The opposition candidate in the unrecognized independent republic of Somaliland prevailed over the incumbent president in elections. All parties have pledged to respect the result.
Oakland’s Police Chief Anthony Batts blames out-of-town “anarchists” for the disturbances that followed the involuntary manslaughter verdict in the police shooting of Oscar Grant.
Bolivia’s Defense Ministry has ordered an investigation of an incident in which a military jet fired a missile that passed within a meter of the tail of the presidential plane.
Mexican police foiled an attempt by Hezbollah to establish a network in Latin America, arresting a cell operative in Tijuana, the Kuwaiti newspaper al-Seyassah reported.
Mexico’s once-hegemonic political machine, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), reaped gains in gubernatorial races, with voters disillusioned by escalating narco-violence.
Francisco Chávez Abarca, wanted on terrorism charges in Cuba, was arrested by Venezuelan authorities and confessed to having been contracted by Luis Posada Carriles to carry out attacks.
The Center for Constitutional Rights filed eight Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests regarding the US government’s knowledge of, and actions in relation to, Israel’s aid flotilla attack.
Amnesty International urged China to launch an independent investigation into last year’s riots in Xinjiang, saying new testimony casts further doubt on the official version of events.
Twin suicide attacks on a Sufi shrine in Lahore left 44 dead and 175 injured. The Taliban have repeatedly threatened the Data Darbar, one of the oldest Islamic sites in Pakistan.
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit on behalf of 10 US citizens and lawful residents who are prohibited from flying to the US airspace because they are on the “No Fly List.”
Amnesty International is urging East Timor to close a legal loophole that is allowing crimes against humanity committed during the 1975-1999 Indonesian occupation to go unpunished.
Human and civil rights groups in Canada are calling for an investigation after hundreds were indiscriminately arrested during protests at the Toronto G20 summit over the weekend.
