"Seeing Ourselves Through Our Own Black Eyes"

Seeing Ourselves Through Our Own Black Eyes
In the aftermath of the storm and the government/media crimes committed against black people in and around New Orleans, the necessary next step is to transform our excruciating sadness and our fierce rage into collective action. In addition to the common color hatred we face, we descendants of Africans enslaved in the Americas share a common history of very real power.

Voodoo practitioners scatter after Katrina
Voodoo has long been entrenched in New Orleans, quietly practiced in homes with altars, candles and incense to solve problems of the heart and wallet. Before the storm tore through, about 15 percent of the city's population actively practiced, according to Lisa Fannon, a tour guide, though estimates vary widely.

Zimbabwe: Annan is being misled
The Zimbabwe government says UN Secretary General Kofi Annan does not have a "factual position" on the country and is being misled by people in his office, a government spokesperson told the state-controlled Herald newspaper on Thursday.

Standoff on Ethiopia, Eritrea border
Senior UN diplomats expressed mounting alarm on Wednesday about the risk of war between Eritrea and Ethiopia after reports of troop movements along the tense border between the two Horn of Africa neighbours.

Hutu rebels routed from DRC national park
Hundreds of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) soldiers and United Nations (UN) peacekeepers have routed dozens of Rwandan Hutu rebels and local militiamen from Virunga National Park, a high-ranking colonel said on Wednesday.

Sudan arrests Chadian mutineers in Darfur
Sudan has arrested and disarmed more than 20 Chadian army defectors near the common border after a September mutiny in the east of the country, said an official on Wednesday.

France punishes generals over death in Ivory Coast
Two senior French generals have been reprimanded and relieved of their command after the defence ministry concluded that they failed to report to their superiors the suffocation of an Ivory Coast man by three French peacekeepers. The troops will face a criminal investigation by civilian prosecutors after an internal defence ministry report.

Hemorrhagic fever kills 52 in Sudan
Fifty two people have died of hemorrhagic fever in South Kordofan State in central Sudan. The deaths are out of a total of 176 cases observed up to yesterday in all parts of the state, excluding the south eastern areas.

“Bush - Nazi Dealings Continued Until 1951” - Federal Documents

The Security Council Resolution on Syria is a pretext for the bombing and occupation of Syria

Our Greatest Criminals Are Never Charged With Their Greatest Crimes

Sea windmills could blunt eyesore criticisms

Palestinians 'terrorised' by sonic boom flights

America's Double Standard on Terrorism

Amnesty International on terror laws: Dangerous. Ill-conceived. An assault on human rights

Mexico Defies Washington on ICC

Howard students protest first lady's visit

Solved: the mysteries of the black hole

Flip side to US transition plan for Cuba:
The World Prepares for US Without Bush

Chavez accuses Colombia of coup conspiracy