Security forces in Bahrain fired tear-gas, rubber bullets and stun grenades at protesters gathered on the eve of the first anniversary of pro-democracy demonstrations. Protesters tried to gain control of the Pearl Roundabout in the capital, Manama.
Benjamin Netanyahu blamed “Iran and its proxy Hezbollah” after a deadly attack on an Israeli diplomat’s wife and attempted bombing in Tbilisi, Georgia— the day after the fourth anniversary of the assassination of Hezbollah’s operations chief.
A 69-year-old Palestinian man was killed in an attack by the Israeli Air Force on tunnels and a weapons depot in Gaza—as managers of the Strip’s only power plant warned of impending blackouts if more fuel is not delivered.
The Puerto Rican Civil Rights Commission has reportedly concluded that the killing of Puerto Rican nationalist leader Filiberto Ojeda Rios by the FBI was illegal and should be investigated—contradicting the findings of the US Justice Department.
Mexico’s Supreme Court ordered the release of seven indigenous Tzotzil Maya men who had been convicted of homicide and other crimes in the December 1997 massacre of 45 indigenous campesinos at Acteal, Chiapas.
Former soldiers of the disbanded Armed Forces of Haiti (FAd’H) have reportedly been occupying old military bases and training camps for several weeks—as right-wing President Michel (“Sweet Micky”) Martelly broaches plans to revive the FAd’H.
Police in northwestern Argentine province of Catamarca used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse some 100 local residents who were blocking a road to protest open-pit mining—the latest in a wave of such actions in the South American country.
A pact between indigenous leaders and the government of right-wing president Ricardo Martinelli ended more than a week of massive protests over mineral and territorial rights that led to at least two deaths and dozens of arrests.
Peru’s President Ollanta Humala flew into a remote jungle military base in the Upper Huallaga Valley to announce the capture of “Comrade Artemio,” the last Shining Path commander dating back to the high noon of the insurgency 20 years ago.
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights expressed its concern over the trial of Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon, which involves his investigations of acts that occurred during the dictatorship of Gen. Francisco Franco.
Chinese authorities agreed to halt a mining project on Mount Kawagebo, which is sacred to Tibetans, after local villagers, their pleas rebuffed, pushed some $300,000 worth of mining equipment into the Salween River.
As the 30-year anniversary of the 1982 Falklands War approaches, Argentina accuses the UK of sending a nuclear-armed submarine to the islands Buenos Aires claims as the Malvinas. The UN has been called in mediate in a conflict over offshore rights.
