The US military pact with Colombia that would open seven bases in the country to the Pentagon faces an uncertain future following a ruling of the Andean nation’s Constitutional Court.
The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a suit brought by the ACLU against a Boeing subsidiary in connection with its alleged role in the CIA “extraordinary rendition” program.
From the NY Times’ City Room blog, Sept. 8: Officer Resigns, Then Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter An off-duty police officer who struck and killed a woman in Brooklyn in 2009 pleaded guilty in Brooklyn Supreme Court on Wednesday to second-degree… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
Spain’s Supreme Court unanimously confirmed a lower court finding that judge Baltasar Garzón abused his power in opening an investigation of Franco-era war crimes, and must face trial.
The so-called “Burn a Koran Day” announced by a Gainesville preacher ignited protests for a second day in a row by hundreds of Afghans, who burned US flags and shouted “Death to America.”
From the NY Daily News, Sept. 4: Taxi smashes into East Village coffee shop; five people injured An out-of-control yellow cab crashed into an East Village coffee shop early Sunday, critically injuring an elderly man, police said. The customer, Preston… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
Haitian students announced they are planning to file complaints with international agencies about a campus invasion involving soldiers from the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti.
Honduras’ National Popular Resistance Front (FNRP) said it had collected 1,019,765 signatures on petitions calling for a constituent assembly to rewrite the country’s 1982 Constitution.
Honduran president Porfirio (“Pepe”) Lobo Sosa announced on that he had signed an agreement with the education workers’ unions ending a 26-day strike by some 55,000 teachers.
Guanajuato governor Juan Manuel Oliva Ramírez announced that the state government would soon release seven women who had been jailed on charges of “homicide in the case of close relatives.”
Suicide bombers struck an Ahmadiyya mosque during Friday prayers in the western Pakistan town of Mardan—and a march by Shi’ites in solidarity with the Palestinians in Quetta.
Some 12,000 marched in Paris to protest French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s mass expulsion of Roma migrants. Some 1,000 have been summarily deported since the policy was announced last month.
