Chicago Defender - OUR WORLD http://www.chicagodefender.com/articles.sec-8-1-our-world.html <![CDATA[Apartheid's black-on-black divide slower to heal ]]> <![CDATA[Survey: Most Haiti text donors have given since ]]> <![CDATA[South Africa: Joy, sadness as Mandela's party turns 100 ]]> BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — Tens of thousands of chanting and dancing revelers waved the green and gold colors of the African National Congress as Africa's oldest liberation movement celebrated its 100th anniversary Sunday, though many South Africans say the party hasn't delivered on its promises since taking power in 1994.]]> <![CDATA[Christmas attacks in Nigeria by sect kill 39 ]]> LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Terror attacks across Nigeria by a radical Muslim sect killed at least 39 people, with the majority dying on the steps of a Catholic church after celebrating Christmas Mass as blood pooled in dust from a massive explosion.]]> <![CDATA[Kim Jong Il, a Cold War-era leader in modern times ]]> PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Even as the world changed around him, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il remained firmly in control, ruling absolutely at home and keeping the rest of the world on edge through a nuclear weapons program.]]> <![CDATA[Farrakhan, Winfrey visit Haiti on separate trips ]]> PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan started a five-day trip to Haiti on Sunday, arriving just ahead of fellow Chicagoan Oprah Winfrey as they make separate trips to the poor Caribbean country.]]> <![CDATA[3 women accept Nobel Peace Prize ]]> OSLO, Norway (AP) — Three women who fought injustice, dictatorship and sexual violence in Liberia and Yemen accepted the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize on Saturday, calling on repressed women worldwide to rise up against male supremacy.]]> <![CDATA[South Africa: 1st class graduates from Winfrey school ]]> <![CDATA[40,000 troops to leave Afghanistan by end of 2012 ]]> <![CDATA[Young South Africans call for jobs, end to poverty ]]> <![CDATA[US quietly assumes military posture in Africa ]]> <![CDATA[Nation of Islam leader slams Gadhafi killing ]]> CHICAGO (AP) — Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan says those rejoicing in the death of ousted Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi will come to sorrow.]]> <![CDATA[7.2 quake causes damage, casualties in Turkey ]]> ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Turkey Sunday, collapsing about 45 buildings according to the deputy prime minister.]]> <![CDATA[Gadhafi, Libya's leader for 42 years, killed ]]> SIRTE, Libya (AP) — Moammar Gadhafi, who ruled Libya with a dictatorial grip for 42 years until he was ousted by his own people in an uprising that turned into a bloody civil war, was killed Thursday when revolutionary forces overwhelmed his hometown, Sirte, the last major bastion of resistance two months after his regime fell.]]> <![CDATA[Obama sending troops to aid Africa anti-insurgency ]]> <![CDATA[Nobel Peace Prize goes to women's rights activists ]]> OSLO, Norway (AP) — The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to three champions of women's rights in Africa and the Middle East on Friday in an attempt to bolster the role of women in struggles to bring democracy to nations suffering from autocratic rule and civil strife.]]> <![CDATA[South Africa's Madikizela-Mandela hospitalized ]]> <![CDATA[South Africa rules against youth leader for hate speech ]]> JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The black man who leads the youth wing of South Africa's governing party has no right to sing a song some whites find offensive, a judge said Monday.]]> <![CDATA[Libyan rebels round up black Africans ]]> TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Rebel forces and armed civilians are rounding up thousands of black Libyans and migrants from sub-Sahara Africa, acccusing them of fighting for ousted strongman Moammar Gadhafi and holding them in makeshift jails across the capital.]]> <![CDATA[South Africa: Black farmers sell farms back to whites ]]>