Dixon Colley and A. A Njie must be turning in their graves over the horrific English language Gambian online editors are writing.

Former Director-General of Mile 2 Prisons in the Gambia, Mr. David Colley, is to face criminal charges after a tractor belonging to the Prison Services was found in his home.

Today (September 1st), MSNBC Today Book News provided a review of Tony Blair's soon-to-be published memoir, A Journey. This Associated Press article, titled "Tony Blair Memoir: 'I Can't Regret' Going to War'", details the main components of the former British prime minister's term in office. The Associated Press deems the book as a "political memoir with celebrity trappings?secrecy, security, a multimillion-dollar deal and, crucially, controversy" (staff and wire, MSNBC Today). Blair's memoir expresses his grief over the death of soldiers and civilians in Iraq. Despite this sorrow, Blair maintains that invading Iraq, and taking down Saddam Hussein, was the right choice to make.

Reuters announced that another Taliban attack on a Shi'ite rally occurred in Quetta, Pakistan, today (September 3rd), resulting in 43 deaths and injuring at least 100 citizens. Original reporting of this tragedy comes from Saud Mehsud, Haji Mujtaba, Zeeshan Haider, and Augustine Anthony. Rizwan Saeed compiles the details in his article, "Suicide Blast Rips through Pakistan City, 43 Dead" (written by Michael Georgy and edited by Miral Fahmy). The suicide bombing in Quetta is the second major offense made by al Qaeda-influenced Taliban this week. The previous bombings struck a Shi'ite procession in Lahore on Wednesday, killing 33 people.

Accra, Ghana (Peace FM Online) - - - The minister of foreign affairs, regional integration and NEPAD, Akwasi Osei-Adjei has said that severing relations with the Gambia over the killing of some Ghanaians in that

According to the National Public Radio, another oil explosion occurred in the Gulf of Mexico today (September 2nd ). NPR Staff (with collaboration from other sources, such as The Associated Press) provided immediate coverage in the article, "Sheen Spreads After Another Gulf Rig Explodes". The explosion occurred at the Vermillion Oil Platform, which is owned by Mariner Energy and located 100 miles south of Vermillion Bay, Louisiana. According to a homeland security operational update from The Associated Press, the rig produced 900,000 cubic feet of gas and about 59,000 gallons of oil each day, with 4,200 of that oil stored at the platform. When the rig exploded, no one was killed and all workers were rescued from the water and taken to a nearby hospital (NPR).

Gambians based in the United States under the Umbrella of the Movement for Democracy and

John Irish, of Thompson Reuters, writes of "France['s Plan] to Push On with Roma Repatriation" (ed. Michael Roddy, August 30th). Nearly 1,000 Romanians have been sent back from France to their country of origin since the end of July, with more deportations expected. Led by President Nicolas Sakozy, the French government continues its "crackdown on crime and immigration" (Irish, Reuters). President Sakozy's repatriation method has been challenged by left-wing opposition, members of his own conservative party, and a United Nations human rights group.

( August 26th) In his ABC News article, "Tea Party Spells KKK, Rights Leader Says", John R. Parkison highlights controversy over the conservative rally scheduled to take place at the Lincoln Memorial on the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. This weekend, the "Restoring Honor" rally will take place in Washington, D.C. The event, put together by Fox News Glenn Beck and the Special Operations Warrior Foundation, will feature former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. Civil rights activist and former congressman, Reverend Walter Fauntroy, equated the Tea Party with the Ku Klux Klan.

The Executive Committee of the United Democratic Party [UK Chapter] has reviewed PDOIS’s Public Notice of 15th August 2010 and noticed that PDOIS didn’t disagree with our position that NADD was designed to be an alliance as per the

A legislation has been introduced in the United States Senate to suspend US government aid to the Gambia unless President Yahya Jammeh's administration makes significant efforts to release and account for political prisoners, including Ebrimah Manneh.

This weekend marks the five year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina--a time not of celebration, but of vows to not let the same mistakes happen again. While Americans remember the tragedy of Katrina, Hurricane Danielle is building in the Atlantic Ocean. According to Paul Yeager, contributing writer of the AOL News article, "Danielle Grows Into a Major Hurricane in Atlantic", the winds of this storm have reached 135 miles per hour, making it "the first major hurricane of the season and a Category 4 storm" (August 27th, AOL). Danielle is expected to reach its height of intensity on Saturday and to push riptides against the East Coast and to hit Bermuda with giant waves. (Watch out vacationers.) Yet, neither effect will compete with what is remembered from Katrina.

President Barack Obama recently signed new legislation that will protect journalists, authors and publishers from becoming victims of defamation lawsuits filed in countries with harsh libel laws that discourage critical media, reports Freedom House. The practice of filing libel lawsuits in foreign countries with weak libel protections is called "libel tourism." Countries like England continue to permit this

Taro Ichikawa, of InDepth News Analysis(IDN), writes from Bangkok, Thailand, of the Tokyo Trucking Association's efforts to improve the environmental impact of vehicles in Asian and Pacific countries. His article, "Guarding Environment with a Paper-and-Pencil Project", gives surprising evidence of how pollution can be prevented with simple practices and communication.Credit: Free pictures from acobox.comThe Asia-Pacific region of the world currently hosts the most motorized vehicles. Ichikawa claims that, at its current growth rate, it will soon have "more automobiles than Europe and North America combined". The number of vehicles in Japan increased from 8.1 million in 1966 to 78 million last year. 54% of this 78 million are passenger cars, while 34% are light duty, 8% are trucks, and the remaining are motorcycles and buses (IDN).

Born in Ballajally in the then MaCcarthy Island Division, the Gambia in 1924. Dawda Jawara was appointed Government Veterinary Officer in

Bruce Crumley, of Time (in partnership with CNN), writes about secularism in France. His August 23rd article "Are the French Taking Secularism Too Far?", focuses on the growing challenge that France faces in trying to "to segregate private religious belief from the strictly agnostic sphere of public life" (Crumley, Time.com). Currently, debates focus on the French ban (expected to pass into law in October) of full-body coverings worn by Muslim women. In 2004, headscarves were banned from public schools. From here, French opposition to the growing influence of Islam has become almost paranoid.

In his Associated Press article, "Porn Sales Provide Insight Into Iraq's Politics", Tarek El-Tablawy uses an unexpected analogy for the current security situation in Iraq (August 23rd, found at The Huffington Post). El-Tablawy describes the overflowing tables of pornography videos that line streets in Baghdad. As in most countries, sex sells better than Hollywood blockbusters and some Iraqis rely on this business to survive in a country with an unemployment rate of 20 percent or more. By selling porn videos for 1 to 3 dollars each, they can make a living. For comparison, El-Tablawy plants the porn market alongside the political situation in Iraq. When Saddam Hussein was in control of Iraq's government, his "all-seeing security services...brutally ensure[d] law and order" (Associated Press).

In collaboration with theAssociated Press, MSNBC gives the full scoop on the status of thirty-three miners who are safe, but trapped 2,257 feet (688 meters) underground. Their families rejoice in finding out that the miners are alive after 17 days, while the"Chile Miners Face [a] Four-Month Wait for Rescuers" (MSNBC).The miners were entombed in the Sane Jose gold and copper mine, outside of Copiapo, Chile, on August 5th. On Sunday, engineers were finally able to communicate with and help them after "work[ing] through the night to reinforce the six-inch (15 cm) -wide bore-hole" that will funnel water and food supplies down to the men. Rescuers were also able to pass medical supplies and communications through the passage. The miners received microphones to talk to family members and questionnaires to provide information on the condition of each miner.