From AP, April 20: Armenian and Greek Christians scuffle at tomb of Jesus on Orthodox Palm Sunday JERUSALEM – Dozens of Greek and Armenian priests and worshippers exchanged blows at one of Christianity’s holiest shrines on Orthodox Palm Sunday, and… Read moreMonastic slugfest rocks Holy Sepulchre —again!
Two small blasts hit Burma’s first city Rangoon April 20, damaging cars in the downtown area but causing no injuries. The blasts, the latest in a spate of similar incidents this year, come three weeks before a referendum on a… Read moreTerror blasts in Burma: tribal peoples push back?
Chile’s lower-house Chamber of Deputies April 17 approved a resolution calling upon Exterior Minister Alejandro Foxley to “condemn the violence and repression in Tibet and request that the Government of China open direct conversations with the Dalai Lama to find… Read moreChile passes Tibet resolution, Mapuche heartened
From the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES), April 18: US Ambassador Uses Anti-Gang Summit to Intervene in Salvadoran Domestic Security Issues During an April 8 “Anti-Gang Summit” in San Salvador, United States Ambassador Charles Glazer… Read moreUS pushes police powers at Salvador “anti-gang” summit
The governments of Brazil and Venezuela are leading efforts to create a NATO-style South American Defense Council, which could be formed by the end of the year. The regional body would coordinate defense policies, deal with internal conflicts and presumably… Read moreChávez contemplates South Atlantic Treaty Organization (SATO)
Terrance Nelson, chief of the Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation in Manitoba, has sent a letter to Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez asking for a $1 million donation or loan to hire lawyers to force two energy companies to share revenues… Read moreManitoba First Nation appeals to Chávez in pipeline fight
First Nations activists could target the 2010 Vancouver Olympics for protests similar to the pro-Tibetan demonstrations surrounding the upcoming Games in Beijing, warned Phil Fontaine, chief of Canada’s Assembly of First Nations. Speaking in Ottawa, Fontaine said Native leaders could… Read moreCanada: First Nations protests could target 2010 Olympics
South African dock workers are refusing to unload a Chinese cargo ship carrying 77 tons of small arms destined for Zimbabwe. The arms, including three million rounds of ammunition for AK-47s and 1,500 rocket-propelled grenades, were ordered by the Zimbabwean… Read moreSouth African dock workers refuse to unload Chinese arms bound for Zimbabwe
An agreement on a draft oil law for Iraq may finally have been reached this week, bringing multinationals like BP and Royal Dutch Shell closer to long-sought contracts, Forbes reports. Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh told United Press International April… Read moreMajors eye Iraq fields as oil law advances
Nicaragua, an outspoken member of the new anti-imperialist bloc in the western hemisphere, last month won the backing of the 33-member Latin American and Caribbean group at the UN for presidency of the General Assembly—nearly assuring it of election to… Read moreNicaragua headed for General Assembly presidency; US, Colombia miffed
Which is worse: that Absolut vodka is commodifying Mexico’s claim to its lost northern territories (Aztlan), or the predictable uptight gringo backlash? From the Daily 49er, the Cal State Long Beach student newspaper, April 15: Mexican booze ad not intoxicating… Read moreMadison Avenue exploits Mexican irredentism
