Archive for the ‘colonialism’ Category

Lebanon on brink of civil war

Friday, May 9th, 2008

Lebanon stands on the brink of all-out civil war. A general strike by the leading trade union to protest rising prices and demand an increase in the minimum wage has led to armed conflict between the pro-Western Sunni and Druze-based government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and the Shia-based Hezbollah ...

Ayoreo Indian dies after first contact

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

A Paraguayan Indian, who lived without contact with the outside world until 1998, has died of tuberculosis. Survival International has called his life, 'a symbol of the fate of indigenous people in the Americas since Columbus'.Read the full story

Hawiians occupy Iolani Palace

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

Around Seventy members and supporters from the "the Hawaiian Kingdom Government" occupied the grounds of Iolani Palace on Wednesday, saying the grounds are the property of the "Hawaiian Kingdom." They locked all the gates and barred government workers and the public from entering the area.Read the full story

Congress subpoenas Cheney’s chief of staff on torture

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) today issued a subpoena to David Addington, Chief of Staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, compelling him to testify before the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties on June 26 for any knowledge of harsh interrogation techniques employed at Guantanamo ...

Mayor rules out Cherbourg contraceptive implants

Monday, April 21st, 2008

The Cherbourg Aboriginal Council has met the town s health service providers to confirm no young girls are receiving contraceptive implants. Last week, reports emerged that girls as young as 12, some with disabilities, were being given contraceptive implants in the Indigenous community of Woorabinda west of Rockhampton.Read the ...

Military veterans to deliver citizen arrest warrants for Bush and Cheney

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Backed by family members and supporters all across the nation, U.S. military veterans will serve citizen arrest warrants for George Bush and Dick Cheney tomorrow in Washington, D.C.Read the full story

Press TV - Bush plot to oust Hamas exposed

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

US President George W. Bush is said to have embarked on a secret project for the armed overthrow of the Hamas government in Gaza. Read the full story

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Thursday, February 21st, 2008

BELGRADE (AFP) - Rioters set fire to the US embassy in Belgrade on Thursday, before fighting Serbian police in pitched battles and looting shops, after an earlier huge but peaceful rally against Kosovo independence.Read the full story

Fidel Castro to step down as Cuba’s leader - Los Angeles Times

Monday, February 18th, 2008

Cuban leader Fidel Castro told compatriots early today that he would not accept another term as president, throwing open the Communist-ruled island's leadership for the first time in nearly 50 years.Read the full story

Judge: Saudi threats apparently ‘rolled over’ British government

Saturday, February 16th, 2008

The British government appeared to have "rolled over" in response to pressure from Saudi Arabia to drop an investigation into alleged bribery in an arms deal with BAE Systems PLC, a High Court judge said Thursday.Read the full story