Chad’s ‘orphans’ returning home
Chad has given permission for 103 children who were caught up in a trafficking scandal to be reunited with their families, Unicef says.
Cannabis: Jamaica Considers Legalizing Marijuana
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica is again considering the legalization of marijuana.
A seven-member government commission has been researching possible changes to the Caribbean country’s anti-drug laws.
Africa – Arabia: Bin Laden Builds A Bridge – BBCNews
Tarek Bin Laden’s Red Sea bridge
A company owned by Osama Bin Laden’s half-brother has proposed building a bridge across Mandab Strait on the Red Sea, to link Djibouti to Yemen.
Cannabis: US Doctors Now Agree That Herb is the Healing of the Nation
Doctors group backs marijuana for medical uses
Fri Feb 15, 2008 5:56pm EST
By Will Dunham
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A leading U.S. doctors group has endorsed using marijuana for medical purposes, urging the government to roll back a prohibition on using it to treat patients and supporting studies into its medical applications.
Nigeria: The Persecution of Poor Herb Farmers and Traders
Meet Victoria Kokobi, Indian hemp dealer who disguised as garri merchant
Monday, February 11, 2008
For Victoria, a 62-year-old grandmother, garri business is hard and not lucrative when compared with sales of marijuana. For several years, she has been involved in the trade, using garri as a cover up, but recently, the eagle eyes of the officials of the NDLEA got her.
Peddlers of Pharmaceutical Narcotics – The Medical Mafioso
GPs have got Britain ‘hooked on painkillers’
Peddlers of Pharmaceutical Narcotics
Doctors are unwittingly fuelling the growing number of Britons hooked on prescription drugs by giving patients dangerously high doses of medicines that can prove highly addictive, a parliamentary inquiry has concluded.
Australia Begs Black Folks For Forgiveness
Australia apology to Aborigines
– Kevin Rudd’s apology represents a break from previous policies
Parliament statement;
– Blackfellas will get the words, the whitefellas keep the money, said
Noel Pearson Aboriginal leader
Ritualized Gold Racketeering: The Golden Mafia
Ritualized Racketeering
When gold reached dizzying heights above $850 U.S. a troy ounce this week, it cast a spotlight on a ritual that has taken place in London for the past 88 years.
The Natufians: The Original Black Africans of Israel Pt 1
The Natufians: The Original Black Africans of Israel
By Jide Uwechia
Seven or eight thousand years ago in what geologist call the Holocene era (i.e. modern times) a black tribe from Africa established themselves in Palestine. The New York Times reported this spectacular fact in many of its editions between the years 1857 and 1932.
How Secret Societies Shape Western Politics
Zimbabwe: How Secret Societies Shape Western Politics
Published by the Government of Zimbabwe
The Herald (Harare)
OPINION
10 January 2008
Posted to the web 10 January 2008