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Black Star could mean the following;

• Black Stars is the nickname given to the Ghana national football team. The team has qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, the first in the history of the club.

• In the early part of the 20th century, Marcus Garvey created a shipping line called Black Star to repatriate African-Americans to Africa.

• Black Star (Music), rappers Mos Def and Talib Kweli formed a group called Black Star and released one album together, Black Star. Though Black Star achieved little commercial success, they (and other members of the Native Tongues Posse) helped shape underground, alternative rap. Both have gone on to greater commercial and critical success in separate solo careers.

• In the Babylon 5 science fiction universe, the Black Star (Babylon 5) was at one time the flagship of the Minbari forces. It was destroyed by Captain John Sheridan, and became the only Sharlin Class Warcruiser to be destroyed in the war by the humans.

• Black Star is also a song by Radiohead on their 1995 (see 1995 in music) album The Bends.

• Black Star is also a song by Yngwie Malmsteen on his 1984 (see 1984 in music) album Rising Force.

• Blackstar is a DOS computer game from the 90's.

• Black Star is also a double-hopped, pale beer originally brewed in Whitefish, Montana. It is available only in seven Western States.

• BlackStar, a 1981 fantasy/sci-fi cartoon by Filmation (thought of as the precursor of the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe cartoon).

• BLACKSTAR is the title of a two-issue b&w comic book series published by Imperial Comics in 1987, with a story by Jim Jenkins and artwork by Brian Matthews and Phred. BLACKSTAR chronicles the adventures of Elinden freighter captain Doink Amtrac and his crew aboard the Blackstar, set against a future galactic history where humans have vanished after a conflict with the matriarchal Thrax. Amtrac has in his possession a human artifact - an oversized hand weapon that links psychically with its user - which makes him a dangerous little customer in the dangerous universe they inhabit.

• Blackstar is the former name of Sendit.com - an online Video and DVD sales company based in the UK. Its address was www.blackstar.co.uk

• Black Star is a nickname for the Chinese Type 54 pistol.

• Black Star is an anarchist terrorist group also known as Mavro Asteri. During the period between May of 1999 and October of 2002, Black Star was one of the most active terrorist groups in Greece. They are anti-American, anti-establishment, and anti-capitalist. The group has declared itself to be dedicated to "resistance against the mass organizations of US imperialism and to their local collaborators." (Morou, October 7, 2002) They believe that "the only terrorists are the US imperialist forces, their European allies, and their local capitalist associates." (FBIS London Bureau, June 22, 2000) Black Star often demands the release of an imprisoned leftist "hero" (such as Dimitris Koufondinas, Simeon Seisidis, and Mumia Abu-Jamal) when calling to claim responsibility for an attacks. The group's favorite targets are the cars of embassies and diplomats, but they have also attacked the offices and cars of international organizations and businesses. One of their earliest attacks was against the Greek-Israeli Friendship Association, which may indicate that Black Star is anti-Israel.

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