Early indicators suggest a widespread food crisis is coming to Africa’s Sahel region, while some aid organizations say it has already arrived in the most vulnerable areas. It is harvest season in the semi-arid strip separating Saharan and sub-Saharan Africa known as the Sahel, but low rainfall and a lack of food reserves threaten food [...]
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December 15, 2011
December 14, 2011
December 14, 2011
Wikipedia Mulls Total Blackout to Oppose SOPA
December 14, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Wikipedia Mulls Total Blackout to Oppose SOPA 12 Dec 2011 Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales wants to blank out all pages of the online encyclopedia to oppose the pending SOPA anti-piracy bill in the US. Wales, who has asked the Wikipedia community for input on the idea, fears the bill [...]
December 14, 2011
Occupy Oakland’s port shutdown has re-energised the movement | Aaron Bady
On my way to the Occupy the port action this morning, I stopped by Oscar Grant Plaza, the tiny patch of lawn in front of Oakland’s city hall where – until the city evicted them for the second time on 14 November – Occupy Oakland’s tents, kitchen, library, and meeting place had stood. Now it’s [...]
December 10, 2011
Is war with Iran inevitable?
As tensions between Iran and the west escalate, and US politicians call for regime change, Susanna Rustin talks to former foreign secretary Sir Malcolm Rifkind and Iranian-British academic Abbas Edalat, founder of the Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran, about Iran’s nuclear programme and the likelihood of war. Malcolm Rifkind: I do not [...]
December 10, 2011
Photographers to give, not take, portraits
(CNN) — “This is me and my daughter’s first picture,” a Los Angeles woman wrote on her portrait. “I’ll always remember this moment and cherish this beautiful picture forever and ever. I’m so blessed this was captured.” This response from a recipient of a free portrait at the L.A. Skid Row Rescue Mission is what [...]
December 10, 2011
US told to stay away from Iran airspace
December 10, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis US told to stay away from Iran airspace 09 Dec 2011 A senior Iranian lawmaker has warned that the next time the US ventures to violate Iran’s air sovereignty it would receive a “frightful” response. Deputy Chairman of the Majlis (parliament) National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Esmail Kowsari [...]
December 9, 2011
2 Dead in Virginia Tech Shooting
Authorities in Blacksburg, in the southern U.S. state of Virginia, say a gunman has shot and killed a police officer who was conducting a traffic stop at Virginia Tech University, the site of a mass shooting in April 2007. Officials say that during Thursday’s stop, the gunman walked up to the officer and opened [...]
December 8, 2011
Occupy Our Homes: bid to move families into foreclosed homes
East New York has the highest foreclosure rate in the entire city Link to this video On Tuesday afternoon, Occupy Wall Street protesters in New York – along with a coalition of activist groups and members of a Brooklyn community – opened a foreclosed home to a struggling family of four. For Doyle Coleman, the [...]
December 3, 2011
ECOWAS Observers to Monitor Ivory Coast Elections
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says it will send 60 observers to Ivory Coast next week to oversee parliamentary elections. ECOWAS said Saturday, the election monitors are being sent at the request of the Ivorian government. More than 1,000 candidates representing three dozen political parties are vying for 255 seats in parliament. [...]
December 3, 2011
Chavez Opens Summit of Regional Leaders
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has opened a two-day summit of Latin American leaders to inaugurate a new regional bloc that excludes the United States and Canada. The regional leaders gathered Friday in Caracas as the 33-member Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, or CELAC, was launched. Unlike the Washington-based Organization of American States, CELAC [...]
December 3, 2011
US Renews Calls for Cuba to Release Alan Gross
The United States is renewing calls for Cuba to release imprisoned U.S. contractor Alan Gross, who on Saturday will have served two years behind bars on state security charges. White House spokesman Jay Carney called Friday for Havana to free the contractor immediately, saying it is “past time” for Gross to be allowed to return [...]
December 1, 2011
Amish case suspects denied bail
1 December 2011 Last updated at 10:14 GMT Samuel Mullet has previously denied ordering the attacks Four men accused of carrying out hair-cutting attacks in the Amish community have been denied bail, a US federal magistrate has ruled. A total of seven men have been charged with hate crimes following the assaults in the state [...]
November 23, 2011
Seven members of Amish breakaway group arrested over haircut attacks
US authorities have raided the compound of a breakaway Amish religious group and arrested seven men on federal hate crime charges in haircutting attacks against Amish men and women. Cutting the hair is a highly offensive act to the traditional Amish, who believe the Bible instructs women to let their hair grow long and men [...]