Iraqi legislators passed a resolution June 5 requiring the government to seek parliamentary approval before asking the UN to extend the mandate for US-led forces in Iraq. The Sadrist-drafted resolution passed by a vote of 85 to 59. The members… Read moreIraq: parliament demands approval to extend occupation
From the Iraq Freedom Congress (IFC), June 3: Cindy: Do not say good-bye The U.S. needs you, not the criminals and thieves Dear Sister Cindy Sheehan, Greetings… I have read your article (“Good-bye America… you are not the country that… Read moreIraq civil resistance responds to Cindy Sheehan
From the International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers’ Unions (ICEM), June 4: At 6:30 AM this morning, 4 June 2007, oil workers struck the pipeline company in Basra, Iraq, bringing an immediate stop to the free flow… Read moreIraq: southern oil strike is on
The Egyptian government has refused to allow human rights groups to observe the military trial of 33 leading members of the Muslim Brotherhood, undercutting the government’s claims that civilians will have a fair trial before military courts, Amnesty International and… Read moreEgypt: secret military trials protested
Mansour Dadullah, new Taliban military commander since the death of his brother Mullah Dadullah in combat last month, told AlJazeera in an exclusive interview: “Sheikh Osama bin Laden is alive and active. He’s carrying out his duties. The latest proof… Read moreTaliban commander: Osama calls the shots
Two women journalists, Zakia Zaki and Sanga Amach, have been killed by gunmen in Afghanistan in the past week. Zaki, who was killed in an attack at her home late June 5, ran a private radio station, partially funded by… Read moreAfghanistan: women journalists assassinated
Intolerance and stupidity, it seems, are equal-opportunity employers. Since 9-11, Sikhs in the US have faced violent attacks from Ugly American types who are too dumb to know that they aren’t Muslims. Now a Sikh student has been attacked by… Read moreNYC: another Sikh attacked in Queens
Vang Pao, a revered leader of the Hmong-American community and a former general in the Royal Army of Laos, is among 10 men charged with plotting to overthrow the Laotian regime. An undercover agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,… Read moreHmong leader Vang Pao charged in Laotian plot
The EU’s carbon trading scheme has increased electricity bills, given a windfall to power companies and failed to cut greenhouse gases, according to an investigation by BBC Radio 4’s “File on 4” program. According to the consumer watchdog Energywatch, after… Read moreBBC: carbon trading a scam
Ecuador has offered to drop plans to develop the country’s biggest oilfield at Ishpingo-Tambococha-Tiputini (ITT) in the Amazon basin if developed nations pay it to protect the land. President Rafael Correa hopes wealthy governments and environmental groups will pay $350… Read moreEcuador to enviros: pay us to keep oil in the ground
Palestinians and Israelis gathered in Hebron, Nablus and Ramallah on the West Bank June 5 to mark the anniversary of the start of the 1967 Six-Day War, and to demand an immediate end to Israel’s occupation of Palestinian land. In… Read morePalestine recalls 1967 naksa —as violence continues
Former Liberian president Charles Taylor refused to attend the opening of his trial at The Hague for war crimes both in his own country and Sierra Leone, where he is accused of supporting a brutal guerilla movement. In a letter,… Read moreCharles Taylor defies war crimes trial
