South Africa: Zimbabwe poll results reflect people’s will
President Kenneth Kaunda speaks to Black journalists (FCN, 11-18-2003)FinalCall.com Special Report on Zimbabwe (FCN, 11-05-2002) JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (PANA)–The South African government said recently that the outcome of the recent parliamentary elections in Zimbabwe was a credible reflection of the will of the people of Zimbabwe. In a statement issued after a meeting in Pretoria, the cabinet said it noted the...
Nation-building falters in troubled Afghanistan
WASHINGTON (IPS)–As U.S. officials promise to rebuild and democratize Iraq, the people of that country might wish to consider Afghanistan just a year after President George W. Bush compared U.S. intentions there to Washington's post-World War II Marshall Plan for Europe. It must come as a serious disappointment both to Afghans and to Mr. Bush when Ahmed Wali...
Cuba under fire, again
Bush's new ‘axis of evil'–Castro and Chavez (FCN, 04-12-2005)China's Report on Human Rights Violations in the US (People's Daily, 03-03-2005)Secret memo exposes U.S. Government hypocrisy on Cuba (Granma International, 03-16-1994) WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - Once again, the United States government is trying to condemn Cuba as being one of the worst human rights violators in the world. America is taking her...
Kofi Annan unveils his UN reform plan
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan Bio Sketch (UN)Lynch Mob's Real Target Is the U.N., Not Annan (Infowars.com) UNITED NATIONS - Observers are referring to the March 21 address by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the 191-member General Assembly as a call for action. Mr. Annan laid before the world body his plan for UN reform, ranging from investment in developing...
U.S. quietly bankrolls ‘pro-democracy’ groups in Egypt
US to fund "democracy" in Iran (Al Jazeera, 04-12-2005) NEW YORK (IPS/GIN) - President George Bush has granted one million dollars to six civil society groups in Egypt, including perhaps the most controversial in the country–the organization whose leader spent a year behind bars before being exonerated. The grants, which went totally unnoticed in the U.S. mainstream press, were announced...
Bush’s new ‘axis of evil’Castro and Chavez
JIM.LOBE Telesur, satellite TV channel aims to be Latin American voice (The Peninsula, 04-14-2005)Cuba demands U.S. Government response on harboring anti-Castro terrorist (04-12-2005, Gramma) WASHINGTON (IPS/GIN) - While President George Bush played nice with Mexican President Vicente Fox at the North American Summit in Texas, U.S. media attention was focused more on Pentagon chief Donald Rumsfeld's efforts to sound the...
Protesting spreads through Africa over India’s proposed law on drug patents
GINNEWS India/Africa: Threat to Generic Drugs (Africa Focus, 03-07-2005)Drug Patents Draw Scrutiny as Bush Goes to Africa (CorpWatch, 07-09-2003) (GIN) - Protestors in Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya and other countries are denouncing a move by India, a key producer and exporter of generic anti-retroviral drugs, to pass new legislation that could eventually force inexpensive AIDS drugs off the market. Protestors, in Uganda and...
Bolton’s nomination could signal return of ‘unipolarism’
JIM.LOBE John R. Bolton Profile (International Relations Center)Guidance to America and the World in a Time of Trouble (Min. Louis Farrakhan, 05-03-2004) WASHINGTON (IPS/GIN) - Many observers, both here and in European capitals, expected that President George Bush's second term would see a modest turn toward multilateralism and a new readiness to compromise on key issues with traditional U.S. allies. Today,...
6.4 Earthquake hits Iran, aid workers rush to help victims
UNNEWS Centre Race to reach Iran quake victims (BBC, 02-22-2005)Latest list of major worldwide earthquakes (USGS) United Nations agencies are organizing assessment missions to the area of central Iran where an earthquake killed and injured hundreds early today, and first staff reports said many villages had been destroyed, bad weather may impede aid efforts and immediate needs included tents, water and food. In...
Bush accused of attack on environmental laws
NEW YORK (IPS)–The Bush administration is intensifying its assault on key environmental protection, according to a new analysis by natural resource activists. The report, released by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), cites changes to the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act and the end to requirements for environmental review and public feedback when considering logging,...