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Dr. Greg Stanton of Genocide Watch Warns of Crime in South Africa At a press conference at the Transvaal Agricultural Union today, Dr. Gregory Stanton, Founding President of Genocide Watch, warned that early warnings of genocide are still deep in South African society, though genocide has not begun. Dr. Stanton was deeply involved in the Civil Rights Movement in the United States, worked against Apartheid with the United Democratic Front in 1989 – 1990 as a Fulbright Professor of Law at the University of Swaziland, and was the author of the UN Resolutions that created the International Criminal Tribunal for...

My apologies for the vanity, but I hope my Freeper friends will indulge me. The dream started for me when I was still in high school. The hard work and planning started soon after. As conditions deteriorated, and my country of birth continued to leave me with few options, the plans became more clear, and turned to action. First find the right job, then to Europe for 2 years, and then on to our new home. And finally, after 17 years of planning, and carefully walking the path we had planned, we landed in Atlanta to begin our new future....

DALLAS – The Perot Foundation of Dallas Texas today announced a $1 million gift to Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas to support the nonprofit’s essential health care and education services for low-income and uninsured Texans. More than 95% of Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas’ services are basic, preventive health care, including lifesaving breast and cervical cancer screenings, birth control, and testing and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases. “For nearly 100 years Planned Parenthood has helped to educate men and women regarding family planning and general family health,” said Margot Perot. “Our family has supported this nonprofit for many years because...

A Parker County 17-year-old wrote in a confession released Thursday that the horror movie remake of "Halloween" gave him the idea to kill his mother and sister. Jake Evans is on trial for the Oct. 3 slayings of his 15-year-old sister, Mallory, and mother, Jami in their upscale Aledo home. The confession was introduced as evidence. In a four-page written confession to police hours after his arrest, Evans said he had watched the remake of "Halloween" three times earlier that week. The 2007 Rob Zombie film is about a 10-year-old boy who murders several people and kills a number of...

A Texas lawmaker says he plans to file the Firearms Protection Act, which would make any federal laws that may be passed by Congress or imposed by Presidential order which would ban or restrict ownership of semi-automatic firearms or limit the size of gun magazines illegal in the state, 1200 WOAI news reports. Republican Rep. Steve Toth says his measure also calls for felony criminal charges to be filed against any federal official who tries to enforce the rule in the state. "If a federal official comes into the state of Texas to enforce the federal executive order, that person...

Project Veritas and James O'Keefe strikes again. Video of Jim Moran (D-VA) campaign field director (and his son) conspiring to commit voter fraud.

An investigation is underway after video shows a teenage girl being assaulted during a high school soccer match. The attack happened during a soccer game between Chester High School and Lewisville High School on Monday evening around 5:30 p.m. The video, which was shot by WBTV's partner CN2 News, shows a player from Lewisville tripping and falling to the ground. The player, later identified as 18-year-old Annette McCullough who is a senior at Lewisville, then gets off the ground and punches a nearby Chester High school player. The teen victim is then dragged to the ground by her hair, while...

I am proud to have become a United States citizen today. Where do I join the Tea party?

Toronto - US filmmaker Michael Moore on Monday urged supporters of President Barack Obama to champion his proposed health care reforms and not let a vocal opposition minority steal the debate. "I feel bad for President Obama and what he's going through ... trying to bring help to people who have a hard time getting help," Moore said. "All those tens of millions of people who voted for him, where are they? Who's got his back? "I see the minority out being vocal," he said. "But where's the majority? Where are the people that voted for Obama? Where are the...

Washington - US President Barack Obama telephoned Jacob Zuma on Friday to congratulate him on becoming South African president and urged Zuma to take a leadership role on the African continent, the White House said. Obama praised South Africans for their "commitment to democracy" after more than three-quarters of the voting population took part in last month's elections, White House spokesperson Robert Gibbs said. The ANC won 65.9% of the vote, and Zuma was elected president on Wednesday by the National Assembly. He will be inaugurated on Saturday. Obama "encouraged president-elect Zuma to show strong regional leadership" and to help...

Cape Town - Archbishop Desmond Tutu accused the United States and Britain on Monday of pursuing policies like those of South Africa's apartheid-era government by detaining terrorism suspects without trial. At an event to commemorate the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UNDR), the Nobel laureate said the detention of suspected al-Qaeda and Taliban members at the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was a "huge blot on a democracy". "Whoever imagined that you would hear from the United States and from Britain the same arguments for detention without trial that were used by the apartheid government," Tutu told...

