Whistle-blower site taken offline

"A controversial website that allows whistle-blowers to anonymously post government and corporate documents has been taken offline in the US."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7250916.stm

It's interesting that this site can be taken down, whereas sites that exploit children and show pornographic images aren't.

George Bush: a good man in Africa ???

!They may not be George Bush's natural constituency but Rwanda's prostitutes have good things to say about him. So do poor South Africans abandoned by their quixotic government, and doctors across Africa who otherwise regard the American president as a walking crime against humanity."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/feb/15/georgebush.usa

The amazing power of money sent home

"It has been known for years that most economic migrants send money home. But a recent study by the United Nations Agriculture Fund shows that these remittances, as they are called, are far more important than was ever thought."

http://money.uk.msn.com/guides/ethical-money/article.aspx?cp-documentid=7414450