"France in new crackdown on immigrants"

Countries Could Sue EU, U.S. Over Subsidies
Several countries could bring multiple cases against rich countries that subsidize farm products illegally and win, says a report by global development, advocacy and relief organisation Oxfam International.

Hampton University Students Face Expulsion for Anti-Bush and Iraq War Protest
The American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia today sent a letter asking Hampton University officials to refrain from punishing seven students accused of violating school policies by distributing leaflets on campus. The letter recommends that the university revise its rules governing demonstrations and distribution of literature in order to ensure student free speech rights on campus.

France in new crackdown on immigrants
AFRICANS ARE being targeted in a new French government crackdown on immigration in the wake of recent riots. Riots engulfed many French inner city estates. Some 25,000 illegal immigrants, largely drawn from Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria and from sub-Saharan Africa, face expulsion over the next year.

GABON: Police clash with protesters in wake of Bongo re-election
Residents of the Gabonese capital, Libreville, awoke to a city teeming with security forces on Friday, one day after police clashed with crowds protesting the election that put Africa’s longest-serving leader in power for another seven years.

MDC Banishes 'Rebels'
THE Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) national council yesterday passed a vote of no confidence in executive members of the pro-senate faction, barring them from carrying out party functions until the party congress next year.

Blair faces allegations of complicity in torture

Death By Torture: US Media Ignores Hard Evidence

How Europe Is Choking Itself - And The World

Energy exports to US enter Canada campaign fight

Chavez calls watchdog group a top enemy

Three Injured by Blasts in Venezuela

Vatican theologians study issue of limbo

Analysis casts doubt on Vietnam war claims

12,000 Panamanians per year to receive sight operations in Cuba

'Iraqis want Saddam to run for election'

Iraq War: Faking the news

U.S. Is Said to Pay to Plant Articles in Iraq Papers