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08/31/2005:

"Tanzanian Leader Calls for Joint Efforts for Return of African Relics"

Uganda Biggest Exporter of Organic Products in Africa
UGANDA has the biggest number of organic farmers in Africa, a report released by Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment, has said. According to the report, the number of organic farmers has increased by 38%, from 28,000 in 2002 to 39,600 by the end of 2004.

Tanzanian Leader Calls for Joint Efforts for Return of African Relics
Tanzanian President Benjamin William Mkapa expressed his happiness over the return of the Axum Obelisk as it will pave way for the return of other African historical relics.

Sudan persists in investigation of US bombardment of phamaceutical factory
Sudan said it persists in its demand for a mission to be sent by the UN Security Council to investigate the American allegations, which it said, led US to the bombardment of Alshifa Pharmaceutical Factory seven years ago, the Sudanese Embassy in Addis Ababa said.

Ijaw Threatens Foreign Firms Over Oil Blocs
A coalition of Ijaw civil society and youth groups yesterday threatened to mobilise forces to prevent Chinese and Korean petroleum companies from drilling oil in the Niger Delta area because they "have been given right of first refusal by the government over some oil blocs located in the Niger Delta."

Zimbabwe: Community-Based Counsellors Are Making a Difference
In an attempt to reduce the psychosocial impact of the AIDS epidemic, Zimbabwean communities have started an innovative community-based counselling initiative across the country.

White People's Burden
The United States is a white country. By that I don't just mean that the majority of its citizens are white, though they are (for now but not forever). What makes the United States white is not the fact that most Americans are white but the assumption -- especially by people with power -- that American equals white. Those people don't say it outright. It comes out in subtle ways. Or, sometimes, in ways not so subtle.

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Palestinian Authority's US Assets Are Frozen

Why Do Israelis Keep Posing as Arab Terrorists?

Bolivia Election Recalls Cold War Divide

Release of 5 Cuban Agents in U.S. Sought

7,000 coal mines to close in crackdown