"Former coup leader wins Central Africa poll"

UN Secretary-General's Message On Africa Day
The African Union continues to strengthen its institutions for conflict prevention, resolution and management. The process of democratic consolidation continues to gain impetus, with many countries achieving successful transfers of power through open electoral processes.

North Africa summit cancelled over Algeria-Morocco row
A key regional summit of the five-nation Arab Maghreb Union has been postponed indefinitely because of a three-decade dispute between regional heavyweights Morocco and Algeria, officials said Tuesday.

Blair dash to shore up Africa plan
Tony Blair is to undertake a whirlwind tour of world leaders in the face of mounting evidence that his ambitious agenda for his G8 presidency on climate change and poverty in Africa is crumbling due to US opposition.

Former coup leader wins Central Africa poll

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Incumbent wins presidency
Francois Bozize, the incumbent leader of the Central African Republic (CAR), who came into power through a coup in 2003, was on Tuesday declared the winner of the country's presidential elections.

Nigeria Faces UN Sanction Over Charles Taylor
The chief prosecutor of Sierra Leone's War Crimes Tribunal, said Nigeria will face sanction if it disobeys the United Nation's Security Council to hand over Liberia's exiled former leader, Charles Taylor, to face trial.

N. Ireland Reports Rise in Racist Crimes

By force or choice, Uzbeks return home

Danger of new adventures as U.S. losing grip on world events
Of course, U.S. imperialism has been an empire at least since it took over Hawaii and Samoa at the end of the 19th century—even before the war of 1898 when it conquered Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philippines.

The spectre of extinction: Indian vulture population crashes
The great Indian vulture crash was a complete mystery at first; enormous though it was, there was no discernible cause - just as there is still no discernible cause for the disappearance of the house sparrow from the streets of London. Last year, however, the mystery was dramatically solved: the culprit was found to be not a virus at all, but a veterinary product, a painkilling drug given to cattle, diclofenac. Scientists found that the drug, which was harmless to humans and to cattle themselves, was highly toxic to vultures of the genus Gyps. (The white-backed vulture is Gyps bengalensis, the long-billed vulture Gyps indicus, and the slender-billed vulture, Gyps tenuirostris.)

Tabloid says it paid U.S. official for Saddam Hussein photos
The U.S. military condemned the publication Friday of photographs showing an imprisoned Saddam Hussein naked except for his white underwear, and ordered an investigation of how the pictures were leaked to a tabloid. Some Iraqis expressed anger, but President Bush said he did not think the images would incite further anti-American sentiment.

The Unnoticed Death of Amada Saria

Blaming the Little Guy for History's Big Crimes

UK botanists harvest Zulu cures to fight Aids-related infections

The pipeline that will change the world
It is 42 inches wide, 1,090 miles long and is intended to save the West from relying on Middle Eastern oil. Nothing has been allowed to stand in its way - and it finally opens today.