Exclusive New Year's interview with
Minister Farrakhan
We are entering a very dark period in our history, in America�s history and in world history.  It behooves us to settle our differences and begin the process of healing the wounds that are self-inflicted or that have been inflicted by others so that as a people we can present to the world a united front. It is only a united front of Black leadership and Black people that will take us through this very dark period with minimum loss.  This is why I have chosen the theme for our World Convention, �Healing the Wounds to Bring About a Universal Family.�

Africa's Afghanistan?
Activists concerned that Somalia next in U.S. terrorist war
NEW YORK-Is Africa the next target of the U.S. war on terrorism?  Activists such as Elombe Brath of the Harlem-based Patrice Lumumba Coalition and Viola Plummer of the December 12th Movement say don�t rule out a strike on Somalia, despite Bush administration denials that an attack is imminent.

Muslim pilot survives small plane crash, one passenger missing,
one dead in accident
SAN DIEGO�A single-engine plane transporting three Muslims plummeted into the ocean just off the coast of San Diego on Dec. 25, killing Celina Muhammad, 29, of Inglewood, Calif., who died before rescuers could get to the scene. Her husband, Edward Muhammad, was still missing; and pilot Jamal Muhammad, 26, who survived the crash and spent several days in an intensive care unit, was scheduled to be released from the hospital at Final Call press time. All three were members of the Nation of Islam�s Muhammad Mosque No. 27 in Los Angeles.

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Gifts from the gifted
Athletes, entertainers find ways to make life better for others
Dikembe Mutombo never succeeded in his dream to become a doctor. So he decided to do something else: He�s building a 300-bed hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo in Central Africa.  The dream of making life a little better for others is one shared by other Black celebrities. Their good deeds are often unnoticed amid horror stories of selfish, immature preoccupations with the trappings of wealth, sexual conquests and personal vanity.