Natives in no hurry

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorFirst Nations Human Rights are a double edged sword, on one hand Women hold a positon of power and respect when they become elders and can even be voted as a Chief, a...

Executive Order: Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who Threaten Stabilizat...

This needs no further commentary.  - The Angryindian----------------------------------------------------------"By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States...

R.E.M. Invites Fans to Document Dublin Shows

Prior to playing a week of shows at Dublin's Olympia Theatre, R.E.M. decided that they wanted their fans to be able to track and cover the shows via a Web 2.0 format. The resulting site, R.E.M. Dublin, is a...

Warning, hardcore politcal statement! Please read til the end

"I know there are atrocities committed against our fellow humans everyday. Genocide, ethnic cleansing, colonisation of what is perceived as weaker races needing to be saved from themselves...whatever you want to...

Abbas dissolves Palestinian government

This commentary was originally published in IntelligentaIndigena Novajoservo: Blissful Arrogance: The exploitation of the legacy of the European Holocaust and what it means for Jews as well as Arabs in Occupied Palestine 6.15.2007 "Israel, like South Africa, is an...

Abbas Dissolves PA Gov't, State of Emergency Declared

Intense fighting in Gaza, which is now spreading to the West Bank, has forced Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas to declare a state of emergency in the Palestinian Territories and dissolve the government.The fighting between Hamas and Fatah has reached a new level...

Iraqi Marxist Insurgent Group Declared- Shades of Che Guevera

"Iraqi Marxist Insurgent Group Declared By ZEYAD KASIM 05/15/2007 03:22 AM ET An unknown left-wing group calling itself the Iraqi Armed Revolutionary Resistance distributed leaflets in the Mid-Euphrates area around Najaf, Hilla and Karbala calling for “resistance against...

Rebuilt Iraq Projects Found Crumbling

"In a troubling sign for the American-financed rebuilding program in Iraq, inspectors for a federal oversight agency have found that in a sampling of eight projects that the United States had declared successes, seven were no longer operating as designed because of plumbing...

Oil prices rise on Nigerian fears

"Global oil prices have risen on the back of violence and political turmoil in Nigeria, the world's eighth largest crude exporter. With militant attacks shutting down a fifth of Nigeria's oil production, London's...

Nigerian Opposition Points to Dirty Tricks on Eve of Poll

As twenty-five presidential hopefuls prepare for the big day, evidence is mounting of yet more irregularities in Nigeria's drawn-out poll. "Nigeria's opposition accused the government of detaining its activists and stuffing ballot boxes in the north on Friday, a day before a...

Organ Donor Mistakenly Declared Dead- Doc: "Pretty Spooky"

Yeah, I hate when that happens. You're a registered organ donor, and some goofball doc says you're dead when you're really not, and you're like, "Dude, I'm still using that spleen!"But seriously, folks, is a nationwide organ shortage leading to trigger-happy doctors? "A man...

Masked Wrestler Runs for Governor in Japan

Hey, if Jesse Ventura could do it, why not Masanori Murakawa? Perhaps inadvertently, Murakawa-san raises an interesting point about physical identity's relationship (or lack thereof) with intention, as burqa and...

Nepal Paralysed, Nepalis Sick

Trust me, I'm tired of news from Nepal that always consist of strikes, bandhs, killings, fights and launching of new protests. For the past few days, I didn't browse a single news portal. May be that was also due...

Cyclones devastate African coastline

Cyclones Gamede and Favio both have both devastated the African coastline; Favio hit the shores of Southern Mozambique, which was already suffering the effects of massive flooding. Gamede, meanwhile, caused 140mph...

Join "Free Kareem Campaign"

“Free Kareem Campaign” has been launched to form pressure on the Egyptian government to release an Egyptian blogger who has been sentenced to four years in prison for the alleged crimes of “defaming the...

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