In Durham North Carolina, a scant three miles separate Duke from historically Black North Carolina Central University (NCCU), but the divide more resembles a canyon.

For over 25 years, Washington has enlisted the support of Colombia as its most important relationship in the increasingly bloody and costly anti-drug war being waged in Latin America.

Two pieces in The Washington Post in the past week - an article entitled "How AIDS in Africa was Overstated" (April 6) and an editorial on "Assessing AIDS" (April 10) - have disputed the accuracy of UNAIDS’ estimates of HIV/AIDS infection rates in Africa.

Thousands of people demonstrated in many towns across the country over the past six days. Throughout the weekend, pro-democracy demonstrators met with massive brutality by police forces with batons and clubs, rubber bullets and tear gas.

U.S. policymakers must be prepared to examine both the labor practices of U.S. corporations, and failed past U.S. foreign policy initiatives which went a long way in driving illegal immigration.

The indiscriminate killing and wounding of children prompted Amnesty to express doubt about the sincerity of public expressions of regret by Israeli military and government officials over the killing of innocent civilians in military strikes.

A recent study of Israeli racism [2] confirms this "moral degradation." More than two thirds of Israeli Jews stated they would not live in the same building with Palestinian citizens of Israel, while 63% agreed with the statement that "Arabs are a security and demographic threat to the state."

"The people of Swaziland are living under a state of emergency that bans political parties and outlaws all forms of political activity, including all the rights and freedoms of the people to organise..."

Weyerhaeuser building products and new homes marketed in the United States as "environmentally friendly" use wood clear-cut without consent from treaty-protected indigenous territory within Canada’s threatened Boreal Forest.

In December last year the Ministry of Interior of the Czech Republic sent a warning letter to the Communist Youth Union (KSM) threatening the KSM with banning this youth civic organization.

During the recent hurricane Katrina tragedy, many were distressed by the treatment of the poor of New Orleans who, flooded out and bereft of aid, were left to fend for themselves in a leaky sports stadium and storm-battered conference center.

According to the Consumer Council of Zimbabwe, an average family of five requires at least $350 every month for essential food and services, but average monthly incomes are often less than $100.

The miscalculated policies of the US administration in the Middle East are quickly depleting the country’s ability to sustain its once unchallenged global position.

A few months ago, I predicted that there would be no U.S. military strikes on Iran. While the Bush administration would desperately love to, given the balance of forces it is almost certain to be a strategic disaster.

Ollanta Humala, a former army commander whose nationalist campaign has polarized Peruvians, held a narrow lead in Peru's presidential election on Sunday, initial official results showed.

Showing its true colours, the Howard Government has offered to help Indonesia prevent refugees fleeing West Papua. Recently 42 West Papuan separatists reached the Northern Territory by boat.

A state Senate committee rejected a bill that would create satellite polling places in other states with Katrina evacuees.

Such a misuse of authority is the very essence of a criminal conspiracy to defraud the United States. It is also precisely the abuse of executive power that led to the impeachment of Richard M. Nixon.

Inalienable Rights of Select Citizens of the American Empire: 1.) We have the right to pre-emptively attack the nation or region of our choice simply based on our belief that they may be a threat to the Empire. No evidence necessary...

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