Colombia’s deal with the Chinese Foton Motor Group to build an assembly plant in the Andean nation follows a recent pact with Beijing for $1 million in military assistance and training.
The guerilla who in 2008 killed “Ivan Rios,” one the FARC’s top commanders, was sentenced to 31 years for kidnapping and rebellion. The ex-guerilla complained he was betrayed by the authorities.
Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe was subpoenaed to testify in a civil case against Alabama coal giant Drummond over the company’s alleged ties to paramilitary death squads.
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The Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) filed suit challenging the constitutionality of State Question 755, which bans the use of Islamic law in state court decisions.
Lawyers acting for more than 140 Iraqi civilians are challenging the British government’s refusal to hold a public investigation into the treatment of detainees in British-occupied areas of Iraq.
Islamic leaders in Eygpt, including the Muslim Brotherhood, have condemned threats on the country’s Coptic Christian minority by the al-Qaeda franchise in Iraq following bloody attacks on Iraqi Christians.
The DC Circuit Court of Appeals ordered further review of a lower court decision to release Guantánamo detainee Mohamedou Olud Slahi, allegedly linked to the 9-11 terrorist attacks.
California voters defeated Proposition 23, voting 61.3% in favor of keeping the state’s 2006 greenhouse gas reduction law, the Global Warming Solutions Act, considered the strongest in the nation.
The Iraqi oil ministry’s auction of three natural gas fields is angrily opposed by all the governorates in which they are located, with provincial officials warning that they will refuse to cooperate.
Some 4,000 indigenous people ended their blockade of the Marañon River in northern Peru after reaching an agreement with the government and the Argentine oil company Pluspetrol.
Up to 3,000 villagers are facing arrest after taking part in a “silent protest” against the planned Jaitapur nuclear power project, occupying the construction site in India’s Maharashtra state.
