World-News

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/07/12-3

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Obama s Scramble for Africa: Secret Wars, Secret Bases and the Pentagon s ''New Spice Route'' in Africa

Nick Turse, TomDispatch: ''They call it the New Spice Route, an homage to the medieval trade network that connected Europe, Africa, and Asia, even if today's 'spice road' has nothing to do with cinnamon, cloves, or silks. Instead, it s a superpower s superhighway, on which trucks and ships shuttle fuel, food, and military equipment through a growing maritime and ground transportation infrastructure to a network of supply depots, tiny camps, and airfields meant to service a fast-growing US military presence in Africa.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/10296-obamas-scramble-for-africa-secret-wars-secret-bases-and-the-pentagons-new-spice-route-in-africa

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Obama s Scramble for Africa

Secret Wars, Secret Bases, and the Pentagon s ''New Spice Route'' in Africa.
http://is.gd/ysdGis



Far from a Humanitarian Savior, the U.S. Causes Vast Misery In Africa

The United States has finally made a token effort towards reining in its central African client state, Rwanda, whose destabilization of neighboring Congo has contributed to the deaths of six million people over the past 16 years.

http://is.gd/Tj4xLa


From Information Clearing House

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Obama s Rhetoric
http://lewrockwell.com/sowell/sowell104.html

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US Religious Right Propelling Homophobia in African Countries
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/07/24-7



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