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Raids target Zimbabwe opposition party - CNN.com HARARE, Zimbabwe (CNN) Zimbabwean government forces Thursday began cracking down on the main opposition party, raising fears of a political crisis, according to witnesses and an opposition spokesman. Zimbabweans listen to a radio in Harare, the capital, as they await results of the country s elections.   1 of 3 more photos » The forces raided at least two hotels in the capital, including one that houses foreign journalists, a witness said. Four journalists unaccredited by the Zimbabwean government were taken away, he said. New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller confirmed that Barry Bearak, a Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent based in Johannesburg, South Africa, was taken into custody. He was apparently one of a number of Americans and other foreign nationals rounded up today, Keller said. An American consular official who visited him at the central police station reported that he was being held for violation of the journalism laws. We are making every effort to assure that he is well treated, and to secure his prompt release, Keller said. The identities of the other journalists seized in the raid were not immediately known. State Department spokesman Tom Casey said the United States is calling for the immediate release of Americans seized by Zimbabwe authorities. We are concerned about the taking into custody of several American citizens, Casey said. There is no reason for that. We want to see them released as soon as possible. State Department officials said they were bound by privacy constraints and couldn t say how many American reporters were taken. Tendai Biti, secretary-general for the opposition Movement for Democratic Change, said his party s offices in another Harare hotel were also raided by Zimbabwean forces. Some of the rooms were ransacked, The Associated Press reported. Don t Miss Panel: Mugabe s party loses grip on parliament Mugabe: Liberation hero turned tyrant Blog: Change is in the air Time: How long will Mugabe hang on? There s a definite crackdown, Biti said. No one was detained in that raid, he added. The action targeted certain people including myself, Biti told the AP. It is quite clear he has unleashed a war, he said, referring to Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe. The crackdown came hours after the government announced another delay in releasing some of last weekend s election results, raising fears that Mugabe is trying to come up with a plan to remain in power. Many are predicting a runoff election. Watch why a runoff is likely » In spite of this, on Wednesday the MDC declared Tsvangirai the outright winner, saying he took 50.3 percent of the almost 2.4 million votes. The state-run newspaper reported Wednesday that Mugabe and Tsvangirai will compete in a presidential runoff because neither candidate garnered more than 50 percent of the vote. Watch the claims and counterclaims » But even some in Mugabe s own party believe he should step down. A ZANU-PF member, who did not want to be named for security reasons, reported a deep schism in the party Thursday, saying some members believe Mugabe should gracefully cede power. The top guys have been given a rude awakening, said the lawmaker, adding that the party s brass is shell-shocked by the results and had not expected the apparent defeat. The lawmaker, who lost his seat to an opposition challenger, further said a presidential runoff will be a suicide mission and should be a last resort for the ruling party. Mugabe is finished, he added. We cannot win, so why go for it? he said. Once people have tasted victory, you don t take it away from them. But Zimbabwean Deputy Information Minister Bright Matonga said he did not expect Mugabe to step down. I don t see that at all, he said. And why should he? We have to go all the way. That is what the law says. According to the state-run newspaper, The Herald, the elections for parliament s lower house came down to a photo finish, with MDC taking 99 seats and ZANU-PF 97. Eleven posts in the 210-seat body went to an independent and members of a smaller opposition party. Three seats will have to be decided in a later election because the opposition candidates have died, the paper reported. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission said Thursday it has postponed releasing results from elections for the Senate, parliament s upper house. The government blames the delays in announcing results on logistics, noting that four elections were held simultaneously. Matonga has said the law gives the government until Friday to release the results. A look at the candidates » Mugabe, who was prime minister before taking the presidential post in 1987, has been in power since Zimbabwe s independence from Britain 28 years ago. The election represents the toughest challenge to power he has ever faced. See photos from the country s elections » A year after the last presidential election which the MDC alleges was stolen the government charged Tsvangirai with treason. He was acquitted. The MDC accused Mugabe of trying to eliminate him as a challenger. Zimbabwe faced international sanctions after the 2002 election, including travel restrictions on Zimbabwean officials. A hero of the country s civil war against the white Rhodesian government, Mugabe became the country s first black leader in 1980. Nearly three decades later, he has consolidated his rule over all aspects of Zimbabwean life. Once revered for providing some of the best education and health care in Africa, Zimbabwe now has one of the lowest life expectancies in the world. Schooling is a luxury. Once known as the breadbasket of southern Africa, now it is difficult to get basic food supplies. Inflation has skyrocketed to more than 100,000 percent, while food production and agricultural exports have dropped drastically. Copyright 2008 BadGalsRadio ~ I-riginal 100%GalBassed RooticalTruth. This Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your news aggregator, the site you are looking at is guilty of copyright infringement. Please contact legal@badgals-radio.com so we can take legal action immediately. Plugin by Taragana

