Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest continent, after Asia. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Isthmus of Suez and the Red Sea to the northeast, the Indian Ocean to the southeast and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. -Bard
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On 'Political Dialogue' And 'Principles' (Jim Miles)
Jan. 29, 2011 (Palestine Chronicle) -- I have just finished watching an interview from al-Jazeera with former U.S. diplomat to Egypt, Frank Wisner. My gut reaction was anger at the culpability of ...
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Egypt's Internet goes dark during political unrest (Declan McCullagh)
Jan. 27, 2011 (CNET) -- Egypt has gone offline. In a stunning development unprecedented in the modern history of the Internet, a country of more than 80 million people has found itself almost ...
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Nigeria 'To Charge Dick Cheney' over Halliburton, KBR Bribery Case (M.J. Smith)
Cheney served as head of Halliburton before becoming vice president under George W. Bush. (AFPCheney served as head of Halliburton before becoming vice president under George W. Bush. (AFP) Dec. 2, ...
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Food prices may rise by up to 20%, warns UN (John Vidal)
Prices of wheat, maize and many other foods traded internationally have risen by up to 40% in just a few months. Photograph: Simon Maina/AFP/Getty Images Poor harvests put global food reserves under ...
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Watch Out: The World Bank Is Quietly Funding a Massive Corporate Water Grab (Scott Thill)
Nov. 2, 2010 (AlterNet) -- Billions have been spent allowing corporations to profit from public water sources even though water privatization has been an epic failure in Latin America, Southeast ...
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BOOK REVIEW: Dismantling the Empire -- America’s Last Best Hope. By Chalmers Johnson
Dismantling the Empire -- America’s Last Best Hope. Chalmers Johnson. Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, NY. 2010. Sept. 25, 2010 (Palestine Chronicle) -- That the empire has caused much ...
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Errant Climate May Be Sign of Breakdown, Scientists Say (Charles J. Hanley)
Heat waves, fires, and floods fit their predictions Aug. 13, 2010 -- NEW YORK (AP) -- Floods, fires, melting ice, and feverish heat -- from smoke-choked Moscow to water-soaked Iowa and the High ...
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Revolution and Repression in America (Andrew Gavin Marshall)
This is Part 2 of the series, "The Technological Revolution and the Future of Freedom." Part 1: The Global Political Awakening and the New World Order Introduction June 29, 2010 (Global Research) -- ...
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The Global Political Awakening and the New World Order (Andrew Gavin Marshall)
This is Part 1 of the series, "The Technological Revolution and the Future of Freedom." June 24, 2010 (Global Research) -- There is a new and unique development in human history that is taking place ...
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After Haiti: A Conversation with John Perkins | Elizabeth Ferrari
Elizabeth Ferrari -- World News Trust Mar. 26, 2010 When the earthquake struck Haiti last January, the first person I wanted to hear from was John Perkins. Several years before Naomi Klein coined ...
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A 'perfect storm' of hunger (Edmund Sanders and Tracy Wilkinson)
The U.N.'s World Food Program is struggling as costs of food and fuel skyrocket while the numbers of people needing help surge across the globe. Millions are in danger. April 2, 2008 -- KHARTOUM, ...
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