Nigerian families can sue the Pfizer drugs giant in the US over its alleged role in the deaths of children, a US appeals court has ruled.
The decision overturns ruling by a lower court that the case must be heard in Nigeria. read more
World armies still use psychotropic drugs to make fearless machines of their soldiers
18.11.2008 http://english.pravda.ru/img/ar_gr.gifSource: Pravda.Ru http://english.pravda.ru/img/ar_gr.gifURL: http://english.pravda.ru/world/europe/106714-psychotropic-0read more
Desperate people living with the HIV/Aids virus in Yumbe district, northwestern Uganda, have resorted to an ominous therapy – that of injecting themselves with blood drawn from an uncommon type of lizard.read more
At a news conference in Chicago, President Elect Barack Obama said he had spoken with all the living presidents as he prepares to take office in January. Then he jovially quipped, “I didn’t want to get into a Nancy Reagan thing about doing any seances.”read more
Rastafarians have always regarded Ethiopia as the promised land, but Italy could rank a close second after its Supreme Court ruled that smoking or possessing cannabis is not a criminal offence but a religious act when the person doing it is a Rastafarian.read more
The Appearance of the Original Berbers According to European Perceptions
All the early major Berber tribes including the Masmuda, Sanhaja, Ketama Zenata and Nafusa are described as dark reddish brown like the “Indi’ or as “blacks” or Ethiopians in early documents. The notion of the early Berbers as being “whites” or Caucasoid is a new and racist one related to the concept of the African “Hamite”. Certainly the original Berber-speakers were never referred to as anything but “black” or something near it until the 12th century and were otherwise considered the color of Abyssinians and other so called “Indi”.read more
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