"Alito Sees No Wrong in All-White Juries"

Alito Sees No Wrong in All-White Juries
One of the most persistent and contentious issues that the U.S. Supreme Court repeatedly has had to deal with is the issue of blacks being tried by all-white juries in death penalty cases. In every case that has wound its way up to the high court, the black defendant has been convicted and sentenced to death, and has appealed that conviction. In the past two years, the high court ruled twice that Dallas, Texas prosecutors deliberately bumped blacks from a jury panel in the trial of Texas death row inmate Thomas Miller-El.

Riots Spread Into Rebellion
Rioting by immigrant youth around Paris has begun to take the shape of a nationwide rebellion against racial and social segregation, and repressive police action. Over the weekend gangs comprising youth mostly from the Maghreb countries and sub- Saharan Africa set fire to more than a thousand vehicles, several supermarkets, and public buildings including schools and sport facilities

Ethiopia-Eritrea tension may turn to war - AU
African Union (AU) urged former foes Ethiopia and Eritrea on Friday to exercise restraint following military movements near their disputed border, saying tensions created by the manoeuvres could escalate into war.

Ethnic riots in France
Fears grow in Western Europe that the violence in French cities will spread across the continent but the political leaders in Paris have failed to come up with a common answer to the trouble. Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy shows a tougher stand against what he called "hoodlums" than his major rival for the 2007 presidential election, Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, who has more understanding of the woes of the rioters. Extreme rightist Jean-Marie Le Pen finds the situation a good opportunity to sell his anti-immigration, law-and-order reform.

Chirac vows arrests and punishment for rioters

U.S. EXTENDS SANCTIONS ON SUDAN
The United States has extended sanctions against Sudan, deemed a sponsor of terrorism. The Bush administration has extended terrorist sanctions on Sudan in a move that prevents U.S. arms sales to Khartoum. Khartoum first came under U.S. sanctions in 1997.

Addis Ababa still tense after protests
Businesses and schools in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, remained closed on Monday and public transport was at a virtual standstill as workers shied away from the city in the aftermath of last week's clashes that killed at least 40.

African Immigrants in Spain Scraping By
The luckier ones sleep in crowded apartments or shelters and do construction work, dodging inspectors or using a friend's papers. The less fortunate live in parks and hand out fliers, toiling for a pittance. They are Africans in limbo, scraping by in a country that does not want them but cannot expel them. And this tough life is their prize after long, dangerous journeys from destitute homelands that won't take them back.

Congo opposition may vote in poll
The main opposition party in Democratic Republic of Congo has announced for the first time the possibility of participating in next years elections as the central African nation recovers from a five-year civil war.

U.S. Should Repay Millions to Iraq, a U.N. Audit Finds

Leaders Agree to Disagree on FTAA

Cruise ship outruns pirates on high seas

Economics Nobel Prize winners see War as a Game

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Venezuela Might Send U.S. Fighter Jets to China or Cuba

New Historical Data on the Seas Spells Alarm

We Americans are like recovering addicts after a four-year bender
Bush made his white constituency feel good about themselves, but no longer.

Fallujah - The Hidden Massacre (Video)
Veteran admits: Bodies melted away before us.

French integration model fails, no back-up in sight

Mayor: Sever Thumbs of Graffiti Artists

Russian Company to Build Two Billion Dollar Oil Refinery in Syria