After being shut for more than a year, the gates of mass Ethiopian immigration to Israel may be swinging open again—this time for some 9,000 people.
In July, Israeli government representatives returned to Ethiopia to assess the eligibility for aliyah of approximately 3,000 Ethiopians who may be entitled to immigrate but had never filed petitions. Advocates had pressed Israel to expand its assessment to a much larger group of Ethiopians—8,700 people in all—but Israel had demurred.read more
The Eritrean president Isaias Afewerki, is now a marked man…a man marked for elimination by the international political cabal.
On the 13th August 2009, he barely escaped a serious assassination attempt mounted by elements within his own Eritrean Defence Forces, as a marks man just failed to snuff out his life on the Amara-Massawa road in an area called Mai-Atal.The attempt took place on the 13th August 2009, around 4:00 PM. read more
What is the American Army Doing in Afghanistan: Drug Trade and Wars
THE CHINESE OPIUM WARS
In the 19th century, (1839 -1842 and 1856 -1860) the British empire went to a war with the Chinese empire due to the fact that the latter had banned the sale of heroin and opium in China.read more
Rasta Livewire just received reports that Libya plans to purchase over 20 warplanes from Russia. The deal is evaluated at $1 billion.
Libya plans to purchase 12 or 15 Su-35 multipurpose jets, four Su-30 and six Yak-130 trainer aircraft. The documents can be signed at the end of 2009 or in the beginning of 2010. read more
Federal drug agents won’t pursue pot-smoking patients or their sanctioned suppliers in states that allow medical marijuana, under new legal guidelines to be issued Monday by the Obama administration.read more
The Catholic Diocese of Wilmington Inc., which has pastoral charge of 233,000 Roman Catholics, sought protection Sunday night in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in an attempt to manage the potential liability resulting from a flood of clergy sexual abuse lawsuits.read more
King Kamehameha White Southerners, who settled the Hawaiian islands during the 19th Century had a song about the native people which ran, “You may call them Hawaiian, but they look like niggers to me.”read more
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