The Argentinian government harshly condemned Leon Panetta, the new CIA director, for warning of an economic crisis in the country, calling it an “unacceptable interference” in its affairs.
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chávez ordered the army to seize control of all rice processing plants in the country, citing the companies’ failure to adhere to price control regulations.
The general strike in the French Caribbean department of Guadeloupe continues despite a preliminary agreement, making it the longest general strike France has experienced in more than 20 years.
Indigenous Hondurans closed off roads in Intibucá department in a 12-day mobilization against the destruction of forests in the territories of the Lenca people.
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Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in Phoenix this weekend to protest Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and policies that critics charge violate immigrants’ basic human rights.
Protesters in motor-boats flying red flags circled the USS John C. Stennis chanting “carrier get out!” through megaphones as as the warship arrived for a visit to Japan’s Sasebo Naval Base.
Two missiles fired from a US drone killed at least eight militants in the Sora Rogha area of South Waziristan, a tribal region controlled by the Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud.
Five were killed in a suicide attack on a girls’ school in Pakistan’s conflicted Baluchistan region. The target was apparently Maulana Shirani, an Islamist leader who has broken with the Taliban.
Supporters of outlawed Basque parties say that without the banning of their slate, they would be the majority in the regional parliament, with more than 100,000 voting for the banned candidates.
Lord Carlile, the UK’s independent reviewer of terror laws, called for a judicial inquiry into British complicity in US “rendition” and torture ion the wake of the Binyam Mohamed case.
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals denied a Justice Department request to stop a suit brought by an Islamic charity alleging it was subject to illegal surveillance by the National Security Agency
