THIS IS THE ACTION of the Nigerian Goverment. This type of child labor is rampant throughout 'The Third World.' One can say the Nigerian government doesn't try. Granted more of an effort might be in order but certainly they know the problem exists; it is a matter of time before all slaver owners and traders will find themselves being ridiculed and prosecuted by the Nigerian goverment.
"PA"
Dozens of filthy and exhausted children, some as young as 12 months, cowered in a Nigerian police station today after being discovered packed into a fishmonger’s truck as they were to be sold into slavery
Police arrested a woman accompanying the 52 children in Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city, after police discovered them in a container on a truck that normally transports fish to market, said police spokesman Ademola Adebayo.
The youngsters sat on wooden benches in a concrete room at an inner city police station in Lagos today. Several had no clothes, while others wrapped themselves in soiled lengths of cloth. Officials said they were working to reunite the children with family members.
The arrested woman, Fatima Baba, told police she had brought the children from Makwa town in northern Nigeria’s Niger state to Lagos to hire them out as domestic servants, said Adebayo.
“According to her, she would get a fee for hiring out the children,” he said, adding that police were investigating Baba’s claim that the children’s families had consented to the arrangement, and would be paid when the children returned after a year’s work.
Five of the children were aged one to five. The oldest were 14. A police spokesman in the capital Abuja said authorities were looking into whether there were plans to sell some into slavery.
Twelve adults who shared the container with the children are also being detained, said Adebayo.
Child trafficking is an Africa-wide problem, with an estimated 200,000 children shipped across West and Central Africa’s borders each year, some ending up in brutally difficult jobs.
Latest News:
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Thursday, March 10, 2005
Michael Moore - Always Seeking Justice "GO, MIKE, GO!!"
The Picture on Mike's Website is always entertaining. Today it clearly illustrates how 'A Front' can actually hide the truth.
Secret FBI Report:
Al Qaeda Capabilities In Question;
Al Qaeda 'Sleepers' have never been found in U.S.
Journalists Push for Government Openness
http://www.michaelmoore.com/
Secret FBI Report Questions Al Qaeda Capabilities
No 'True' Al Qaeda Sleeper Agents Have Been Found in U.S.
By Brian Ross / ABC News
A secret FBI report obtained by ABC News concludes that while there is no doubt al Qaeda wants to hit the United States, its capability to do so is unclear.
"Al-Qa'ida leadership's intention to attack the United States is not in question," the report reads. (All spellings are as rendered in the original report.) "However, their capability to do so is unclear, particularly in regard to 'spectacular' operations. We believe al-Qa'ida's capability to launch attacks within the United States is dependent on its ability to infiltrate and maintain operatives in the United States."
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=1758
Journalists Push for Government Openness
By Siobhan McDonough / Associated Press
WASHINGTON - The Associated Press and seven journalism organizations are joining forces to promote policies aimed at ensuring government is accessible, accountable and open.
The Sunshine in Government Initiative seeks to combat what the member organizations see as increased government secrecy since the 2001 terrorist attacks. The coalition will lobby for legislation and seek to educate the public about First Amendment issues.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=1759
Missing in Action
1966 TAYLOR JAMES L. NITRO WV
1966 XAVIER AUGUSTO MARIA SAN JOSE CA
1967 LUNA JOSE D. ORANGE CA 03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE 1999
1969 LUNA CARTER P. HAZELHURST MS
1971 SMOOT CURTIS R. VARNADO LA
1975 SMITH LINDA 03/21/75 ESCAPED TO SAIGON
1975 SMITH MICHELLE L. 03/21/75 ESCAPED TO SAIGON
1975 STRUHARIK PAUL A. 10/31/75 RELEASED FROM HANOI
Other Stuff
Victory for CA Nurses Against Schwarzenegger Injunction
On Friday Judge Judy Hersher of the Sacramento County Superior Court in California ruled that Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) illegally delayed the enforcement of a law that would have required hospitals to maintain a one-to-five ratio of nurses to patients. The law, signed in 1999 by former Governor Gray Davis (D), set a ratio of one nurse to every six patients to be met by January 1, 2004, and a one-to-five ratio to be met by January 1, 2005, the San Francisco Gate reports. On November 4 of last year, Gov. Schwarzenegger issued an injunction to delay the enforcement of the higher standard until 2008, maintaining that a healthcare emergency in the state made the new ratio unrealistic.
http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=8936
Kuwaiti Women's Rights Activists Protest for the Right to Vote
Several hundred Kuwaiti women demanded support for women's rights outside Kuwait's parliament while the all-male assembly was considering a new law that would grant women the right to vote. Last May, Kuwait’s cabinet approved a law granting women political rights, reports BBC News.
http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=8934
Secret FBI Report:
Al Qaeda Capabilities In Question;
Al Qaeda 'Sleepers' have never been found in U.S.
Journalists Push for Government Openness
http://www.michaelmoore.com/
Secret FBI Report Questions Al Qaeda Capabilities
No 'True' Al Qaeda Sleeper Agents Have Been Found in U.S.
By Brian Ross / ABC News
A secret FBI report obtained by ABC News concludes that while there is no doubt al Qaeda wants to hit the United States, its capability to do so is unclear.