Washington - The United States announced a proposed $13bn military aid package for Egypt and a $30bn package for Israel on Monday, along with plans to provide such aid to Saudi Arabia and Gulf states. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made the announcement hours before leaving with Defence Secretary Robert Gates for a rare joint trip to Egypt and Saudi Arabia where they are seeking more Arab help in stabilizing Iraq. Washington is striving to assure Gulf allies, worried by the growing strength of Iran and war in Iraq, that the United States is committed to the region and...

Orlando - Authorities say a device similar to a pipe bomb has exploded in a rubbish bin at a remote Walt Disney World parking lot. No one was injured and no serious damage was reported in what officials believe was an isolated incident. Orange County Sheriff Kevin Beary said an employee heard a loud noise and saw white smoke coming from the can near the downtown Disney shopping and entertainment district. Beary said: "We've recovered a very crude, homemade, low-level device. Because of the time and location of the event, we do not believe this incident was designed to cause...

Washington - The United States (US) treasury department named two South African cousins as al-Qaeda financiers and facilitators, ordering a freeze on any US assets they may have and banning Americans from doing business with them. The treasury, invoking an executive order used to combat terrorist financing and money laundering activities, said Farhad Ahmed Dockrat provided funds to a trust used by al-Qaeda, and his cousin, Junaid Ismail Dockrat, helped facilitate travel of South Africans to Pakistan for al-Qaeda training. The action ends days of speculation about the two Muslim cousins after a South African foreign ministry spokesperson said Johannesburg...

Al-Qaeda predicts US defeat Dubai - The Iraqi branch of al-Qaeda predicted on Saturday the "defeat" of US military forces in Iraq, in its first reaction to US President George W Bush's new strategy to end the ongoing conflict. In a statement posted on the internet, it said Bush's change of tack - including 21 500 troop reinforcements - "is only a prelude to news of a defeat and a flight from the hell of Iraq". "Increasing the number of troops will not in any way change the nature of the battle," added the statement, signed by "a spokesperson of...

I cannot believe the Euroweenies...first they whine like a bunch of spoiled brats about the US attacking the sovereignity of Iraq, now they want to interfere in the affairs of the same sovereign country by complaining about Saddams death sentence. It was ok for him to kill thousands, but when they want to kill one evil dictator, suddenly they are the biggest pro-lifers you have ever seen. Where are they in Darfur and Somalia where thousands are again dying? Or do they reserve their compassion only for murderous dictators?

I have been offered a job in the Miami area, but I don't know the first thing about the area, like what neighborhoods are good but semi-affordable, which schools are good, etc. Are there any freepers there that may be willing to help me with some initial ideas? Thanks

'Free Saddam or else...' 29/10/2006 17:19 - (SA) Amman - Saddam Hussein's defence team has drafted a letter to US President George W Bush warning of dire consequences if an Iraqi court issues a verdict against the ousted Iraqi president for crimes against humanity. In a copy of the letter received by AFP in Jordan on Sunday, lead Iraqi lawyer Khalil al-Dulaimi also urged Bush to set free Saddam and put an end to the trial which he described again as illegal and a farce. "We believe that it is necessary to stop this farcical trial and set free President...

I briefly spoke with a hero yesterday, you know, one of those nameless young men in the uniform of the US military. I was in the line at passport control at DFW aiport, coming back from Germany, and the young man was in line behind me, returning from Iraq. He was coming home for the first time in a year, and will fortunately be home for Christmas. He will also be undergoing some more training, until being redeployed to either Iraq or Afghnistan. He reaffirmed what many of us know, that the media picture of Iraq is wrong. And in...

Hicksville - A Catholic high school increased security Monday after an unspecified threat was discovered on the social networking website, MySpace.com, the school announced. All but three entrances at Holy Trinity High School in Hicksville were to be locked, with Nassau County police officers posted at each entrance, the Long Island school said in a notice on its website. Police were not releasing details of the threat because the investigation was ongoing, said spokesperson Jean DeLuca. The threat was made "through communications taking place on the MySpace.com website" and was scheduled to occur on Monday, according to the school announcement....