Two women journalists, Zakia Zaki and Sanga Amach, have been killed by gunmen in Afghanistan in the past week. Zaki, who was killed in an attack at her home late June 5, ran a private radio station, partially funded by… Read moreAfghanistan: women journalists assassinated
Intolerance and stupidity, it seems, are equal-opportunity employers. Since 9-11, Sikhs in the US have faced violent attacks from Ugly American types who are too dumb to know that they aren’t Muslims. Now a Sikh student has been attacked by… Read moreNYC: another Sikh attacked in Queens
Vang Pao, a revered leader of the Hmong-American community and a former general in the Royal Army of Laos, is among 10 men charged with plotting to overthrow the Laotian regime. An undercover agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,… Read moreHmong leader Vang Pao charged in Laotian plot
The EU’s carbon trading scheme has increased electricity bills, given a windfall to power companies and failed to cut greenhouse gases, according to an investigation by BBC Radio 4’s “File on 4” program. According to the consumer watchdog Energywatch, after… Read moreBBC: carbon trading a scam
Ecuador has offered to drop plans to develop the country’s biggest oilfield at Ishpingo-Tambococha-Tiputini (ITT) in the Amazon basin if developed nations pay it to protect the land. President Rafael Correa hopes wealthy governments and environmental groups will pay $350… Read moreEcuador to enviros: pay us to keep oil in the ground
Palestinians and Israelis gathered in Hebron, Nablus and Ramallah on the West Bank June 5 to mark the anniversary of the start of the 1967 Six-Day War, and to demand an immediate end to Israel’s occupation of Palestinian land. In… Read morePalestine recalls 1967 naksa —as violence continues
Former Liberian president Charles Taylor refused to attend the opening of his trial at The Hague for war crimes both in his own country and Sierra Leone, where he is accused of supporting a brutal guerilla movement. In a letter,… Read moreCharles Taylor defies war crimes trial
A militant Islamist group, the Mujahedeen Youth Movement, has claimed responsibility for a suicide attack against the home of Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi at the weekend, which killed five soldiers and two civilians. Several hours after the announcement,… Read moreSomalia: Mujahedeen Youth Movement continues resistance
From the American Civil Liberties Union, June 4: GUANTÁNAMO BAY, CUBA – A United States military judge today dismissed charges in the case of Omar Khadr, a Canadian who was 15 years old when he was arrested by U.S. forces… Read moreCharges dropped in Gitmo tribunal case
Police stormed impoversihed Nairobi neighborhoods June 4 in search of Mungiki militants accused in a string of beheadings—killing 22 suspects and arresting 100 in overnight gun-battles. The raids came after two police officers were shot dead in the Kenyan capital’s… Read moreKenya: deadly police raids on Mungiki cult
From Reuters, June 4: Car Plows into D.C. Street Festival, Injuring 35 WASHINGTON – A woman plowed her car through several blocks at a crowded street festival in Washington, D.C. on Saturday night, injuring 35 people, police said. Seven people… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
From the New York City environmental group Time’s Up, June 4: NYPD Cuts Locks, Confiscates Bicycles and Arrests Bystanders in Bike Raid on East 6th Street NEW YORK — On Thursday night, May 31st, the NYPD seized approximately 15 bikes… Read moreNYPD escalates bicycle crackdown
