Yoweri Museveni, President of Uganda, has opposed the UN recognition of Alassane Ouattara as winner of Cote d’ Ivore’s election and wants an African Union probe into the poll. read more
Côte d’Ivoire: Gbagbo and the Ivorian Test – Moving Beyond Anti-Imperialist Rhetoric
By Horace Campbell
Côte d’Ivoire remains in a troubling state of political deadlock, Horace Campbell discusses the increasing militarisation of politics, the history of external interests in the country and broader conditions behind the contested 2010 election.read more
Mohammed Bouazizi: The Muurish Tunisian Martyr Who Toppled the Tunisian Government
Mohammed Bouazizi
Since a young man named Mohamed Bouazizi poured petrol over himself on December 17 and set himself, alight in front of the office of the Governor of his region, life turned upside down in Tunisia and the fires that he lit has burned until it engulfed the entire country from town to town.read more
Sarah Palin’s fundraising instrument, SarahPac, had posted an advertisement to target Democratic Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. The photo has since been removed from her website. read more
A congresswoman from Arizona was shot in the head and seriously wounded and six other people were killed by a man who opened fire at a meeting the politician was holding in Tucson on Saturday, officials said.read more
On Wednesday, GeaPress reported hundreds — possibly thousands — of dead and dying birds in Italy. Countless turtle doves were found scattered in the streets, in flower beds and hanging tragically from trees “like Christmas balls” in the town of Faenza. Many of the birds that fell dead from the sky were discovered with a mysterious blue stain in their beaks. read more
The son of the deposed Shah of Iran and onetime heir to the throne committed suicide early this morning in his South End brownstone, according to authorities and a statement from his family.read more
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