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Barry GreyBarack Obama’s defence of secret government programs to spy not only on the American people but also countless millions all over the world has been followed by threats from Director of National Intelligence James Clapper to prosecute those involved in leaking information about the massive surveillance operations. In a statement issued
Ronald Reagan’s secret, genocidal wars
Noam ChomskyON Mother’s Day, May 12, The Boston Globe featured a photo of a young woman with her toddler son sleeping in her arms. The woman, of Mayan Indian heritage, had crossed the US border seven times while pregnant, only to be caught and shipped back across the border on six of those attempts. She braved many miles, enduring blisteringly hot
When MDC formations abrogate constitutional democracy
Panganai KahuniThe name Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), as it was crafted, was structured in a way that made it became synonymous with tenets of democracy, constitutionalism, good governance, the rule of law and human rights. In the minds of its treacherous western think-tanks, the name MDC was supposed to be sumptuous and melodious
Editorial Comment: Anti-tobacco lobby disastrous for developing world
The anti-tobacco lobby across the world has been with us for decades now though it gained much impetus with the advent of the adoption of global guidelines on tobacco use and trade in the product. Implementation of guidelines on tobacco, all aimed at reducing tobacco use due to the health implications of smoking, have been met with stiffSwedes charged
STOCKHOLM. — Two Swedes who allegedly sought to profit from the kidnapping of Eritreans in Egypt faced charges yesterday in a district court outside Stockholm of blackmailing exiled Eritreans in Sweden. According to the indictment, Rasmi Almasri (21), and Hussin Mohamed (18), demanded that a Swedish-Eritrean woman pay them US$33 000 inMeasles epidemic strikes ‘Bible belt’
THE HAGUE. — In the so-called Dutch “Bible belt,” a strip of land mainly inhabited by conservative Protestants, a measles epidemic has broken out since late May, the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment said yesterday. Local outbreak of the measles, an infection of the respiratory system, was reported around reformatory schools inEmeralds’ auction put on hold
LUSAKA. — Zambia’s top producer has put on hold the auction of high-quality emeralds planned for June 10 to 14 in Singapore, pending clarification on proposed restrictions governing the export of precious stones from Zambia, the Times of Zambia reported yesterday. In April, the Zambian government announced that auctioning of locally-producedGhana arrests Chinese nationals for illegal gold mining
ACCRA. — A Chinese joint working team is in Ghana to discuss issues linked to Chinese nationals in the crackdown on illegal gold mining in the West African country.Upon its arrival on Tuesday, the team from the Chinese ministries of Foreign Affairs, Commerce and Public Security met with Ghanaian officials of security and immigration
Force faces 93 misconduct charges
CAPE TOWN. — A total of 93 charges of misconduct have been brought against members of South Africa’s peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the defence department said on Wednesday. “There are 93 cases involving members of the SANDF serving under the Monusco (United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the
Whistle-blower vows to reveal more
HONG KONG. — Whistle-blower Edward Snowden yesterday vowed to fight any US bid to extradite him from Hong Kong and promised new revelations about US surveillance targets, the South China Morning Post reported. “I’m neither traitor nor hero. I’m an American,” the Hong Kong newspaper’s website quoted him as saying in an exclusive interview.