The National Resistance Front in Honduras issued a communiqué charging that President “Pepe” Lobo is planning to lay off a large number of public employees and purge union leaders.
Four campesinos were wounded when security forces attacked members of the Unified Campesino Movement of the Aguán (MUCA) at a land occupation near La Ceiba, Honduras.
Despite the transfer of power to President Porfirio Lobo last month, grave human rights abuses targeting opponents of last year’s coup d’etat in Honduras continue unabated.
Gubernatorial candidate José Pérez Restrepo in Colombia’s Guaviare department was wounded and three of his bodyguards killed when presumed FARC guerillas attacked his caravan.
Attorney General Eric Holder said that he hopes to hold a civilian trial for accused 9-11 conspirator Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, but that a military tribunal must be considered.
Two NATO rockets aimed at insurgents in Helmand province missed their target, killing 12 civilians sheltering in their home. The strikes came as part of a new anti-Taliban offensive.
India is investigating whether Pakistan was behind the attack on a bakery in Pune, Maharashtra, that killed nine just ahead of peace talks with Islamabad scheduled for next week.
Hundreds of Ciudad Juárez residents held a “March of Anger” against President Felipe Calderón’s army crackdown that has failed to curb rampant gang killings in the border city.
Bolivia’s Evo Morales plans to put the coca back in cola with a new coca-infused drink dubbed Coca Colla—the last word being a reference to the country’s Aymara indigenous people.
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.
