As the remains of 534 victims of the Srebrenica massacre were buried in a ceremony on the 14th anniversary of Europe’s worst atrocity since World War II, war criminal Ratko Mladic is still at large.
4,000 supporters of ousted President Mel Zelaya blocked the main road through Honduras—while in Venezuela, Hugo Chávez warned the dialogue underway in Costa Rica is a “trap for democracy.”
Just about a year after the last time and two-and-a-half years after the first time, the New York Times for a third time July 10 treats al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) to some lurid front-page publicity, “Qaeda Branch Steps… Read moreAQIM makes Times front page —again
Climatologists blasted the G8 resolution that global temperature should rise no more than 2°C by 2050 as “cavalier” acceptance of an increase that could still “challenge civilized society.”
Thousands of protesters gathered in the suburbs of the central Italian town of L’Aquila, as the G8 summit came to a close—the town itself being blocked off by thousands of riot police.
Chinese authorities have re-imposed a curfew in the city of Urumqi, Xinjiang, following new disturbances sparked by authorities’ attempt to bar Friday prayers at local mosques.
Thousands of protesters marched on an army base in Indian-controlled Kashmir, following the apparent murder of a young woman by an Indian soldier.
Iraqi insurgent leader Abu Omar al-Baghdad, repeatedly announced dead or captured, issued a statementurging his insurgents to keep fighting despite the US pull-back from Iraq’s cities.
Both Mel Zelaya and Roberto Micheletti, arriving in Costa Rica for talks on the Honduran impasse, denied there is anything to discuss—as more repression of pro-Zelaya protesters is reported.
At least 25 were killed in Afghanistan’s Logar province after a truck loaded with explosives hidden under firewood was remotely detonated. Of the dead, only four were police; 16 were schoolchildren.
Some 300 protesters marched on Tehran University chanting “Death to the dictator!” before being dispersed by police with tear gas. Authorities had pledged to “smash” any new demonstrations.
ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo has filed an appeal to have Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir charged with genocide—but AU leaders say they will not cooperate in his arrest.
