UN protests Israeli killings of humanitarian workers
UNITED NATIONS (IPS)–The United Nations has protested the killings of five UN humanitarian workers by Israeli military forces this year. A UN spokesman...
Bush, Saddam Agree: War on Iraq is Inevitable!
Analysts: Latest Iraq weapons inspections a pretext for war Iraq beats deadline, U.S. continues to beat war drumsUNITED NATIONS(FinalCall.com)–Even as Iraq beat its deadline to...
Scandal in Puerto Rico
GINNEWS A highly regarded Reseacher accused of injecting patients with cancerNEW YORK (GIN)–The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) has commissioned an independent investigation into...
Africa: In the line of U.S. fire?
ASKIAMand Saeed Shabazz Is Africa next war on terror target?Bush dismisses Black America as he targets West African OilU.S. covets Africa's black goldSouth Africa wants...
Western powers shun follow-up racism meeting
GENEVA (IPS)–The United Nations Working Group on People of African Descent began late November sessions without the participation of the big powers,...
Heroin, ecstasy, tobacco use growing among Caribbean youth, expert warns
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica (IPS)–Drugs like heroin and ecstasy have begun to show up throughout the Caribbean, said narcotics project director Ken-Garfield Douglas. "Heroin...
Western nations block access to medicine
GENEVA (IPS)–Negotiators at the World Trade Organization (WTO) failed Nov. 29 to reach an agreement to ensure poor countries access to essential...
Ecuador’s new leader vows to ‘govern for the poor’
QUITO (IPS)–The triumph of leftist former Colonel Lucio GutiŽrrez in a Nov. 24 runoff election in Ecuador has brought this Andean country’s...
No revolution in Iran, analysts say
DUBAI (IPS)–Iran is in the midst of its worst political crisis since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, but forecasts of another revolution stemming...
South African singer gets honorary Ph.D.
Miriam Makeba (All Music Guide) Even though Miriam "Mama Africa" Makeba admits, "I never saw the door of a university," she now holds...