Almost two-thirds of people in Britain fear race relations are so poor tensions are likely to spill over into violence, a BBC poll has suggested. Of the 1,000 people asked, 60% said the UK had too many immigrants and half wanted foreigners encouraged to leave. But the proportion of people describing themselves as “racially prejudiced” was down to 20%, compared with 24% in 2005. Equality... 

Some 25 percent of prisoners in Norwegian jails are citizens of other countries than Norway. This is a huge jump from 2003, when just 15 percent of the prisoners were non-Norwegians, reports Aftenposten.no. For comparison, just 5 percent of those living in Norway are not Norwegian citizens. The Justice Department report reveals that 683 prisoners began serving sentences in 2007, although the actual... 

I misunderstood Mugabe. I thought he said “Democracy” and “Ballots”. But its really “Bullets”. Oh, so that is “Democracy” Mugabe style. Well, he wins because he’s getting 3 million bullets – along with mortar and RPG7 ammunition. Those must be the “ballots”, er bullets he was waiting for to enforce “democracy”. This... 

The increasing influence of Islam on British culture is disclosed in research today that shows the number of Muslims worshipping at mosques in England and Wales will outstrip the numbers of Roman Catholics going to church in little more than a decade. Projections to be published next month estimate that, if trends continue, the number of Catholic worshippers at Sunday Mass will fall to 679,000 by... 

LONDON — The Taliban said a deadly attack on Dutch soldiers in Afghanistan was in retaliation for an anti-Islamic film made by a politician from the Netherlands, a U.S. terrorism monitoring service said on Sunday. The son of the new chief of the Dutch military and another Dutch soldier serving with NATO-led forces were killed when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Afghanistan on Friday. The attack... 

ALONG THE SOUTH AFRICA–ZIMBABWE BORDER — Sarah Ngewerume was driven to the river by despair. She said she had seen gangs loyal to Zimbabwe’s longtime president, Robert Mugabe, beating people — some to death — in the dusty roads of her village. She said Mugabe loyalists were sweeping the countryside with chunks of wood in their hands, demanding to see party identification cards and methodically... 

The winner in Italy’s national elections, Silvio Berlusconi, has promised to form a streamlined Cabinet that could get to work quickly to tackle the country’s problems. After his center-right coalition emerged with a large enough majority to govern, the former prime minister said he will select a team of people who know the problems with the machinery of the government. Conservative media... 

Jannie Fourie in hospital after he was shot nine times in 2008. This is IOL.co.za’s version of what happened: A Woodhill man is in a critical condition in hospital, following a shooting during a house robbery on Tuesday, Pretoria police said. Spokesperson Captain Phillip Lekoantsane said robbers entered a house in Mooikloof Gardens around 2am where a couple was asleep. “The couple heard a noise... 

Falk believes that Israel has been avoiding criticism The next UN investigator into Israeli conduct in the occupied territories has stood by comments comparing Israeli actions in Gaza to those of the Nazis. Speaking to the BBC, Professor Richard Falk said he believed that up to now Israel had been successful in avoiding the criticism that it was due. Professor Falk is scheduled... 

“Despite the United State’s instrumental role in facilitating the ANC takeover in South Africa, the American government has not been as gracious in opening our doors to White South Africans who suffer robbery, rape, and murder, in part, because of American policy towards the White regime in South Africa. When White South Africans petition for asylum or seek to immigrate legally, the Immigration... 

Carla del Ponte, a former prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in the Hague, now Switzerland’s Ambassador to Argentina, made a sensational announcement. Her autobiographical book “The Hunt” reveals that Serbian men have been kidnapped and their organs were sold to international traffickers. Carla del Ponte’s announcements have already caused... 

In its recent report to Congress, the U.S. State Department “Office of Global Anti-Semitism” makes a startling policy statement. It says the New Testament record that the Jews had Christ crucified is “classical anti-Semitism” — a historic form of hate. 1 In its 2005 report to Congress, the State Department included as an “anti-Semitic incident” the case of... 

Hendrick van Rensburg, 82; and grandson Dean Woodraffe, 17, were murdered on March 10 2008 on their Bronkhorstspruit farm — local farmers protest against bail application of farm-murderer at local law court:March 17 2008 – BRONKHORSTSPRUIT/KUNGWINI, SA. According to the statistics being maintained on the website http://groups.msn.com/crimebustersofsouthafri…a at least 2,939 farm... 

Stig-Björn Ljunggren, political scientist, thinks it’s reasonable to calculate how much immigration costs society. Immigration minister Tobias Billström thinks the debate should be more about immigration as a positive force. Ljunggren is a professor of national economy and works at the Center for Labor Market Policy Research at Växjö university. He speaks of Bromölla municipality, which... 

Guest workers and refugees stay more and more in the Netherlands instead of going back to their land of origin. Health-care, welfare and family connection in the Netherlands prevent them from moving back.The Netherlands Immigration Institute (NMI) guided 1725 immigrants last year back to their land of origin. Down from 1840 in 2006 and 2139 in 2004.. Most are above 45. Though less immigrants actually...