North America
FBI raids homes of anti-war activists
Federal agents searched homes of anti-war activists in Chicago and Minneapolis in an investigation of possible links with the FARC and PFLP “terrorist organizations.”
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Europe
Italy: green mayor assassinated
Organized crime is widely suspected in the slaying of Angelo Vassallo, the environmentally conscious mayor of the Italian coastal town of Pollica.
Mexico
Mexico: another mayor assassinated
The mayor of a town outside Monterrey, Nuevo León, was shot to death, while a state police commander in neighboring Tamaulipas was arrested by federal forces.
Palestine
US pushes Israel on settlements —but not nuclear arms
The US joined with other Quartet members in calling for Israel to extend the settlement freeze, but brought pressure to defeat a resolution demanding Israel join the Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Iran
Death penalty for Iranian blogger?
Canadian-Iranian blogger Hossein Derakhshan, credited with starting the blogging movement in Iran, faces the death penalty over his work, warns Canadian Journalists for Free Expression.
WHY WE FIGHT
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Mexico
Mexico: armed commando in deadly ambush of Guerrero police
An armed commando of some 40 men with assault rifles ambushed a police patrol in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero, killing eight and leaving a ninth seriously wounded.
The Caucasus
Armenians protest Turkish “show” of reconciliation
Turkey allowed Armenians to hold mass Sept. 19 at the Church of the Holy Cross—an iconic 10th century landmark on Akdamar Island in Lake Van, southeast Anatolia—for the first time since the collapse of the Ottoman Empire at the end… Read moreArmenians protest Turkish “show” of reconciliation
The Caucasus
Protests follow terror blast in South Ossetia
The aftermath of a deadly bomb blast in the Georgian separatist enclave of South Ossetia has seen a wave of protests against ethnic Ingush, who are being blamed in the attack.
Inner Asia
Tajikistan: 40 soldiers killed in Islamist ambush
Forty Tajik soldiers were killed in an ambush by suspected militants of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. Militants are said to be infiltrating back into Tajikistan from Afghanistan.
North Africa
Al-Qaeda insurgents attack French uranium intersts in Niger?
French uranium interests have recalled their personnel from mines in northern Niger after employees were abducted, allegedly by al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).
East Asia
China: anti-Japan protests on “Invasion Day”
China launched plans to drill for oil in a disputed region of the East China Sea as anti-Japan protests were held across the country on the national holiday remembering the 1931 invasion.