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Africom, Militarization and Resource Control Print E-mail
Written by Nunu Kidane   
Tuesday, 21 October 2008
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Combined Joint Task Forces, Uganda
For years, the US never considered Africa as a priority foreign policy agenda. The only context in which Africa came up in Washington was for preferential trade as in AGOA (Africa Growth and Opportunity Act) or in AIDS-funding and of course humanitarian assistance. Despite its continued use of the term ‘partnership with Africa’, no administration viewed Africa as anything but a source of extractive resources and a perpetual conflict ridden region with few business opportunities. So now, when the US declares Africa to be a very important region and pays special attention to it, one has got to be suspicious.
Vermont’s Chance: Breaking the Two-Party Monopoly Print E-mail
Written by Greg Guma   
Monday, 20 October 2008
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Anthony Pollina
Barack Obama is expected to win Vermont in the presidential race by as much as 30 points. But the real surprise is the race for governor. At first, three-term Republican incumbent Jim Douglas looked like a shoo-in. But something unusual is happening. Independent candidate Anthony Pollina has pulled ahead of the Democrat, Gaye Symington.
Inside USA: Early Evidence of the Financial Crisis Print E-mail
Written by Avi Lewis, Inside USA, Al Jazeera   
Thursday, 16 October 2008
From War to Stone Quarries: Displaced Ugandans Face Challenges as Urban Refugees Print E-mail
Written by Siena Anstis   
Thursday, 16 October 2008
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Families at Work in Stone Quarry
On the slopes overlooking Kireka, the suburbs of Kampala, hundreds of women and children spend their day working at stone quarries. Whether sick, crippled, young or old, they spend long hours hauling yellow jerry cans of stone from a dusty pit and smashing the large rocks into gravel with crude hammers. One full jerry can fetches 10 cents. At the end of the day, the women have made just enough to buy their children a small portion of dry and starchy cassava for dinner. On slow days, they eat only a bowl of diluted porridge, or nothing.
Chile: Yet Another Dam Planned For Biobío River Print E-mail
Written by Benjamin Witte   
Wednesday, 15 October 2008
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Biobío River
Chile’s Biobío River, already home to two huge hydroelectric power stations, may soon be dammed yet again - this time by Chilean energy giant Colbún. And just like the massive Pangue and Ralco dams that preceded it, Colbún’s "Angostura Project" is attracting serious criticism among area residents, many of whom may be displaced by the dam’s reservoir. Incredibly, some of the people likely to be flooded out of house and home were already forced to relocate during construction of the Pangue facility.
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