Palestine
Syria: Yarmouk camp under regime bombardment
The Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus came under bombardment by the Bashar Assad regime's TNT-filled "barrel-bombs," leaving several dead.
Greater Middle East
Egypt: new charter approved amid violence
A police station was bombed and 10 killed in clashes as Egyptian voters approved a new constitution that emphasizes secularism but gives greater power to the military.
Southern Cone
SCOTUS rules for Daimler in Argentina rights case
The US Supreme Court ruled that DaimlerChrysler AG does not have to face suit in California for human rights violations by a subsidiary that took place in Argentina.
Southern Cone
Argentina: court suspends Monsanto construction
Local residents in the central Argentine province of Córdoba have won a suspension of the giant seed-drying plant Monsanto wants to build in their town.
Central America
Honduras: audit faults World Bank loan in Aguán
World Bank auditors say the bank violated ethical standards with a loan it gave a landowner in the conflictive Aguán Valley region of Honduras.
The Caribbean
Haiti: union leaders fired over wage protests
Haitian factory owners have fired some 26 union supporters since workers marched out to demand a higher minimum wage a month ago.
The Caribbean
Haiti: Lavalas expels two populist politicians
The expulsion of two politicians has revealed some of the fissures in former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide’s populist political party.
The Caribbean
Puerto Rico: teachers to strike over pensions
Wall Street objects to teachers’ pensions in Puerto Rico—just as it does in the US itself.
North America
IRS targets Cuba solidarity group
The Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO), which has sponsored aid shipments to Cuba for two decades is threatened with losing its tax-exempt status.
Palestine
Ariel Sharon buried under Iron Dome
As Ariel Sharon was buried under the protection of Israel's Iron Dome missile shield, joyful celebrations broke out at Lebanon's Sabra and Shatila refugee camps.
Greater Middle East
Saudi court hands down death for 2004 bombing
A Saudi Arabian court sentenced to death a member of a militant cell in connection with a 2004 suicide attack on a western company operating in Yanbu port.
Palestine
Ashrawi: Recognizing ‘Jewish state’ would legalize ‘racism’
Israel's pressure on Palestinians to recognize it as a Jewish state constitutes an attempt to legalize "racism," PLO official Hanan Ashrawi charged.