"U.S. army trains Africans to fight 'terrorists'"

U.S. army trains Africans to fight desert militants
DAKAR – One thousand military experts from the United States are training soldiers from nine West African countries as U.S. fears grow that an Algerian militant group allied to al Qaeda is broadening its base in the region.

The U.S. has always trained Africans to kill each other so the U.S. can exploit Africa's resources, so what's new.

Crumbs for Africa
President George W. Bush kept a remarkably straight face Tuesday when he strode to the microphones with Britain's prime minister, Tony Blair, and told the world that the United States will now get around to spending $674 million in emergency aid that Congress had already approved for needy countries. That's it. Not a penny more to buy treated mosquito nets to help save the thousands of children in Sierra Leone who die every year of preventable malaria. Nothing more to train and pay teachers so 11-year-old girls in Kenya may go to school. And not a cent more to help Ghana develop the kind of programs it needs to get legions of young boys off the streets.

Pope calls for chastity in Africa
Chastity and fidelity are the only "fail-safe' practical ways to prevent the spread of Aids in Africa, according to Pope Benedict XVI.

S. Africa names first black chief justice
A former shirt factory worker was handed the chief justice's robes Friday at a ceremony marking the appointment of the first black South African to head a court system assailed by allegations of racism.

When it comes to Africa, Bush has more on his mind than aid
For the United States, the balance sheet of what comes out of Africa far outweighs what goes back in. Oil, raw materials and the expansion of the free market are the principal reasons the US engages in Africa, anything else is pretty much incidental.

Reparations and not Aid is what Africa should get.

Desertions blow hits Afghan army
Hundreds of soldiers have deserted the Afghan National Army complaining of poor conditions and fierce resistance from the Taleban, US officials say.

'Good and honest' Iraqis fighting US forces
A senior US military chief has admitted "good, honest" Iraqis are fighting American forces.

New Tack Against Illegal Immigrants: Trespassing Charges
NEW IPSWICH, N.H. -- The police chief of this tiny whitewashed New England town has crafted his own border-control policy -- he has charged illegal immigrants from Mexico with trespassing in New Hampshire.

Israel Warned It Could Provoke Third Intifada
A key Palestinian cabinet minister has claimed that Israel's refusal to give detailed answers on Gaza disengagement was threatening to make the planned withdrawal a "failure" and pave the way to a third Palestinian uprising.

The GOP's Poverty Gambit
THE POVERTY pimps ripped us off again. We are not talking about those folks, real or trumped up, who are vilified by conservative politicians for running off with federal dollars for poverty programs. They are almost out of business. There are hardly any federal poverty dollars left to plunder.

A Day in Mississippi
Every time I travel to Mississippi from Georgia I'm confronted with a flood of memories. Friends occasionally remind me that Mississippi is no different than any other state in the "deep" south and, on the whole, I know that's true. Yet, for me, Mississippi invariably rises to the top as the epitome of racial injustice, intolerance, bigotry, economic exploitation and, in spite of all, contradictions. Perhaps this is because its history of oppression is so conspicuous. Mississippi folks concerned about oppression have always challenged it, however. They simply never give up.

Anti-Sweatshop Activist and Chief Nicaragua Negotiator
on CAFTA Debate Central America Free Trade

How Schools Cheat
From underreporting violence to inflating graduation rates to fudging testscores, educators are lying to the American public.

Photo Essay - Faces of Fallujah

In July 2002, Bush Illegally Shifted $700 Million to Begin War on Iraq