News | The quotes that were 2007 | www.one876ent.com news URL: The quotes that were 2007 Him affi go wear di jacket till it squeeze him ? Sherika Todd, baby mother of Vybz Kartel in response to his denial of paternity of her daughter, Adi anna. A subsequent DNA test would later reveal that he was the father of her child. The year 2007 wouldn t be the same without these quotes by some of Jamaica s most popular people. We put a few of them together for your laughing pleasure. ENTERTAINMENT I presume it was blackmail because I don t know him as that type Rhona Vidal, mother of Kyino Cunningham, in response to footage of him taking a shower with a male who is seen shampooing his hair Him affi go wear di jacket till it squeeze him Sherika Todd, baby mother of Vybz Kartel in response to his denial of paternity of her daughter, Adi anna. A subsequent DNA test would later reveal that he was the father of her child. Ugly dancer caan buss Sample 6 referring to 50 Di Magnificient Why mi woulda look Spice and she a technicolour? Beenie Man, denying allegations that he had attempted to sleep with deejay Spice Mi wife have another man ah New York Beenie Man, of his estranged wife s affair with a man in New York, during an IRIE FM interview Don t let Vybz Kartel and Mavado lyrics tun yu inna idiot, don t bother wid di bhutto ting Vybz Kartel, at a special press conference called to appeal to fans of both he and Mavado to desist in committing violent acts against each other BEST DUBS Firelinks and Shebada live inna house a town Macka Diamond dub played by Blade from Code Red at Fully Loaded 2k7, annihilating Firelinks to bring the curtain down on the show. Sharon, yu no cute, and yu face lean like a old Clarks boot Bugle dub played by Black Chiney at Fully Loaded 2k7. Black Chiney was dissing promoter Sharon Burke in a major way, playing dubs and making comments that she was mean and tight, and didn t pay him and several other selectors. He even took off his shirt to reveal a black t-shirt with the words, I Fucked Sharon Burke emblazoned all over it. Black Chiney love lick, Coppershot lick clit and Jazzy T hood little but him tongue stiff Pussy dem a chew - Firelinks dub at RAS Beer Vibes 2k7 Black Chiney lick and taste, Shebada Cum to town and live a Jazzy yard - Busy Signal dub played by Biggy at RAS Beer Vibes. VERBAL ZINGERS demonstrates that the PNP suffers from a kind of intellectual depravity, it s as if termites have infected their brains PM Bruce Golding at the annual JLP conference No comment. Phillip Paulwell after being hounded by reporters for a comment in the Solutrea affair SPORTS I panicked. I felt him coming on that slowed me down I made a big mistake. Asafa Powell, moments after placing third in the 100 metres final behind Tyson Gay at the IAAF Championships in Osaka, Japan Today I proved to the world that Asafa is back, Asafa Powell, after lowering his 100 metre world record to 9.74 seconds, two weeks after choking in Japan ELECTION NEWS However perplexing some may find the results, the fact is that the people have spoken and we of the Jamaica Labour Party, we accept and respect the decision, Bruce Golding, in making a cautious acceptance speech at the JLP headquarters. The election is too close to call we are conceding no victory to the Jamaica Labour Party, Portia Simpson Miller, in addressing supporters at the PNP headquarters, adding that there had been reports of irregularities and thugs preventing voters from exercising their franchise Have faith in the security forces Derrick Smith, speaking with reporters who had gathered in Irish Town upon hearing about the death of ACP Gilbert Kameka. Nineteen officers were killed last year. We are not changing no course former PNP General Secretary Donald Buchanan at a rally Copyright 2008 BadGalsRadio ~ I-riginal 100%GalBassed RooticalTruth. This Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your news aggregator, the site you are looking at is guilty of copyright infringement. Please contact legal@badgals-radio.com so we can take legal action immediately. Plugin by Taragana

Gays Getting Western goverments to make Reggae Dancehall illegal : Source nowtoronto.com 30/11/07 12:47:52 pm, Categories: Reggae International Gays Getting Western goverments to make Reggae Dancehall illegal : Source nowtoronto.com Gays and Lesbians declare all out war on Reggae Dancehall! Dancehall dons anti-gay lyrics fuel local calls for Jamaica sanctions By SIGCINO MOYO In his book words to our now, Thomas Glave, SUNY Binghamton prof and gay Jamaican-American author, ponders the gnawing fear of the Jamaican LGBT experience. How will it happen? he asks of the all-too-inevitable violence faced by gays and lesbians in Jamaica. With fire gasoline machetes pickaxes hammers guns knives simple strangling or a good old-fashioned stoning Will our father do it to us, or a neighbour? A boyfriend, or a co-worker? Will everyone in our community turn on us? Considerable international attention has been given recently to anti-gay violence in Jamaica following a rash of deaths there. Elephant Man in Action The seeming Jamaican government authorities reluctance to do anything about it, despite calls from Amnesty International, has Helen Kennedy, the executive director of Egale Canada, the largest gay-lesbian group in this country, openly questioning the Harper government s pledge to dole out $600 million to bolster the infrastructure of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries over the next 10 years. Why are we using taxpayers dollars to support countries that don t observe basic human rights? Kennedy wonders. Jamaica still has a prohibition against the abominable crime of buggery on the books. And nowhere in recent talk of constitutional reform on the island is the issue of gay rights addressed. Egale is stopping short of calling for an all-out tourism boycott - the U.S.