A deadly Marrakesh bomb blast attributed to al-Qaeda came days after thousands of Moroccans marched nationwide to demand sweeping reforms before a new constitution is unveiled in June by King Mohammed VI.
Syrian army units clashed with each other in Daraa following President Assad’s orders to crack down on protesters. Some 50 were shot dead as tens of thousands took part in “day of rage” protests in Daraa and other cities.
The Bolivian Sentate’s Commission on Natural Resources and Environment announced introduction of a Law of Mother Earth, which would officially enshrine the “rights of nature” in the Andean nation’s legal code.
At least one is reported dead in Peru’s southern region of Puno after the National Police fired on protesters during a civil strike or paro called to demand a halt to local mining and petroleum leases.
At least nine were killed and more than 100 wounded as troops opened fire on anti-regime protesters in Sanaa, capital of Yemen. Meanwhile, hundreds have fled repression in Syria to take refuge in neighboring Lebanon.
Israeli army and Border Guard forces clashed with settlers from the extremist “Hilltop Youth” and “Hebrew Cities” movements following deadly violence at Joseph’s Tomb in Nablus over the weekend.
Villages are militarized and some 58,000 are displaced on both sides of the border as Thailand and Cambodia step up their local war over a disputed outpost that includes ancient Hindu and Buddhist temples.
Egypt’s public prosecutor ordered ousted leader Hosni Mubarak transferred from a private hospital in Sharm el-Sheikh to a prison hospital in Cairo after the ex-president’s doctor cleared him to travel.
Syrian authorities reportedly arrested hundreds of protesters and dissidents as the military surrounded Daraa and several other southwestern cities and villages. Telephone, electricity and water lines are cut to the besieged towns.
NATO’s claim that a senior al-Qaeda leader was killed in an air-strike follow a dramatic Taliban jailbreak in Kandahar and other embarrassing reversals for the alliance in Afghanistan.
Two European companies have backed out of Honduran carbon trading and biofuel deals after an international campaign around allegations of human rights abuses in the Lower Aguán Valley.
A group of Mapuche rights activists interrupted Easter mass at Santiago’s Metropolitan Cathedral to call for the release of four Mapuche prisoners who have been on hunger strike for more than a month.
