Al Gore: It doesn't matter which Bush is in Office, He lied and people diedYou must watch this video of Al Gore in 1992, then the Vice Presidential candidate to Bill Clinton, as he rips then President George H.W. Bush up one side and down the other for ignoring the threat of Saddam Hussein. You won't believe it until you see it. Al Gore accused George H.W. Bush of ignoring ... 2007-06-13 02:32:00 see all
Government ban on diamond mining in Liberia continues, despite UN go-aheadFrom IRIN... Two months after the United Nations lifted a six-year ban on Liberia exporting diamonds, the government has still not legalised diamond mining. "Right now, people shouldn’t start mining, until certain mechanisms are in place to ensure transparency," Liberia’s deputy minister ... 2007-06-06 20:14:00 see all
Equatoria - reluctant host for the LRA / South Sudan suffers from Uganda's LRA rebels - reportTwo largely related stories: (See also the World Vision press release.) A new IRIN feature... Zachariah Nzari says (that) the rebels camped a few kilometres from his village in Southern Sudan overstayed their welcome the day (when) they turned their guns on his people - looting property, destroying ... 2007-06-13 22:20:00 see all
Zambia: Mining Is A Delicate BusinessMINING is a delicate business and as such it must only be undertaken by people qualified in the trade and licenced to do so. The reasons for authority and regulation in mining is simple. 2007-06-08 19:13:00 see all
News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 6, No. 24Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "They gonna keep moving us on, moving us on. They doing it again Sunday 'cause they got some soccer game they gonna charge people to park here for. They gonna make $500 at $20 bucks a space. We ain't worth $500 to them." -- Mark, a 40-year-old ... 2007-06-14 01:36:00 see all
Crowds gather in Arctic community to discuss whether uranium is promise or poison(Bob Weber/CP via Yahoo! News, 3 June 2007) -- Crowds of scientists, miners, government officials and environmentalists will descend on a tiny Arctic hamlet in the middle of the tundra this week as the people of Baker Lake, Nunavut, debate whether uranium mining will secure their future or ... 2007-06-03 20:40:00 see all