-based International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association says boycotts do nothing to help the LGBT communities there. But from Kennedy s perspective, queers should think twice about spending their bucks in the Caribbean country, as well as others with spotty records on gay rights. The group has joined Stop Murder Music Canada (SMM) in calling on immigration authorities to follow the lead of Britain and the U.S. and bar from entry into Canada reggae dancehall acts known for virulent anti-gay lyrics. So far, there s been a resounding non-response from higher up the political food chain. Capleton The FireMan In what Kennedy calls an all-out campaign, Egale and SMM have set their sights on local promoters, bookers and venues, forcing the recent cancellation of shows featuring some of the more notoriously anti-gay dancehall dons - Capleton, Baby Cham and Beenie Man, all skedded for GTA-area gigs. Baby Cham Shows by Sizzla and Elephant Man were called off a few weeks earlier, although it s unclear how much lagging ticket sales had to do with the latter. Sizzla Chris Hines, the booker behind the Capleton, Baby Cham and Beenie Man gigs, says Egale and SMM have brought to his attention some lyrics of artists he books. They re telling me the song is an example of homophobia, but I translate it as something else. In Jamaica being homophobic is almost a law. Hines is only marginally overstating the reality. Hundreds of attacks on gays and lesbians, many involving mob violence, and at least three deaths have been reported since the beginning of the year. In April, Amnesty International called on Jamaican authorities to send a clear message that discrimination against sexual minorities will not be tolerated after two incidents involving mob violence against gays in Kingston. If there s been an official response, Jamaican authorities are loath to share it with NOW. Repeated calls, e-mails and faxes sent to the Jamaican High Commission in Ottawa and the consulate in Toronto went unanswered. Hines is sympathetic, but at the same time he can t shake a feeling: It seems that they re just targeting the dancehall community. There are tons of hiphop artists that call people faggot in songs. And they re not going after them. It s a familiar argument, one that was made by local activist Valerie Smith in her efforts last year to have the Ontario Human Rights Commission declare songs with misogynist lyrics hate rap. The stumbling block there is that women are not an identifiable group under the Criminal Code. Gays are. Used to be that SMM would get problem acts to sign a declaration known as the Reggae Compassionate Act. The groups would promise to zip it on the homophobic material in return for avoiding SMM s calls for boycotts, handcuffs and visa denials. One Love and all that. Some acts signed, others recoiled. Problem is there was nothing keeping the bands honest back home. In 2004, a sobering blow came to those who thought that agreements like the Reggae Compassionate Act might have lasting traction in Jamaica. Brian Williamson, a founding member of the Jamaican Forum for Lesbians, All-Sexuals and Gays (J-FLAG), was found brutally murdered. While it s still a matter of some debate whether this was in fact a hate crime, this ultra-public gay-positive force died by violence. Says SMM founder Akim Larcher, What we ve seen is that many of these artists have denied signing, claiming the alleged forgeries are part of the gay agenda. Listeners and concert-goers are often encouraged to revel in derisive singalongs punctuated by exhortations like: Battyman fi dead! Poop man fi drown. Hang chi chi gal wid a long piece of rope. Tek a bazooka and kill batty-fucker. I m dreaming of a new Jamaica, come execute all the gays. Unnecessary translations notwithstanding, the recurring gist of many of these frequently cited tracks is that the sodomite at large (including bowcat bwoys that go down on females) should beware divine wrath right here on earth. To lesser extent, says Larcher, that same homophobic environment exists here in the Caribbean and African communities. These artists remain symbols of hate against the LGBT communities. Beenie Man In the past, artists like Beenie Man and Buju Banton have tried to play both sides of the pond by issuing denunciations of violence against any human being. But one would gather from their continually catalogued concert ramblings that gays and lesbians fall outside of that definition. Until these artists take a public stand in the Caribbean, specifically denouncing violence against gays and lesbians, we don t think they should be allowed into Canada, says Larcher. Buju Banton Case in point is Buju Banton, often heralded as a changed man after penning the anti-gay anthem Boom Bye Bye in the early 90s at the age of 15. But just a few weeks ago, despite calls for his performance to get the hook, he busted out lines from that track at the Guyana Music Festival at the urging of the crowd. Meanwhile, surprise! The offensive material can be accessed online, interestingly enough, on the Jamaica Tourist Board website, boasting that Jamaica is one of the most special places on earth. Immerse yourself in our culture as diverse as our people. And this gem: Reason with a Rastafarian about life, love or politics. Copyright 2007 BadGalsRadio ~ I-riginal 100%GalBassed RooticalTruth. This Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your news aggregator, the site you are looking at is guilty of copyright infringement. Please contact legal@badgals-radio.com so we can take legal action immediately. Plugin by Taragana