President Evo Morales signed a decree creating the Bolivian Space Agency, to build and launch a satellite—named for anti-colonial rebel Túpac Katari—with Chinese oversight.
Iranian security forces clashed with protesters and arrested dozens as official commemorations were held to mark the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
The UK’s appeal court ruled the government must disclose previously withheld text outlining the apparent torture of ex-Guantánamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed.
Several hundred Haitians marched in the Port-au-Prince suburb of PĂ©tionville to protest corruption and profiteering in the distribution of food to earthquake survivors.
Puerto Rican independence activist Avelino González Claudio, suspected leader in the Macheteros rebel group, pleaded guilty to armed robbery of $7 million from a Wells Fargo depot.
According to the Unitary Workers Central (CUT), 40 union leaders and activists were killed in Colombia during 2009—representing 60% of all trade unionists killed worldwide.
A Colombian prosecutor called on the country’s Vice President Francisco Santos to testify about allegations of collaboration by ex-paramilitary warlord Salvatore Mancuso.
Three of 21 drug suspects arrested in a joint US-Colombian operation are closely linked to Joaquin Guzmán AKA “El Chapo,” Mexico’s most wanted drug lord, authorities say.
Iranian authorities have arrested seven for allegedly planning to provoke riots on the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Several are charged with being in the employ of the CIA.
Russia’s foreign ministry voiced its concern at Romania’s plans to host part of a new US “missile shield” system for Europe, demanding explanations from Washington.
New Honduran President Porfirio Lobo named a “Truth Commission” to examine the June 2009 coup d’etat—as more murders and abductions were reported against coup opponents.
Gunmen killed six at a nightclub in the Mexican beach resort of Mazatlán, as six more decapitated bodies were found in an SUV in a town in Michoacán state.
