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Police have raided electrical workers unions across Iraq, carrying out a Ministry of Electricity order that prohibits “all trade union activities at the ministry and its departments and sites.”
Rallies have been held in London, Paris, New York, and other cities around the world to support Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, an Iranian woman sentenced to death by the Islamic Republic for adultery.
US drones killed 18 in Pakistan’s South Waziristan region. A count by the BBC Urdu service says nearly 2,500 have been killed in Pakistan by drone strikes and Taliban attacks since January 2009.
By the end of 2011, 81 US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) special agents will be deployed in Afghanistan, up from 13 just three years ago, according to the agency’s chief of operations Tom Harrigan. “Afghanistan is the most prolific producer… Read moreDEA boosts Afghan anti-opium force
Tibetan environmentalist Rinchen Samdrup was sentenced to five years in prison by a Chinese court, found guilty of inciting separatism by posting a pro-Dalai Lama article on his website.
Eyewitness accounts confirm that Chinese security forces acted with deliberate brutality in the wave of Tibetan protests that began on March 10, 2008, Human Rights Watch says in a new report.
The Hague’s ruling that Kosova’s declaration of independence was not illegal is predictably applauded by the US and Kosova and protested by Russia and Serbia—yet it resolves nothing.
Amnesty International again called on Israeli authorities to stop the demolition of Palestinian homes in the West Bank, after a further 74 were destroyed in the Jordan Valley earlier this week.
Five Yemeni soldiers were killed in in a suspected al-Qaeda ambush in the south, while in the north dozens of pro-government tribesmen were killed in clashes with Shi’ite Houthi rebels.
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega accused Colombia of granting oil exploration permits in waters disputed between the two countries—with a case still pending at the International Court of Justice.
5,000 indigenous campesinos marched in downtown Bogotá to protest the pact giving US forces access to Colombian military bases. The march came amid Colombia’s official bicentennial celebrations.
