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Corporate plunder in the name of patriotism

WASHINGTON (IPS)–Major U.S. corporations are profiting far too much from the wave of patriotism that has swept the country since the Sept....

White right-wingers blamed for bombings

We Will Bring Them to Justice, Says CabinetRightwing threatens Xmas terror campaign (IRIN) JOHANNESBURG (IPS)–Despite some unease, South Africans remained undisturbed by nine bomb...

UK official: Pay Zimbabwe for land reform

GINNEWS HARARE (GIN)–The British official who chaired Zimbabwe’s independence process has called on the UK government to meet its promises in helping pay for land...

Warring parties to share power in Congo

JOHANNESBURG (IPS)–On paper, the chances of an end to the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have never been so...

New immigration laws worry experts

PARIS (IPS)–Setting out new rights for minorities is a dance of half a step forward and two steps back, say human rights...

Zambia continues to reject genetically modified maize

LUSAKA, Zambia (PANA)–Zambia’s Agriculture Minister Mundia Sikatana recently reiterated his government’s rejection of genetically modified (GM) maize due to the existing scientific uncertainty...

Muslims avoid hearsay in Indonesia bombings

JAKARTA (IPS)–Salim Umar, a Muslim preacher in Bandung, says the Bali bombings are "not a religious matter at all," so he did...

Journalists see Zimbabwe’s land crisis up close

Doctors: Will of Zimbabweans can conquer AIDS, food problemsMugabe: Zimbabwe will not be a colony againAre White Farmers reaping what they have sown?MDC...

Doctors: Will of Zimbabweans can conquer AIDS, food problems

Mugabe: Zimbabwe will not be a colony againAre White Farmers reaping what they have sown?MDC says it has a better wayVisit to war...

Security Council may reach agreement on Iraq resolution

UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) –The United States and France are close to a compromise draft resolution that would set new guidelines for United Nations inspectors...