"Al-Qa'ida leadership's intention to attack the United States is not in question," the report reads. (All spellings are as rendered in the original report.) "However, their capability to do so is unclear, particularly in regard to 'spectacular' operations. We believe al-Qa'ida's capability to launch attacks within the United States is dependent on its ability to infiltrate and maintain operatives in the United States."
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=1758
Journalists Push for Government Openness
By Siobhan McDonough / Associated Press
WASHINGTON - The Associated Press and seven journalism organizations are joining forces to promote policies aimed at ensuring government is accessible, accountable and open.
The Sunshine in Government Initiative seeks to combat what the member organizations see as increased government secrecy since the 2001 terrorist attacks. The coalition will lobby for legislation and seek to educate the public about First Amendment issues.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=1759
Missing in Action
1966 TAYLOR JAMES L. NITRO WV
1966 XAVIER AUGUSTO MARIA SAN JOSE CA
1967 LUNA JOSE D. ORANGE CA 03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE 1999
1969 LUNA CARTER P. HAZELHURST MS
1971 SMOOT CURTIS R. VARNADO LA
1975 SMITH LINDA 03/21/75 ESCAPED TO SAIGON
1975 SMITH MICHELLE L. 03/21/75 ESCAPED TO SAIGON
1975 STRUHARIK PAUL A. 10/31/75 RELEASED FROM HANOI
Other Stuff
Victory for CA Nurses Against Schwarzenegger Injunction
On Friday Judge Judy Hersher of the Sacramento County Superior Court in California ruled that Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) illegally delayed the enforcement of a law that would have required hospitals to maintain a one-to-five ratio of nurses to patients. The law, signed in 1999 by former Governor Gray Davis (D), set a ratio of one nurse to every six patients to be met by January 1, 2004, and a one-to-five ratio to be met by January 1, 2005, the San Francisco Gate reports. On November 4 of last year, Gov. Schwarzenegger issued an injunction to delay the enforcement of the higher standard until 2008, maintaining that a healthcare emergency in the state made the new ratio unrealistic.
http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=8936
Kuwaiti Women's Rights Activists Protest for the Right to Vote
Several hundred Kuwaiti women demanded support for women's rights outside Kuwait's parliament while the all-male assembly was considering a new law that would grant women the right to vote. Last May, Kuwait’s cabinet approved a law granting women political rights, reports BBC News.
http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=8934
A second victory for the Cheney/Bush/Bush political right wing agenda.
Bush aims to reel in slots
Despite Tuesday's victory for slots in Broward County, Gov. Jeb Bush said he intends to fight against the introduction of Las Vegas-style slot machines in Florida.
By MARY ELLEN KLAS
meklas@herald.com
TALLAHASSEE - Empowered by his victory keeping slot machines out of Miami-Dade County, Gov. Jeb Bush put the parimutuel industry on notice Wednesday that it shouldn't hold out hope for any Las Vegas-style machines.
At the expense of the nation and the lives and healthy of nearly 100 Endangered Bottlenose Dolphins the slot machines were defeated in Dade County. The 'muscle' maneuvers in the Gulf of Mexico of the US Navy 'sonar' blasts was also to show South Florida, "Brother Georgie" loves you and will eventually reel in Bad Man Castro, setting Cuba Free.
Amazing.
Despite Tuesday's victory for slots in Broward County, Gov. Jeb Bush said he intends to fight against the introduction of Las Vegas-style slot machines in Florida.
By MARY ELLEN KLAS
meklas@herald.com
TALLAHASSEE - Empowered by his victory keeping slot machines out of Miami-Dade County, Gov. Jeb Bush put the parimutuel industry on notice Wednesday that it shouldn't hold out hope for any Las Vegas-style machines.
At the expense of the nation and the lives and healthy of nearly 100 Endangered Bottlenose Dolphins the slot machines were defeated in Dade County. The 'muscle' maneuvers in the Gulf of Mexico of the US Navy 'sonar' blasts was also to show South Florida, "Brother Georgie" loves you and will eventually reel in Bad Man Castro, setting Cuba Free.
Amazing.
UNISYS - GOES Hemispheric Water Vapor Satllite
GOES Hemispheric Water Vapor Satellite. March 9, 2005, Yesterday a sudden eruption of weather occured dropping temperature severly in Boston within 24 hours. Clearly seen today offshore USA East was a huge phenomina that defies definition except to say it appears to be a Tropospheric Tornado. It can be visualized at
http://weather.unisys.com/satellite/sat_wv_hem_loop-12.html
The weather systems that are resulting because of the change of climate due to the approaching the Spring Soltise is profound. There is a vortex currently over the center of the country with issues currently moving across Colorado and Utah. The air mass moving into the country is from the Arctic Ocean through Canada.
http://weather.unisys.com/satellite/sat_wv_hem_loop-12.html
The weather systems that are resulting because of the change of climate due to the approaching the Spring Soltise is profound. There is a vortex currently over the center of the country with issues currently moving across Colorado and Utah. The air mass moving into the country is from the Arctic Ocean through Canada.
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