RAEL'S COMMENT: how can black Americans accept to be called "African American' ? In a country which claims to be fighting against racial discrimination this name should be forbidden. When they talk about white people no media would dare to call them "European Americans"....so why calling black Americans " African American" ? This reference to the continent of origin of black Americans is racist, for the very reason that no white American is called "European American" like if real Americans were white, so no need to talk about their continent of origin, but "African American" being less Americans as there is a need to talk about their origin...This appellation should not be used any more and all black Americans organizations should condemn it. Or force the media to call white people "European Americans".

Source: http://edition. cnn.com/2008/ POLITICS/ 06/03/election. democrats/ index.html

Obama: I will be the Democratic nominee

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NEW: Clinton says she's not making any decisions tonight
NEW: CNN projects Clinton wins South Dakota ; Obama takes Montana
Obama passes delegate threshold
Clinton tells New York lawmakers she would be Obama's No. 2

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- In what he called a "defining moment for our nation," Sen. Barack Obama on Tuesday became the first African-American to head the ticket of a major political party.


Sen. Barack Obama on Tuesday told supporters he will be the Democratic nominee.

Obama's steady stream of superdelegate endorsements, combined with the delegates he received from Tuesday's primaries, put him past the 2,118 threshold, CNN projects.

"Tonight we mark the end of one historic journey with the beginning of another -- a journey that will bring a new and better day to America ," he said.

"Tonight, I can stand before you and say that I will be the Democratic nominee for president of the United States ."

Obama's rally was at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul , Minnesota -- the same arena which will house the 2008 Republican National Convention in September.

Speaking in New York , Sen. Hillary Clinton, congratulated Obama for his campaign, but she did not concede the race nor discuss the possibility of running as vice president.

"This has been a long campaign, and I will be making no decisions tonight," she said.

There were reports earlier in the day that she would concede, but her campaign said she was "absolutely not" prepared to do so.

Two New York lawmakers also told CNN on Tuesday that during a conference call Clinton expressed willingness to serve as Obama's running mate in November.

One source told CNN that Clinton told those on the call that if asked by Obama, she would be interested in serving as his running mate.

One of the lawmakers said Clinton 's husband, former President Bill Clinton, has been pushing the idea privately for several weeks.

The Clinton campaign maintains the New York senator merely said she would do whatever is in the party's best interest, and that her comments Tuesday are no different than what she has been saying for weeks.

Clinton said she would meet with supporters and party leaders in the coming days to determine her next steps. She also asked people to go to her Web site to "share your thoughts with me and help in any way that you can

CNN has projected that Clinton will win the primary in South Dakota and Obama will take Montana . Those states marked the final contests in the primary season.

Obama praised Clinton 's campaign. He has been speaking favorably of the New York senator as his focus has turned toward the general election and his battle against John McCain, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee.

"Sen. Hillary Clinton has made history in this campaign not just because she's a woman who has done what no woman has done before, but because she's a leader who inspires millions of Americans with her strength, her courage, and her commitment to the causes that brought us here tonight," he said.

Diving into general election mode, Obama turned his attacks to McCain, saying it's "time to turn the page on the policies of the past."

"While John McCain can legitimately tout moments of independence from his party in the past, such independence has not been the hallmark of his presidential campaign," he said.

"It's not change when John McCain decided to stand with George Bush 95 percent of the time, as he did in the Senate last year."

Earlier Tuesday night, McCain portrayed himself as the candidate of "right change."

"No matter who wins this election, the direction of this country is going to change dramatically. But the choice is between the right change and the wrong change, between going forward and going backward," he said in Kenner , Louisiana .

Rael's comment: and he is 100 % right. Only understanding the "enemy" and negotiating with love can bring worldwide peace. Because behind any "enemy" there is a human being with need to be understood and respected. So many unnecessary death and suffering would have been avoided if all world leaders could have had the same wisdom. No military power whatever powerful they are can replace love and understanding. If only Bush and Blair could have understood this so many innocent lives could have been spared...

