The Final Call Online, 04-17-2001

April 17, 2001
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Lost evidence: Is Gov't trying to frame ex-Black Panther?

(FinalCall.com)--Recent twists and turns in the case of ex-Black Panther leader Imam Jamil Al-Amin has supporters wondering if the government is up to its dirty tricks that were so prominent under J. Edgar Hoover�s F.B.I. known as Cointelpro. Supporters say the alleged �disappearance� of blood evidence by the state, revealed during a March 27 evidence hearing in Fulton County Superior Court, reeks of the counterintelligence program tactics that derailed the Black liberation movement of the 1960s.

Enough is enough
U.S. Iraq policy challenged

WASHINGTON�The only way to stop the devastating loss of life that continues to cripple Iraq�including the preventable deaths from hunger and disease of more than 5,000 children under the age of five each month�is a quick end to U.S.-led sanctions, according to members of a delegation of Muslims and Arab Americans who just returned from Baghdad.

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Is affirmative action in education dead?

(NNPA)�A Michigan federal judge�s call for an end to all race-based admissions policies at the state university�s law school may signal the end of higher education�s quest for racial diversity through affirmative action, Black leaders and analysts said. U.S. District Judge Bernard A. Friedman�s March 27 ruling has effectively stopped the University of Michigan Law School practice of using race as one factor for accepting students to achieve diversity at the institution.

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'Enough to make a Negro turn Black'
Veteran journalist Lu Palmer reflects on years of activism

Veteran journalist/activist Lu Palmer, 79 began his career writing for
the Chicago Defender and the Chicago Daily News, among other
publications. Known, for his advocacy of Black causes, Bro. Lu is know for
the phrase he coined, "It's enough to make a Negro turn Black" and for leading
the effort to elect Chicago's first Black mayor, Harold Washington. He
recently spoke with Final Call editor James G. Muhammad.
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Arabs decry Israeli attacks on Lebanon, Gaza
-Arabia.com

China: US should stop spy flights along its coast
-China Daily

Libya Intensifies Campaign for African Unity
-PANA

Internet Cafe Opens in Mogadishu
-Harare, PANA

Africa & the World
We need each other -Pt 1

While traveling and writing about Africa and what is happening on this great continent, I have encountered many opinions. I try to deal with people on their various levels and I also try never to be a reactionary. However, I could not help but to react to an article, which appeared on the front page of the Wall Street Journal, Wednesday, March 14, titled, �Tangled Roots: For Black Americans in Ghana, the Grass Isn�t Always Greener.�

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FCN EDITORIAL
Bill to expunge records a good idea

The dreadful times of America
by the Hon. Elijah Muhammad

ELEVEN FIFTY-FIVE
ROLL CALL! by Abdul Allah Muhammad

'How do we know when God is present?'
by Jabril Muhammad

Great China Commentaries
by Cedric Muhammad

In Relics Versus People,
the world seems to pick relics
by Barbara Beebe

Protecting Your Privacy Online
TechTV.com

When journalists refuse to tell the truth about Israel by Robert Fisk

Scientific Exploration For A New Age
by Mother Tynnetta Muhammad

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