Archive for January 18th, 2008
Bobby Fischer died on square 64
REYKJAVIK, Iceland - “Chess,” Bobby Fischer once said, “is life.” It was the chess master’s tragedy that the messy, tawdry details of his life often overshadowed the sublime genius of his game. Fischer, who has died at the age of 64, was a child prodigy, a teenage grandmaster and — before age 30 — a world champion who triumphed in a Cold War showdown with Soviet champion Boris Spassky. Read the rest of this entry »
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam attacks SLA DPU near Madu Church
[TamilNet, Friday, 18 January 2008, 18:32 GMT]
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) combatants staged a surprise attack on Sri Lanka Army (SLA) troopers from the Deep Penetration Unit lying in ambush having planted claymore devices near Madu Church along Mannaar-Madu road in Mannaar district Thursday around 2.00 p.m causing SLA troops to flee, carrying the wounded, LTTE command in Mannaar region said.
Canada puts Israel and USA on torture watchlist
CTV: Canada’s new focus on torture was ordered by the inquiry into Maher Arar’s nightmare in Syria. U.S. authorities sent Arar — a Canadian of Syrian ancestry — to Syria after he made a brief stopover in New York in 2002. They wrongly accused him of having links to terrorism in large part because of information provided by the RCMP.
Magistrate Chandra Sohan abandons Corentyne court with bat shit falling from heaven
Kaieteur News: Deplorable conditions at the Number Fifty-One Magistrate’s Court forced Magistrate Chandra Sohan to discontinue sitting on the bench yesterday. “I would not go back!”
“It is not fit for a Court and for a judicial officer! It is not healthy for anyone to go in there. People sitting and bat droppings being shed on their clothes and heads.”
National Jericho Movement
Jericho is a movement with the defined goal of gaining recognition of the fact that political prisoners and prisoners of war exist inside of the United States despite the United States’ government’s continued denial … and winning amnesty and freedom for these political prisoners.Background
The Jericho Movement grew out of a call for a national march on the White House during Spring Break of 1998 by political prisoner Jalil Muntaqim The call was made in October of 1996 through the Provisional Government–RepubIic of New Afrika and the New Afrikan Liberation Front, but the organizers decided to use this opportunity to jumpstart a much needed movement to build a national support organization for political prisoners in general.
Barry Datram free to engage in cocaine dealings across Guyana again
After over a month of legal wrangling drug-accused businessman Barry Datram was released on bail yesterday after Justice Jainarayan Singh Jnr ruled in the High Court that his detention was not lawful.
Datram’s legal saga began … when he was arrested following the abduction of his wife Sheleza and their three-year-old daughter by two foreigners. Police had detained him beyond the 72 hours that the law allowed … police had asked for an extension to conclude their investigation into the kidnapping, which they said was drug-related.
barry gotta check in with the police every monday and friday. we know how well that’s gonna work out. he’s also listed as a farmer in the pomeroon. no one quite knows what is it that he…ahem…farms
Wall street takes another plunge - bring on the big one baby!
another 3 percent decline yesterday. housing and manufacturing in a tailspin. year to date 9 percent decline!valentines may come sooner than you thought
Bernanke Backs Calls for Quick Action
BusinessWeek -56 minutes ago
The Fed chairman endorses “substantive” rate cuts and congressional efforts for rapid economic stimulus. Critics say it’s too little, too late by Dawn …No Stimulus Gimmicks, Please
Wall Street Journal -2 hours ago
By BILL THOMAS and ALEX M. BRILL Washington is abuzz these days with calls for economic stimulus. The presidential candidates are eager to “rescue” voters, …
My name is Assata Shakur, a 20th century escaped slave
My name is Assata (“she who struggles”) Shakur (“the thankful one”), and I am a 20th century escaped slave. Because of government persecution, I was left with no other choice than to flee from the political repression, racism and violence that dominate the US government’s policy towards people of color. I am an ex political prisoner, and I have been living in exile in Cuba since 1984.
Jagnarine Singh, ass and general manager, Guyana rice development board
an ongoing trend in govt is to blame everything in Guyana on some mysterious international event way beyond our shores that is just mucking things up in guyana. take jagnarine singh, general manager of the guyana rice development board, according to him, world market demands is reposnsible for the price of rice on the local market being high. chew on that one for a while. if you selling callaloo on water street, what does the demand for callaloo in Beijing have to do with you when your soul purpose is to sell callaloo on water street?
Mourning in Palestine after Israeli massacre
GAZA, January 16 (PL).— Three days of mourning and a general strike were declared today by the Palestinian National Authority after the death of 19 people at the hands of the Israeli army in Gaza, described by national leaders as a massacre.
An incomplete listing of America’s political prisoners with addresses
Haki Malik Abdullah (s/n Michael Green) # C-56123
PO Box 3456, Corcoran, CA 93212
Mumia Abu-Jamal #AM 8335
SCI-Greene, 175 Progress Drive, Waynesburg, PA 15370
Birthday: April 24, 1954 Read the rest of this entry »
The killing fields of Kenya
One old man, panga in hand, told us they would seek revenge on the police. “They are killing our people,” he said, “today we will kill them. You will see.”
But it was the police who had the fire power, and they used it.
