Archive for the ‘indigenous’ Category

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

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 ...

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

Inteligenta Indiĝena Indigenismo Novaĵoservo: Anti-Syrian official killed in blast near Beirut - I

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

A powerful bomb killed a pro-government Parliament member and four others Wednesday in a Christian suburb east of the Lebanese capital, security officials said.Read the full story

‘Aids drugs’ flood black market: Africa: Zimbabwe: News24

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007

Harare - Aids drugs - some of them contaminated, diluted or faked - are being sold at flea markets and hairdressing salons in the face of growing shortages in clinics linked to Zimbabwe's economic crisis, says the health ministry.Read the full story

Inteligenta Indiĝena Indigenismo Novaĵoservo: allAfrica.com: Faulty Zalatex Condoms Recalled (Pag

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

"The health department yesterday recalled all condoms supplied by Zalatex, after concerns about the quality of its products. Zalatex supplies condoms produced by Latex Surgical Products (LSP), and was alleged to have bribed an official at the South African Bureau of Standards to approve condoms that had failed to meet ...

BRAZIL: Controversial Bill to Sterilise Younger Women

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

BRAZIL: Controversial Bill to Sterilise Younger Women RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 22 (IPS) - A draft law to reduce the minimum age for women to undergo voluntary sterilisation in Brazil’s public hospitals from 25 to 18 is vigorously opposed by the government.Read the full story

Arafat died of AIDS, confirms Palestinian leader

Wednesday, July 18th, 2007

Arafat died of AIDS, confirms Palestinian leader: "A leading Palestinian “resistance” figure has confirmed what many suspected all along: Yasser Arafat died of AIDS.Read the full story

UPDATED: International Day of Action: Stop the Genocide on Stolen Aboriginal Land

Thursday, July 12th, 2007

A mass rally will be held in Melbourne on Saturday 14 July, 12:30 pm, as part of an International Day of Action in opposition to the government's escalation of attacks on Indigenous communities and the denial of justice for Mulrunji and other Indigenous people who have been killed in police ...

Native Elder/Activist Passes On…

Wednesday, July 11th, 2007

July 10, 2007 (Turtle Island). Corbin Harney Spiritual Leader of the Western Shoshone Nation crossed over at 11:00 a.m. this morning in a house on a sacred mountain near Santa Rosa, CA (Turtle Island). He had dedicated his life to fighting the nuclear testing and dumping.Read the full story