Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest continent, after Asia. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Isthmus of Suez and the Red Sea to the northeast, the Indian Ocean to the southeast and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. -Bard
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The Empire is Crumbling, That is Why it Needs War | Andre Vltchek
www.babble.com/home/10classictoys2015 Will See Decisive Battles (Article excerpt) Dec. 26, 2014 (CounterPunch.org) -- The world is in turmoil. Like in the early 1940’s, something tremendous is ...
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Whitewashing CIA Torture | Ramzy Baroud
“We are (not so) awesome” after all Ramzy Baroud Dec. 17, 2014 The logic that torture is a “stain” on U.S. history is the heart of the problem, since it blocks an honest reading of whatever “values” ...
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A Pink Slip for the Progress Fairy | John Michael Greer
Oct. 22, 2014 (Archdruid Report) -- If you’ve ever wondered just how powerfully collective thinking grips most members of our species -- including, by and large, those who most forcefully insist on ...
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Ebola still rampant in three African countries, death toll near 4,000 - WHO | Tom Miles
GENEVA, Oct 8 (Reuters) - The worst Ebola outbreak on record has killed 3,879 people out of 8,033 cases by the end of Oct. 5, with no evidence that the epidemic was being brought under control in ...
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Ebola Worst-Case Scenario Has More Than 500,000 Cases | Caroline Chen, Brendan Greeley and Kelly Gilblom
Ebola virus Sept. 20, 2014 (Bloomberg) -- The Ebola outbreak in West Africa could spread to hundreds of thousands more people by the end of January, according to an estimate under development by the ...
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Haftar Leads A Coup: A General’s Odd War on the Muslim Brotherhood | Ramzy Baroud
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust May 28, 2014 On 16 May, Libya’s rogue general Khalifa Haftar staged several bloody attacks against other Libyan militias in the name of eradicating terrorism by ...
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Washington Drives the World Toward War | Paul Craig Roberts
Paul Craig RobertsDec. 14, 2014 (PaulCraigRoberts.org) -- Washington has had the United States at war for 12 years: Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Libya, Pakistan, Yemen, and almost Syria, which could ...
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Memories of South Africa | Joel S. Hirschhorn
Joel S. Hirschhorn -- World News Trust Dec. 17, 2013 Earlier this year I had the great pleasure to visit South Africa. Compared with most Americans, the passing of Nelson Mandela brought tears to my ...
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The Un-Revolution: Yemen’s Mediocre Transition | Ramzy Baroud
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Aug. 13, 2013 Considering the off-putting reality, one fails to imagine a future scenario in which Yemen could avoid a full-fledged conflict or a civil war. It is ...
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Washington Thinks You Are Stupid | Paul Craig Roberts
Aug. 6, 2013 (PaulCraigRoberts.org) -- There’s the old saying that if the government fears the people, there is liberty, but if the people fear the government there is tyranny. The criminals in ...
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End to Fed stimulus, China slowdown spark world sell-off | Richard Hubbard
LONDON (Reuters) - Clear signals from the U.S. Federal Reserve that it will soon stop pumping money into the global economy and data pointing to slower growth in China sparked sharp falls in bonds, ...
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