The remains of Bob Marley, whose lyrics became the rallying cry of black liberationists in the Third World and dope-smoking students in the West, are to be reburied in Ethiopia 23 years after his death.

Two proponents of legalizing marijuana were convicted yesterday of misdemeanor counts of possession of marijuana during three protests at Independence National Historical Park after a federal judge rejected their claim that smoking was constitutionally protected because they are Rastafarians.

A Burlington County man has filed a lawsuit against a former employer he claims fired him after learning of his political views and religious beliefs.

Knysna - It seems as if the idea for the first Amsterdam-style coffee shop in South Africa is going up in smoke.

High tea will be on offer in Knysna next month, if a Rastafarian community opens the country's first dagga "coffee shop".

Evangelism targeting members of the Rasta community form one of the major articles included in the June 2004 edition of Charisma magazine.

Rastas neither cut their hair nor comb it, based on an interpretation of the Bible, nor do they eat meat or consume drugs - legal or illegal - with the exception of marijuana, which they consider sacred.

After a lifetime of campaigning for the repatriation of Rastafarians to Ethiopia, their spiritual homeland, Jah Lloyd, the outspoken Rastafarian activist, died last week in that east African country, Sunday Observer sources said. Jah Lloyd, whose real name is Lloyd Young, was in his 60s.

For decades the Rastafarian community, in their spiritual home here, had not been taken seriously and Ethiopians have even termed them as ludicrous.

ROAD TOWN, British Virgin Islands (AP) -- Rastafarians in Tortola for a weeklong summit praised the new government for revoking a law banning their entry to the British Virgin Islands.

ROAD TOWN, British Virgin Islands (AP) -- Rastafarians can now legally visit this British Caribbean territory, following the removal of an executive order banning the religion's adherents from entering, the government said Thursday.

The Associated Press, July 16, 2003

A victory for the Church of Haile SelassieThe Globe and Mail (Canada), Feb. 6, 2003

Jamaica Observer, Dec. 21, 2002