LAST CZAR.........

" Moscow, Oct 04: A Russian Supreme Court appeals panel on Saturday declared the last Czar and his murdered family to be victims of political repression, a decision that helps Russia move toward closing a chapter in its tortured history. The decision ends years of efforts by...

Church to make posthumous apology to Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin created a big controversy with his evolutionary theory and powerful church leaders castigated him. Now after 126 long years Church of England has realised their mistake and agreed to issue an an apology. Darwin in his theory had said that man descended from the...

The Chronicle Of Tengger

"The history : Tenggerese live around Bromo Mountain, East Java. They are the descendants of the Majapahit princes. Most of the entire population is centered in thirty villages in the isolated Tengger mountains...

DNA links 17 people to B.C. Ancient Iceman

In 1999 an Ancient Iceman found entombed in a BC Glacier for Centuries has direct links to the First Nations Wolf Clan through the marvel of DNA Technology."DNA links at least 17 people to B.C. icemanRelated to...

Descendants of Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse break away from US

""We are no longer citizens of the United States of America and all those who live in the five-state area that encompasses our country are free to join us," long-time Indian rights activist Russell Means told a handful of reporters and a delegation from the Bolivian embassy,...

Once-puritan South Africa holds its first sex fair

When I lived in South Africa Playboy was illegal.  It seems the country has now found its mojo:"JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africans queued to learn about sex toys and pole-dancing this weekend, at the first sex fair ever held in a country founded by conservative...

Cherokee Nation faulted for ousting Freedmen

"Indianz.Com > News > Cherokee Nation faulted for ousting Freedmen A former leader of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma faulted his tribe on Friday for ousting the descendants of former African slaves. Former...

Cherokees flee the moral high ground over Freedmen

This is an excellent piece by Robert Warrior on the issue of the Freedmen and their ejection from the "official" Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma.For those not aware of the issue, The Cherokee nation, an Aboriginal...

Italy celebrates 62nd anniversary of liberation from fascism

Yesterday was the 62nd time Italians celebrated their freedom from brutal fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. The national holiday is often greeted with a mixture of festivities and protest of current regimes...

Protein from T.rex's leg bone shows link to chicken

"Researchers have decoded proteins from a 68 million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex, the oldest such material ever found. The unprecedented step, once thought impossible, adds new weight to the idea that today's birds...

Viking descendants defend their town against Muslim encroachment

Viking descendants defend their town against Muslim encroachment

Unauthorized Migrants -- Numbers and Characteristics

Pew Hispanic Center  [report in PDF]

Border Battles -- The U.S. Immigration Debates

"...the positions taken by advocates and the policies proposed by politicians have recently become more contentious and extreme..."

Ghana's Culture - Rooted in Ancient Akan Society

"Akan, a "pure" heritage, is one of the most ancient cultures in Africa. These African people live predominately in the countries of Ghana and Ivory Coast with many descendants now living in Europe and the USA. Before the 13th century, the Akan peoples (ancestors of the...

Word Games -- *Undocumented Immigrants* or *Illegal Aliens*?

"Those who have jumped the fence into America in order to avoid our immigration checks are not immigrants.  Rather, they are illegal aliens, with no claim whatsoever to the welcome mat extended to legal immigrants."

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