for fiction Wednesday, beating such celebrated nominees as Philip Roth, Margaret...
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When doctors strike, fewer people die
Ode Issue 999 When doctors strike, fewer people die. In 1973 doctors in Israel staged a month-long strike and during that month, mortality fell by 50 percent. A couple of years later, a two-month work stoppage by doctors in the Columbian capital of Bogotá...
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On the origins of corruption in Nigeria
http://www.ekosso.com/2007/08/colonial-histor.html#more A Squalid End to Empire: British Retreat from Africa Colonial history, seen from the side of the colonists, can be summarised as follows: I came, I saw, I conquered. Then I lied about it. The BBC...
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Book drive for Barbados
GAC-Canada Children Book Drive for Barbados: GAC Canada is collecting Children books in support of Barbados -Clement Payne Cultural Centre - Please Support GAC-Canada’s effort to help children of parents in Barbados who cannot afford books and other educational...
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G8 continues making false promises to Africa
AFRICA : G8 Has Yet to Deliver on Aid Promises - World Bank Kester Kenn Klomegah MOSCOW, Jun 8 (IPS) - The industrialised nations of the Group of Eight are failing on the promises made in their previous summits to help Africa's economic development and...
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Western pharmaceutical company kills African children again
Nigeria files criminal charges against Pfizer over clinical trial Joe Stephens, Washington Post Wednesday, May 30, 2007 Washington -- Officials in Nigeria have brought criminal charges against pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. for the company's alleged...
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John Garang was assassinated, says widow
Sudan: Garang Was Assassinated, Says Widow New Vision (Kampala) 18 June 2007 Posted to the web 19 June 2007 Felix Osike and Reuben Olita Kampala THE death of Sudan's First Vice President, Dr John Garang de Mabior in July 2005 in a plane crash took a new...
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Le Klu Klax klan s'implante tranquillement en Europe
Dimanche 03 Juin 2007 LE KU KUX KLAN REVIENT AUX SOURCES ! En perte de vitesse aux USA, il semble que l'organisation sectaire et raciste soit sur le point de réussir son "implantation" en Europe. En quelque sorte, c'est un retour à l'envoyeur, sachant...
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Classe diregeante mondiale: Millardaires et comment ils y sont parvenus
PDD = Privatiser, Déréguler, et Dénationaliser, ou la Fabrique d'une poignée de milliardaires qui dirigent le monde et s'enrichissent sur le dos de milliards de pauvres qui ne cessent de sombrer dans la misère. Véritables pilleurs de la richesse des peuples...
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Slavery alive and well in Mauritania (voir version francaise)
L'esclavage continue en Mauritanié (titre francais sur notre site) Mauritania -- They Live In Slavery PART 1 Garba Diallo reports on the last country to abolish slavery. Shocking, incredible, but true 1996 Don’t worry; I am not planning to kidnap you...
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Le tri des étrangers en France
Le tri des étrangers http://www.gisti.org/spip.php?article946 Quand, en 2006, à l’occasion de la réforme de la politique française d’immigration, le ministre de l’intérieur Nicolas Sarkozy s’est fait le chantre des notions d’« immigration choisie » et...
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Democrats admit racial unity still a pipe dream in USA
Dems say march to racial unity not over By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press A historically diverse field of Democratic presidential candidates — a woman, a black, an Hispanic and five whites — denounced an hours-old Supreme Court affirmative action ruling...
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Ousmane Sembene becomes an ancestor
http://blackstarnews.com/?c=135&a=3406 Mourning Peerless Film Giant By Sifelani Tsiko June 11th, 2007 Death Of A Peerless Film Legend Ousmane Sembene who died this past weekend was a rare breed of African artist--of the emerging days of African independence...
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Superpowers only have war to offer humanity
Global military spending hits $1.2 trillion: study Mon Jun 11, 11:13 AM ET Global military spending rose 3.5 percent last year to $1.2 trillion as U.S. costs for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan mounted, a European research body said on Monday in an...
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Slaveholders, not slaves, compensated for slavery
Evangelicals Support CARICOM Stance on Reparations for Slavery BRIDGETOWN - The Executive Committee of the Evangelical Association of the Caribbean (EAC) endorses the call from Caribbean Heads of Governments for the payment of reparations for the brutal...
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Poverty or unbridled capitalism?
Global woes: Poverty or un-bridled capitalism Ochieng M. Khairallah (2007-06-07) Ochieng M. Khairallah argues that the trend in Kenya and elsewhere to criminalise the poor will lead to the systematic eradication of the poor, if the causes of poverty are...
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Real reasons behind the abolition of the slave trade
http://www.pambazuk a.org/en/category/features/41131 The wider historical context of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade Hakim Adi (2007-05-02) Trade in African slaves underpinned the British economy in the 18th century: the rich and powerful,...
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Nigeria upgrades its charges against drug maker Pfizer
Nigeria Files New Pfizer Suit Fraud Added To Allegations Against U.S. Drug Maker Associated Press July 21, 2007 ABUJA, Nigeria - Government lawyers filed a new $7 billion civil lawsuit Friday against Pfizer Inc., adding a more serious fraud charge to...
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Guyana must commemorate heros of the Demarara Slave revolt
http://www.landofsixpeoples.com/news403/ns4081250.htm http://www.guyana.org/features/guyanastory/chapter43.html On August 1, 2007, numerous Guyanese will participate in ceremonies marking the 169th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in Guyana. However,...
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Dissident doctors speak out about the myth of aids
Dr Charles Geshekter (speaking about the myth of aids in Africa) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qUBagW-xWs Dr David Crowe (speaking about the myth of aids) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sO9pFFanbCQ Thank goodness doctors are speaking out about the...
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Africans must control lion's share of diamond industry
Diamonds: Africa must get lion's share Posted: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 By Isdore Guvamombe The Herald RECENTLY, diamond producing countries, mainly in Sadc, met in Luanda, Angola, under the auspices of the newly-formed African Diamond Producers' Association...
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une marche pour l'etudiante egorgeé
A DIFFUSER... La famille et les amis d’Ange Nujeni, cette étudiante lyonnaise morte mystérieusement dans le TGV Lyon-Genève jeudi dernier, organisent samedi prochain une marche en sa mémoire. Ils partiront à 14h de l’Université Lyon II quai Claude Bernard,...
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Non-African troops not required in Darfur, says AU
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/12/africa/AF-GEN-Sudan-Darfur-Peacekeeping.php AU chief says non-African troops not required for Darfur peacekeeping force The Associated Press Published: August 12, 2007 KHARTOUM, Sudan: The head of the African...
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Les accords Nord-Sud suscitent la grogne des paysans Africains
APE - Jusqu'où résistera la société civile ? Le Pays (Ouagadougou) ACTUALITÉS 1 Août 2007 Par la force de mobilisation des organisations de la société civile africaine, les Accords de partenariat économique sont en passe de devenir l'un des processus...
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Lemon grass:antidote to malaria
Lemon grass, antidote to malaria, typhoid, pains Muda Oyeniran, Lagos Before the advent of orthodox medicine in the treatment of malaria, typhoid fever and other ailments, the traditional African society had devised various means of combating such ailments....