Archive for the 'AFRICA' Category
California is in fiscal crisis and Governor Schwarzenegger has a radical plan to balance the budget by slashing government spending.
Fault Lines speaks to Ron Gochez, who teaches World History at Santee high school. A community organizer in South Central LA, he is a mentor to many of the high-school students organizing [...]
It may seem incongruous that in 2009, the U.S.A would have much competition from the Islamic republic of Iran for the hearts and minds of the Lebanese, a diverse 18 sect, highly sophisticated population, with a history of western attachments extending back before the Crusades.
Yet is appears to be the case, as the power [...]
Sources said two Ugandans slipped into a coma due to brutal assaults at the hands of foreign officers at Alasad Airbase after they queried terms of the contract.
Amid allegations that Ugandans working with the United States forces in Iraq are sexually abused and their contracts changed arbitrarily by the recruiting agencies, a compassionate senior US [...]
If you thought all contractors in Iraq were gun-toting American mercenaries, think again. Only a fraction of the estimated 180,000 contractors working on behalf of the U.S. government are security contractors — and the overwhelming majority aren’t even from the U.S.
Consider Salim Khan, a dishwasher at a forward operating base in the volatile Iraqi province [...]
American foreign policy is the direct cause of the humanitarian crisis in Somalia – the worst in all of Africa, according to United Nations officials. That’s why, until recent days, U.S. corporate media said little or nothing about the hundreds of thousands of Somalis – now numbering at least half a million – who face [...]
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