French uranium interests have recalled their personnel from mines in northern Niger after employees were abducted, allegedly by al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).
China launched plans to drill for oil in a disputed region of the East China Sea as anti-Japan protests were held across the country on the national holiday remembering the 1931 invasion.
Lizardo Cauper, president of Peru's alliance of Amazonian peoples, AIDESEP, issued an urgent call for authorities to open dialogue with indigenous communities in the northern region of Loreto rather than militarizing the area in response to mounting social conflicts and attacks on the North Peruvian Pipeline. Noting that the aging pipeline is in chronic disrepair, with repeated spills contaminating the rainforest, Cauper said: "We have made a call that, in place of militarization, they put in place a new pipeline. But it is not enough to have a new pipeline, but to respond to the demands of the people who are living around these oil activities." Regional authorities have called upon Lima to declare a state of emergency in response to paralysis of the pipeline, which delivers crude from rainforest oilfields over the Andes. (Photo: Andina)
The UN expressed concern over forced labor in Brazil, asserting that businesses treat workers as virtual slaves with “impunity.” Days earlier, authorities rescued 95 forced laborers from plantations.
A Chilean anarchist cell claimed responsibility for a bomb blast that damaged airline ticketing offices in Buenos Aires, saying it acted on behalf of the Mapuche indigenous people.
Thousands protesters led by high school students marched on Buenos Aires’ Plaza de Mayo, following weeks of high school and college campus occupations to protest budget cuts.
Colombia’s Mobile Anti-Riot Squad (ESMAD), backed up by two armored personnel carriers, invaded the campus of the University of Antioquia in Medellín, battling student protesters.
Massive fish kills are still being reported from the Louisiana coast as BP finally completes the relief well at Macondo, supposedly putting a final end to the Gulf disaster.
An international day of action has been called for Sept. 17 to support Alexei Gaskarov and Maxim Solopov, two young anti-fascist activists facing prison in Russia.
France reacted angrily to comments by former Cuban leader Fidel Castro that Paris is carrying out a “racial holocaust” against the Roma community with its policy of forced expulsions.
Jonathan Evans, director of Britain's MI5 internal intelligence agency, said in a rare public speech that dissident Irish Republicans are preparing attacks on the British mainland.
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