Africa is one of the main rubbish bins of the world. However, not many people know that besides the toxic waste coming from the West, there also are tens of thousands of tons of deteriorated pesticides in the continent, which were bought in huge quantities over the last 40 years and were never used. According to the World Health Organization, 200.000 people die every year because of the effects caused by the deterioration of agricultural pesticides, and 750.000 people resort to medical aid

In Geneva the clash between chancellor Carl Bildt and the cuban ambassador

A thousand-year-old Armenian church has been renovated and re-opened by Turkish authorities

A group of military give their excuses to the president of the women of Plaza de Mayo

Bolivia: thanks to the program “Yo si puedo” no more analphabetism in the city of Tolata

The Pentagon revises upward the number of desertions. During 2006, there have been more than 3,000 soldiers who decided not to obey the order of leaving to Iraq or Afghanistan

Polish president forces 700 thousand citizens to confess whether they were communist informers. A new witch-hunt that has sparked heavy criticism on the Polish president Lech Kaczynski and on his paranoia

A branch of the Louvre museum will be opened in the United Arab Emirates

Over 150 children of SS officers and Norwegian women are suing the government for discrimination

A US general accuses: Iraqis insurgents intentionally kill children

Interview to Nelson Chamisa, spokesman of the Movement for Democratic Change attacked by police

East Timor population revolts in support of rebel leader Alfredo Reinado

The House of Commons passed the contested Trident atomic weapons programme

A turning-point in peace talks, president and rebels agree

An attack by Naxalites has killed fifty-five people in Chattisgarh

An Iranian family gets political asylum in Canada after 10 months spent living in Moscow airport.