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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America’s Secret Empire of Drone Bases: Its Full Extent Revealed for the First Time (Nick Turse)
Predator drone Oct. 17, 2011 (TomDispatch.com) -- They increasingly dot the planet. There’s a facility outside Las Vegas where “pilots” work inclimate-controlled trailers, another at a dusty camp in ...
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America’s 'worst enemy' -- The Latest Orchestrated Threat and The End of History (Paul Craig Roberts)
Sept. 27, 2011 (Information Clearing House) -- Have you ever before heard of the Haqqanis? I didn’t think so. Like Al Qaeda, about which no one had ever heard prior to 9/11, the “Haqqani Network” ...
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Gaza, Somalia: Humanity Lives On (Ramzy Baroud)
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Aug. 10, 2011 -- I remember how exhilarated I felt when I was told I was old enough to fast for the month of Ramadan. My feelings had little to do with abstention ...
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A Secret War in 120 Countries: The Pentagon’s New Power Elite (Nick Turse)
Aug. 4, 2011 (TomDispatch.com) -- Somewhere on this planet an American commando is carrying out a mission. Now, say that 70 times and you’re done... for the day. Without the knowledge of the ...
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Arab Awakening and Western Media: Time for a New Revolutionary Discourse (Ramzy Baroud)
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust July 27, 2011 -- When President Ali Abdullah Saleh tried desperately to quell Yemen’s popular uprising, he appealed to tribalism, customs and traditions. All his ...
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Ghana Cracks Down On Gays (Sydney Star Observer)
July 21, 2011 (Sydney Star Observer) -- Ghana’s Western Region Minister, Paul Evans Aidoo MP has ordered the immediate arrest of all homosexuals in the country’s west. Aidooo has tasked Ghana’s ...
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Ground Your Warplanes, Save the Horn of Africa (Ramzy Baroud)
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust July 21, 2011 -- “When you are hungry, cold is a killer, and the people here are starving and helpless.” Not many of us can relate to such a statement, but millions ...
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Libya and War Powers (Ted Rall)
The war against Libya may violate the US constitution, but once again the empire moves ahead with the military option July 7, 2011 (Information Clearing House) -- "Much rumbling has emanated from ...
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Yemen Continues to Inspire Amid Great Odds (Ramzy Baroud)
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust July 6, 2011 -- The Yemeni people are unrelenting in their demands for democracy. Millions continue to stage rallies across their country in a display of will that ...
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This crisis has an exit (Ellen Brown)
June 7, 2011 (Asia Times) -- Countries everywhere are facing debt crises today, precipitated by the credit collapse of 2008. Public services are being slashed and public assets are being sold off, ...
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How the Empire will Prevail: Will Washington Foment War Between China and India? (Dr. Paul Craig Roberts)
June 6, 2011, (Information Clearing House) -- What is Washington’s solution for the rising power of China? The answer might be to involve China in a nuclear war with India. The staging of the fake ...
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