With all eyes on the Iraq horrorshow, very little media attention these days for Afghanistan. But… From AP, Nov. 27: KABUL – A Pakistani suicide bomber detonated himself in a crowded restaurant Sunday, killing 15 people and wounding 24, including… Read moreAfghanistan gets 102nd suicide blast of 2006
Slovenia has prided itself on being the “civilized” ex-Yugoslav republic, which avoided the explosions of hatred and “ethnic cleansing” which have plagued the rest. Critics have argued that it was easy for the Slovenes to affect moral superiority, being largely… Read moreRoma face ethnic cleansing in Slovenia
Hmmm, it seems that all the lefties who weighed in against the admittedly vile Judith Miller’s journalistic privilege in the Plame affair will be in the uncomfortable position of having to cheer her on this time around. From AP, Nov…. Read moreJudith Miller in the news again (for better or worse…)
On Oct. 24, Colombian army troops opened fire on community leader Lever Castrillon Sarmiento and his eight-year-old son as the two were fishing near the village of Norosi, Rio Viejo municipality, in Bolivar department. The group of 40 soldiers from… Read moreColombia: army kills community leader
On Nov. 21, US District Judge Thomas Hogan in Washington declared a mistrial in the terrorism and hostage-taking trial of Juvenal Ricardo Ovidio Palmera Pineda, a high-level leader and former negotiator for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), better… Read moreMistrial in Washington’s FARC terror case
Sarah Ferguson writes for the Village Voice, Nov. 26 (with some very gruesome photos of the autopsy online): The family of slain Indymedia journalist Brad Will has renewed its call for an independent investigation of his shooting, which occurred while… Read moreWho killed Brad Will?
Protesters trying to force out the Oaxaca state governor set fire to government buildings in two days of street fighting that began on the night of Nov. 26, when masked youths broke away from a march by about 4,000 people… Read moreOaxaca: APPO claims six dead in new violence
You know, we hate to disillusion Nursultan Nazarbayev, but his authoritarian state really doesn’t need Borat to give it a bad name. ISCKON is the “Hare Krishna” movement, rather than mainstream Hindus, but that doesn’t make this episode smell much… Read moreHindus persecuted in Kazakhstan?
It is vindicating that French complicity in the 1994 Rwanda genocide is finally coming to light. But it was actually Paris’ tit-for-tat of a judicial order for the arrest of Rwandan military officers following Rwandan charges of French support for… Read moreHistorical truth at issue in France-Rwanda breach
Now this is pretty depressing. Pakistan finally moves to overturn the atrocious anti-woman Hudood ordinances, under which women are punished for “adultery” if they report a rape. The Islamist opposition links backlash against this long-belated bit of progress with (legitimate)… Read morePakistan: rape laws challenged, Islamists exploit backlash
Now here's an hilarious conundrum for the idiot left that cheers on reactionary Islamism as heroic anti-imperialism. Are we supposed to oppose this garbage when conservative Christians do it in the US, but support it when conservative Muslims do it… Read moreIslamo-creationism infiltrates Turkey’s schools
From BBC, Nov. 23: Drivers who get stopped by the police could have their fingerprints taken at the roadside, under a new plan to help officers check people’s identities. A hand-held device being tested by 10 forces in England and… Read moreNext for UK: finger-prints at road stops
