http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=12&catid=276News Feed for - Black-interesthttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96617101&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2762009-11-27T05:02:00TOFINO, B.C. - A Vancouver Island First Nation says members will occupy a former residential school in an effort to 'claim back' the property from a Catholic missionary order. John Frank, chief councillor Am1220.cahttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96620520&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2762009-11-27T03:03:00Eight Aboriginal protesters have been arrested at the construction site of the Brighton bypass. About 30 protesters chanting 'cultural vandalism shame, shame, shame' have marched onto the construction Yahoo! News Australiahttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96608085&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2762009-11-27T00:56:00- 8:12AM The site of the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory. Children from a traditional Aboriginal community in the state's Midwest will reach for the stars, thanks to a land use agreement brokered WA Today.com.auhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96332786&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2762009-11-27T00:54:00Allstate honoring four �??Heroes�?? who best represent the ideals of Dr. King through giving back in their communities. Allstate Insurance Company today announced it is once again encouraging volunteerism Web Newswirehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96619389&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2762009-11-27T02:38:00Having performed for Nelson Mandela at the Yankee Stadium, for the Pope in Central Park, with the Chieftains on their US tour and on U2's Rattle and Hum album, film and tour, the Harlem Gospel Choir will, Mayo Advertiserhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96591019&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2762009-11-26T20:10:00Stuart Paterson Toronto ? A It was only after the pastor at First Baptist Church a 183-year-old institution founded by a dozen slaves who escaped to Toronto on the underground railway walked over to Chinatown Globe and Mailhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96562952&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2762009-11-26T20:29:00SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian movie highlighting the desperate state of many Aboriginal communities won top prize at the third annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards on Thursday in which 37 films from 16 Reutershttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96534725&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2762009-11-26T18:56:00A magazine run by the Chinese government has revealed the existence of a network of secret detention centres or "black jails" in Beijing where inmates are often beaten or tortured. Until now, the Communist Telegraphhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96570315&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2762009-11-26T15:12:00BOSTON --A Massachusetts man who served 30 years in a state prison before a judge threw out his conviction has tentatively settled his federal civil rights lawsuit against the city of Boston. A lawyer Boston Globehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96568453&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2762009-11-26T15:48:00INDIGENOUS culture will be embedded in the new national school curriculum under a proposal being considered by leading educators. English, science, history and other disciplines will contain an indigenous Sydney Morning Heraldhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96533789&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2762009-11-26T04:19:00The remains of eight Aboriginal people have been buried in the Kimberley after sitting in a Swedish museum for more than 100 years. Countless numbers of remains were removed from the region by European ABC Onlinehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96515201&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2762009-11-26T00:37:00The Department of Infrastructure says it has the necessary permits but Aborigines want more archaeological studies. (Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre) Aboriginal protesters have again entered the construction ABC Onlinehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96602837&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2762009-11-26T23:00:00"The Australian public and government have to accept that there continues to be a silent, yet aggressive, standoff between the government and the different Aboriginal nations." Goodooga, northwest NSW, Indymedia Irelandhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96570290&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2762009-11-26T19:31:00From: The Australian A SENATE report on the welfare of international students was criticised yesterday for skating over problems of racism threatening student safety. The report, tabled in parliament The Australianhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96428305&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2762009-11-26T15:29:00The World Health Organization estimates that at least 111 million children in the world suffer from skin sores (pyoderma) and that many of these children also have scabies. The scabies mite is a parasite PhysOrg.comhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96564863&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2762009-11-26T14:09:00GOVERNMENTS across Australia are "failing miserably" to tackle Aboriginal imprisonment, resulting in a blow-out in prisoner numbers not seen for decades, according to Western Australia's Chief Justice The Australianhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96529291&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2762009-11-26T04:43:00Author: styky Posted: 11/ 25/ 09 11:19 pm or select public service jobs By Kathryn May, Ottawa Citizen November 25, 2009 10:09 PM OTTAWA For the first time, aboriginal Canadians will have Free Dominionhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96384739&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2762009-11-26T03:56:00Women attend a rally organised by the Domestic Violence Prevention Forum (Paribarik Nirjaton Protirod Jot) to mark Violence Against Women Day in Dhaka yesterday. The last major study into domestic violence Gulf Timeshttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96509858&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2762009-11-26T00:38:00Rangers Leon Isaac, Terry McCarthy and Thomas Nickels destroy contents of an illegal fishing camp at Bedford Island. Aboriginal rangers in the state's north have been recognised for uncovering and destroying WA Today.com.auhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96353051&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2762009-11-24T00:22:00Universities are struggling to provide an effective response to a worrying rise in racism off campus In the hectic student calendar at Warwick University, week nine used to be given over to Rise Against Guardian.co.ukhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96451842&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2762009-11-25T08:38:00DeWayne McCulley, a now-retired engineer, shocked his doctors and survived a near-death diabetic coma, despite a blood glucose of 1337 (more than 1200 points above normal). McCulley was able to overcome Urban Meccahttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96449917&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2762009-11-25T08:20:00Journal of Human Genetics 54, 647 (November 2009). doi:10.1038/jhg.2009.89 Authors: Mariola Kulawiec, Kjerstin M Owens & Keshav K SinghLaboratory Investigationhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96344918&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2762009-11-23T23:24:00WASHINGTON The lawsuit, filed today in federal court in Chicago Testers are individuals who pose as applicants for housing and report on their interactions with housing providers to determine the providers' Forbes.comhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96254054&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2762009-11-23T10:22:00Page 1 of 2 By Peter J Brown Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is in the United States for a state visit as many Indians are finding US President Barack Obama's treatment of India less friendly and Asia Times Onlinehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96541971&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2762009-11-26T21:26:00Former UK basketball star Sam Bowie said Wednesday that he and his family have been accepted for membership at Idle Hour Country Club, making him the club's first African-American member. 'I'm very flattered, Kentucky.com