"Whites fear land grab"

IMF Seeks Details on $120 Million Zimbabwe Debt Payment
The International Monetary Fund is putting together a technical team to determine the precise origin of a $120 million payment that Zimbabwe made to the institution before a critical September 9 IMF board meeting.

Zimbabwe generates $120m from export, forex
Zimbabwe’s Central Bank said that it sourced a partial repayment to the IMF last month from export revenues and foreign exchange purchases and has not rejected a possible loan from South Africa.

Museveni signs 3rd term bill
PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has signed into law the Constitutional Amendment Bill, which among other things, has scrapped the presidential term limits, reports Felix

Homeless victims of South Africa's great eviction
A million black workers have been thrown off white-owned farms since apartheid. David Blair reports on the threat of a Zimbabwe-style backlash.

Bushmen in court after protest
More than 20 people including the leader of Botswana's San Bushmen have appeared in court after being arrested at the weekend for protesting their removal from the Kalahari game reserve.

SOUTH AFRICA-ZIMBABWE: Bailout talks to resume soon
Zimbabwean and South African officials are to meet in the next two weeks for further talks on the possibility of loan assistance, a government spokesman confirmed on Wednesday.

Whites fear land grab as black heirs win claim to family farm
WHITE South African farmers are watching with mounting unease as the Government finalises plans to take over a white-owned farm and hand the land to descendants of its original black owners.

New peace effort under way but Gbagbo refuses role for West Africa
As African leaders gear up for two successive summits to salvage peace efforts in Cote d'Ivoire, the country’s president Laurent Gbagbo has ruled out any mediation role for his fellow West African leaders.

Nigeria: Locusts destroy crops
Swarms of locusts have invaded fields and destroyed crops in northern Nigeria, officials said on Wednesday, just as the region was looking forward to a bumper harvest to head off fears of a food crisis.

Aussie mining firm's 'conflicting stories' on Congo bloodshed
PERTH-BASED mining company Anvil gave inconsistent accounts of its involvement in a murderous military crackdown in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to a UN report. The document, prepared by the UN peacekeeping mission in the Congo and obtained by The Australian, suggests that Anvil representatives provided contradictory statements about their role in the October 2004 uprising, which left more than 100 people dead.

Kenya launches new poaching crackdown to protect its wildlife
Kenya's largest national park, where man-eating lions are long gone but human killers still prowl, is to be provided with top-class equipment to help curb poaching, for decades a constant threat to the animals.

Iran: Watch our for the emerging rhetoric of pre-war fabrications that serve to legitimate violence at a later stage

Apartheid Justice in America

For the first time ever, Israel applies to UN Security Council

Armed dolphins let loose by Katrina

Venezuela Condemns U.S. Ruling

Cuba Presents Annual Report on US Blockade

US Blockade Causes Incalculable Damage to Cuba

The U.S. spends more money harassing Cuba than on combating terrorism

Iran hails Venezuela vote against IAEA resolution

Flashback: Journal axes gene research on Jews and Palestinians

After the Hurricane:
Where Have All the Prisoners Gone?
More Than 500 From New Orleans Jail Still Unaccounted For