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
-
War Begets War: It’s Not about Islam; It Never Was | Ramzy Baroud
Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Jan. 13, 2015 It is still not about Islam, even if the media and militants attacking western targets say so. Actually, it never was. But it was important ...
Read more... -
Oil Collapse of 1986 Shows Rebound Could Be Years Away | Mark Shenk
Credit: BloombergJan. 13, 2015 (Bloomberg) -- The last time excess supply caused a plunge in oil, it took almost five years for prices to recover. The CHART OF THE DAY shows how West Texas ...
Read more... -
$14 Million An Hour: War Costs Top $1.6 Trillion Since 9/11, Say Congressional Researchers | David Sirota
U.S. military headquarters, the Pentagon, aerial view Sept. 28, 2008. REUTERS/Jason Reed Dec. 22, 2014 (IBT) -- American taxpayers have shelled out roughly $1.6 trillion on war spending since 9/11, ...
Read more... -
The Empire is Crumbling, That is Why it Needs War | Andre Vltchek
www.babble.com/home/10classictoys2015 Will See Decisive Battles (Article excerpt) Dec. 26, 2014 (CounterPunch.org) -- The world is in turmoil. Like in the early 1940’s, something tremendous is ...
Read more... -
Whitewashing CIA Torture | Ramzy Baroud
“We are (not so) awesome” after all Ramzy Baroud Dec. 17, 2014 The logic that torture is a “stain” on U.S. history is the heart of the problem, since it blocks an honest reading of whatever “values” ...
Read more... -
A Pink Slip for the Progress Fairy | John Michael Greer
Oct. 22, 2014 (Archdruid Report) -- If you’ve ever wondered just how powerfully collective thinking grips most members of our species -- including, by and large, those who most forcefully insist on ...
Read more... -
Ebola still rampant in three African countries, death toll near 4,000 - WHO | Tom Miles
GENEVA, Oct 8 (Reuters) - The worst Ebola outbreak on record has killed 3,879 people out of 8,033 cases by the end of Oct. 5, with no evidence that the epidemic was being brought under control in ...
Read more... -
Ebola Worst-Case Scenario Has More Than 500,000 Cases | Caroline Chen, Brendan Greeley and Kelly Gilblom
Ebola virus Sept. 20, 2014 (Bloomberg) -- The Ebola outbreak in West Africa could spread to hundreds of thousands more people by the end of January, according to an estimate under development by the ...
Read more... -
Haftar Leads A Coup: A General’s Odd War on the Muslim Brotherhood | Ramzy Baroud
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust May 28, 2014 On 16 May, Libya’s rogue general Khalifa Haftar staged several bloody attacks against other Libyan militias in the name of eradicating terrorism by ...
Read more... -
Washington Drives the World Toward War | Paul Craig Roberts
Paul Craig RobertsDec. 14, 2014 (PaulCraigRoberts.org) -- Washington has had the United States at war for 12 years: Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Libya, Pakistan, Yemen, and almost Syria, which could ...
Read more... -
Memories of South Africa | Joel S. Hirschhorn
Joel S. Hirschhorn -- World News Trust Dec. 17, 2013 Earlier this year I had the great pleasure to visit South Africa. Compared with most Americans, the passing of Nelson Mandela brought tears to my ...
Read more...
Page 10 of 17
