Jul. 7, 2005 22:59 | Updated Jul. 8, 2005 1:08 Arab world shocked at London attacks By ORLY HALPERN Some in the Arab world expressed shock at the bombings in a city for which many felt great affection and which… Read moreArab world shocked, condemns attacks
In another sign that the administration of Mexican President Vicente Fox is seeking to capitalize on the Zapatista rebels’ new political direction to finally resolve the ongoing Chiapas headache, his government announced yesterday that it will release some 800 indigenous… Read moreMexico: government to free indigenous prisoners
A large area of downtown Edinburgh was evacuated today when police found a “suspicious package” on a bus, the Scotsman reports. The alert was called off after police conducted what they callled a “controlled explosion” on the bus. Given the… Read moreFear in Edinburgh
Militant Cleric Says Attack on London ‘Inevitable‘ Sun Apr 18, 2004 04:33 PM ET LISBON (Reuters) – Several Islamic militant groups are preparing attacks on London, making such a strike unavoidable, a radical Muslim cleric said in an interview published… Read moreBrit Sheik warned of attack 1 year ago
Well, the terror blasts in London seem to have done what months of OPEC hyper-production have failed to: bringing down the price of oil. The attacks precipitated the biggest one-day swing since Operation Desert Storm 14 years ago, prices briefly… Read moreOil prices plunge
Al-Qaeda takes reponsibilty, threatens Denmark, Italy if troops not removed from Iraq. Four London Blasts Kill 40, Injure 300 Thursday July 7, 2005 3:01 PM By JANE WARDELL Associated Press Writer LONDON (AP) – Three blasts rocked the London subway… Read moreAt least 40 dead in London blasts
A particularly chilling story from Iraq. From the UN news agency IRIN, and available on the website of the Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom (WILPF), July 4: IRAQ: Acid attacks on “immodest” women on the rise For Sumeya… Read moreIraq: acid attacks on “immodest” women
The recent “red alert” and new political declaration by the rebel Zapatista army brought the impoverished and harshly divided southern Mexican state of Chiapas briefly into the news. Then, just as quickly, it disappeared. In the flurry of coverage, Chris… Read moreMisery in Chiapas
Meeting in Astana, Kazakhstan, July 5, the regional grouping known as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) issued a statement that called on the US to establish a timetable for withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan and elsewhere in Central Asia…. Read moreCentral Asia alliance demands timetable for US withdrawal
Another forgotten war is heating up: the Islamic separatist insurgency in southern Thailand. Thousands of Buddhists are fleeing the region, and teachers seem to be especially targeted for assassination, according to this chilling account from Qatar’s Gulf Times, July 6:… Read moreBuddhists flee southern Thailand
Things are getting hot and heavy as the G8 summit convenes in Scotland. The Scotsman reports July 7 that masked anarchists swarmed through the countryside around the Gleneagles resort where the summit is about to open, battling police, smashing the… Read moreAnarchists rampage through Scottish countryside
Judith Miller is easy to hate, as a semi-official propagandist for the Bush administration’s global military crusades. But the imprisonment of the New York Times star reporter for contempt of court, ordered July 6 by US Judge Thomas Hogan in… Read moreJail for Judith Miller (try not to gloat)
