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Blackwater Founder Assembling Secret Mercenary Army for UAE -- News from Antiwar.com : "For the second time this year, Blackwater USA founder Erik Prince has been tapped as the leader of a secret military being formed in the desert. In January he was reportedly at the head of a “anti-piracy milita” in northern Somalia. Now, he is in the United Arab Emirates."

Reports: 20 ‘Nakba’ Protesters Killed as Israeli Troops Attack -- News from Antiwar.com Israeli soldiers shot and killed at least 20 Palestinian protesters today, and wounded several hundred others, during Nakba rallies around the region. Nakba commemorates the expulsion of Palestinians from Israeli territory during the founding of the Israeli state, and is officially illegal to commemorate inside Israel.

Report: NATO Air Strike in Brega Kills 11 Imams -- News from Antiwar.com According to reports coming out of the disputed city, a NATO air strike has hit a peace delegation in Brega, Libya, killing 11 Muslims clerics as they slept. Images of the slain imams were broadcast on Libyan state television.

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Black in Latin America | PBS Video Henry Louis Gates, Jr. uncovers Latin America's African roots in this four-part series. Black in Latin America is a quest to discover how Africa and Europe combined to create the vibrant cultures of Latin America, with a rich legacy of thoughtful, articulate subjects whose stories are astonishingly moving and irresistibly compelling.

Interview with Osama bin Laden. Denies his Involvement in 9/11 Ummat's introduction Kabul: Prominent Arab mojahed holy warrior Usamah Bin-Ladin has said that he or his al-Qa'idah group has nothing to do with the 11 September suicidal attacks in Washington and New York. He said the US government should find the attackers within the country. In an exclusive interview with daily "Ummat", he said these attacks could be the act of those who are part of the American system and are rebelling against it and working for some other system. Or, Usamah said, this could be the act of those who want to make the current century a century of conflict between Islam and Christianity. Or, the American Jews, who are opposed to President Bush ever since the Florida elections, might be the masterminds of this act. There is also a great possibility of the involvement of US intelligence agencies, which need billions of dollars worth of funds every year. He said there is a government within t...

Security forces target Bahrain medics - Middle East - Al Jazeera English An Al Jazeera investigation has found evidence that Bahrain's security forces are torturing medical workers to force criminal confessions. Since pro-democracy protests erupted in the Gulf kingdom in February, doctors and nurses have been targeted, with hundreds facing arrest, Charles Stratford reports in this Al Jazeera exclusive. The government of Bahrain deployed security forces onto the streets on March 14 in an attempt to quell more than four weeks of protests. Medics working to save the lives of hundreds of wounded demonstrators were among those threatened and arrested. Forty-seven health workers, 24 doctors and 23 nurses, have been charged since protests began, while 150 more are reportedly under investigation by the government. Some medics reported being taken from their homes by armed masked men.