An Israeli government plan to create a greenbelt around Jerusalem is fueling opposition among Palestinians and their supporters., who say the chain of parks is a land grab that consolidates Israel’s grip on disputed East Jerusalem.
Colombia’s Caño-Limón oil pipeline was bombed by presumed FARC guerillas in Norte de Santander near the Venezuelan border. The rupture has local communities worried about an oil slick advancing on the Río Catatumbo.
Mali’s army says 47 were killed in ongoing clashes with a new Tuareg rebel group, the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), whose members include former pro-Qaddafi fighters who fled Libya.
From Lower Manhattan’s Downtown Express, Jan. 18: Girl killed on Delancey St. A 12-year-old girl on her way home from Castle Middle School on Henry St. was struck and killed by a car around 2:40 p.m. Fri., Jan. 13 at… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
Israel’s Counter-Terrorism Bureau issued a warning that Hezbollah militants could be preparing an attack in Bangkok. Thai authorities have arrested one suspect, and are reportedly conducting a manhunt for others.
After a regional strike shut down Colombia’s central Andean department of Huila for 15 days, the protest campaign was suspended when the government agreed to public hearings on the Quimbo hydro-electric project.
President Obama denied a permit for the controversial Keystone XL oil sands pipeline, saying the deadline imposed by Congress did not leave enough time to conduct the necessary review. Developer TransCanada said it will re-apply.
Foreign Policy magazine cites US intelligence memos to the effect that Mossad agents recruited militants from the Iranian terrorist group Jundallah by passing themselves off as CIA agents in a “false flag” operation. Is this logical?
One solider was killed in northern Mali in a clash with Tuareg fighters of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA)—who authorities said were backed up by former pro-Qaddafi Libyan soldiers.
Investigators from Mexico’s governmental human rights commission found evidence that Guerrero state police fired the shots that killed two students during a protest last month.
Agents of the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) worked with an informant and with Mexican enforcement agents in 2007 to launder millions of dollars for Mexico’s Beltrán Leyva cartel, news reports reveal.
Eight people, including four children, were murdered in the village of Regaderos, in the Lower Aguán Valley, the site of several violent land disputes between campesinos and large landowners.