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http://edition. cnn.com/2008/ WORLD/europe/ 05/30/ulster. terror/index. html


Police chief: Let's talk to al Qaeda

LONDON, England (CNN) -- One of Britain's top policemen has called for direct negotiations with the leaders of al Qaeda to help bring their terror campaign to an end.

Sir Hugh Orde is the head of the Northern Ireland police service. He said his experience of dealing with terrorism in the territory had taught him that "talking and engaging" with the enemy was the only way to end violence.

In an interview with London's Guardian newspaper published Friday, Orde said he could not think of a single terrorism campaign in history that had ended without negotiation.

"If you want my professional assessment of any terrorism campaign, what fixes it is talking and engaging and judging when the conditions are right for that to take place," he told the paper.

"Is that a naive statement? I don't think it is ... It is the reality of what we face.

"If somebody can show me any terrorism campaign where it has been policed out, I'd be happy to read about it, because I can't think of one."

Orde was the first head of the police force in Northern Ireland to meet with Gerry Adams, the leader of Sinn Fein, the political wing of the IRA.

In Northern Ireland, over 30 years of conflict between the IRA and the British army was finally ended after a lengthy peace process involving Adams and loyalist leader Ian Paisley. As a result, Catholics and Protestants now share power together in the province.

RAEL'S COMMENT: what I said for years...And Africa may become a huge food exporter in the future thanks to the advance and expertise they will acquire from pioneering GM.

Full article: http://news. bbc.co.uk/ 2/hi/africa/ 7428789.stm


Friday, 30 May 2008 23:23 UK


Could GM crops help feed Africa ?

In the final part of his series on whether genetically modified food can help solve the world food crisis, BBC News rural affairs correspondent Jeremy Cooke reports from Uganda .

Could GM help feed Africa ?

If there is one place on earth where farmers have it hard, it is sub-Saharan Africa .

Most people are farmers, but not for profit - to survive. Africa is the one continent that cannot feed itself.

When you see children picking away at the arid, red, African soil with the most rudimentary tools, it is clear that African agriculture can use all the help it can get.



Bananas are a very important staple here in Uganda , if I can secure that livelihood, I'll be done
Researcher Andrew Kiggundu


But GM has for years been viewed with suspicion across the continent.

Indeed aid shipments from the United State containing GM food were turned away during Zambia 's famine in 2002.

But what I have discovered in Uganda is that the government here is beginning to adopt a "by any means necessary" policy to tackle their own national food shortages.

They are working to develop their own Africa solutions to African problems, and clearly believe that GM is part of that solution.

RAEL'S COMMENT: Apologies and money are not enough. The Canadian government should finance schools to reeducate all the so called "native" people, (in fact the only real Canadians), to teach them their original culture, religion and languages, making these languages mandatory first language in these schools, with English or French as second language only and to be only learned later. This should include all schools, including kinder garden and primary schools which should be only in "native language". Like that it would not be only political blah blah but a real action to restore and reinstate the “native" religion of this wonderful culture. And in parallel a large action promoting apostasy from the Christianity which was forcibly imposed on these people should also be created, telling them the truth, which is that their colonized and abused ancestors cannot rest in peace as long as their grand children continue to belong to the religion of their tormentors and colonizers.

Full article: http://news. bbc.co.uk/ 2/hi/americas/ 7430270.stm
Photograph-Canada 's native leader is himself a victim of residential school abuse

Sunday, 1 June 2008 18:57 UK

Canada hears of native abuse pain

A truth and reconciliation commission examining what native leaders call one of the most tragic and racist chapters in Canada 's history has begun.

The commission will study Canada 's decades-long policies that removed Aboriginal children from their families to force Christianity upon them.

The state-funded religious schools were often the scenes of horrific physical and sexual abuse.

The commission has a five-year mandate to detail the abuses.

From the 19th Century until the 1970s, more than 150,000 aboriginal children were required to attend Christian schools in an attempt to rid them of their native cultures and languages and integrate them into society.