Fortress stories:
12 Afghans killed in attack on meeting with French
Nov 16th, 2009 - AOL News
TAGAB VALLEY, Afghanistan -Rockets slammed into a market northeast of Kabul on Monday, killing 12 civilians but missing their presumed target: a meeting between France's...
Obama visits former slave post
Jul 11th, 2009 - Los Angeles Times
Reporting from Accra, Ghana -- The castle stands on the shores of the western coast of Africa, a forbidding compound with dark dungeons where captives lived in sweltering...
Obama deeply moved by 'evil' slave fortress
Jul 11th, 2009 - guardian.co.uk
Barack Obama, creating history on his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa as US president, said visiting the slave fortress of Cape Coast Castle yesterday reminded him of the capacity of human beings to commit great evil.
Obama sees Africa's dark past at slave fortress
Jul 11th, 2009 - Reuters
CAPE COAST, Ghana (Reuters) - After outlining his bright hopes for Africa's future, President Barack Obama got a glimpse on Saturday into one of the darkest chapters of its past -- the transatlantic slave trade. Obama...
Obama Ends Ghana Visit With Trip to Former Slave Center
Jul 11th, 2009 - VOA News
U.S. President Barack Obama has wrapped up his visit to the West African nation of Ghana with a tour of a former slave center from which thousands of Africans once were shipped off to America.



