Firm with licence to print Mugabe's money

" The Mugabe regime's final lifeline is a small Vienna-based software company that helps it to keep printing the money it relies on for its survival, The Independent can reveal. Jura JSP, an Austro-Hungarian...

Charges of Darfur genocide pose no threat to Sudanese leader's rule

Sudan's president has showed no signs of giving in to pressure today for his surrender for war crimes in Darfur. He has received a lot of support from the Arab and African world, so he's not ready to give in yet - or...

Eritrea: Isaias Afwerki on the Path to Chaos

"It is now official: the ruling regime has spilled Eritrean blood fighting all our neighbors: Yemen, Sudan, Ethiopia and Djibouti. In every case, the hot-headed and impulsive actions of the ruling regime harmed the interest of Eritrea and diminished its reputation. And in...

U.S. exports cigarettes, bras, bull semen to Iran

"WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. exports to Iran -- including brassieres, bull semen, cosmetics and possibly even weapons -- grew more than tenfold during President Bush's years in office even as he accused Iran of nuclear ambitions and helping terrorists. ...

Over 230 Louisiana Public officials Resign rather than disclose their finances

"As part of a new regime of financial disclosure laws implemented by Gov. Bobby Jindal and the Legislature, many state and local public officials in Louisiana will have to report certain financial and government contracting information next spring. Those who desired to avoid...

Vidal: Bush ended US as a republic

"Vidal: Bush ended US as a republic Press TV Saturday, June 28, 2008 Gore Vidal, US novelist, historian and social critic says the Bush regime has killed all of the constitutional links that made the US a republic. On...

WOMAN HAD CYST AS BIG AS A 2-YEAR-OLD TODDLER

This story shows how important it is to get down to the doctors when sudden change happens. Someone told me of a man with a cyst as 'big as a rabbit' which was a strange metaphor for size but perhaps not its shape...

Zimbabwe opposition rallies banned

Morgan Tsvangirai was stopped at two roadblocks while trying to campaign in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second largest city. "HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- Police briefly detained Zimbabwe's opposition presidential candidate Friday for the second time this week and told him the party's...

No Joke: Myanmar Cracks Down on Comics

" Myanmar's most popular comedian, known for his jibes against the military regime and recently for helping cyclone victims, has been taken from his home by police, family members said Thursday.Maung Thura — better...

Going to war with Iraq was wrong, Australian Prime Minister admits

Australia is the latest country to pull out of the the so-called "coalition of the willing" in Iraq. Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd has pulled out the country's 550 combat soldiers, saying that the previous...

Indonesia diplores extension of Aung San Suu Kyi`s house arrest

" Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda deplores the Myanmar`s military junta`s decision to extend the house arrest of their country`s pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, a foreign ministry spokesman said.Even though differences of view are okay, the (junta`s) decision runs...

Myanmar approves all pending visas for UN aid workers

Myanmar has made good on its pledge to Ban Ki Moon, and approved the visas for foreign aid works that it had been delaying on. However it is still unclear if they will accept aid from American and French military...

Canadian women asked to send panties to Myanmar embassy

Canadian women are being asked to send their panties to the Myanmar embassy in Ottawa in protest against the actions of the country's military regime.This is really odd if you ask me, but I hope it will be...

Insanity

OPINION: Many of us, in our darkest moments, have briefly considered it as a possibility, though the results of such a prospect are more terrifying than most care to dwell on, thus we put such thoughts aside...

Burma - The Irony of Destruction

A friend who knows that we've been financially supporting emergency relief efforts by the Free Burma Rangers (FBR) www.freeburmarangers.org to the 1 million internally displaced people (IDP's) in the eastern...

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