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Europe
General strike rocks Athens
A general strike in Athens turned violent as a demonstration of some 50,000 outside of Parliament ended with black-clad youth throwing rocks and petrol bombs at riot police.
Europe
Police fire on Occupy Madrid
Spanish police fired rubber bullets and baton-charged "indignado" protesters holding an "Occupy Congress" action against a new round of announced austerity measures.
North Africa
Libya: will militia crackdown spark insurgency?
Tripoli has issued an ultimatum to Libya's militias to either come under army command or disband—but some have just retreated to the desert, raising fears of an insurgency.
East Asia
Japan, Taiwan ships clash with water cannon
Japanese and Taiwanese patrol ships blasted each other with water cannon as a fishing fleet from Taiwan mobilized a protest flotilla to the contested East China Sea islands.
Southeast Asia
Burma: invisible war in Kachin state
As Aung San Suu Kyi’s visit to the US won wide media attention, more peasants were displaced by the ongoing war against tribal peoples in Burma’s north.
Southeast Asia
Burmese warlord confesses to Mekong massacre
Burmese warlord Naw Kham, hunted down in the Golden Triangle by elite Chinese forces, pleaded guilty before a court in Yunnan to a massacre of Chinese merchant crewmen.
Mexico
Mexico: ambush of CIA agents mistaken identity?
Mexican authorities say federal police who ambushed a US embassy van carrying CIA agents, wounding two, simply confused the vehicle for one carrying kidnapping suspects.
Mexico
Report blasts US government for Fast and Furious
A government report on Operation Fast and Furious criticized officials but didn’t find evidence to back up conspiracy theories favored by the gun lobby.
The Caribbean
Haiti: thousands protest corruption, rising prices
Thousands demonstrated in several cities to protest government corruption and a rise in the cost of basic foods. Hopes for an increase in the minimum wage may add to the tensions.
The Andes
Colombia: student hunger strikes protest cutbacks
Students at the University of Cundinamarca are on hunger strike, demanding university authorities negotiate on tuition, teacher contracting and educational issues.
Central America
Honduras: lawyer for Aguán and ‘Model Cities’ struggles is murdered
Unknown assailants gunned down activist attorney Antonio Trejo, who was active in two major political conflicts: the Aguán land and a struggle over the “Model Cities” project.