Two missile attacks launched from a US drone killed at least 15 in Pakistan, indicating that the strategy of using remote air-strikes to target militants within Pakistan’s borders will continue under President Obama.
The worst street disturbances for 50 years struck Reykjavik, as police used tear gas against hundreds protesters demanding the government resign.
Michael Ratner of the Center for Constitutional Rights warns that President Obama's executive order officially ending "coercive interrogation methods" actually leaves some "wiggle room" for torture.
Elvira Arellano, a deported Mexican woman who took sanctuary in a Chicago church to highlight immigrants’ rights, is asking President Barack Obama to call a halt to immigration raids.
Some 7,000, including hundreds of Dongria Kondh tribespeople, marched in India’s Orissa state against British mining firm Vedanta, which plans an open-pit mine on the top of the hill tribe’s sacred mountain.
From WPIX-NY, Jan. 22: Child Killed in Chinatown After Van Jumps Curb One child is dead and at least four or five others have been injured after a catering van belonging to China Chalet jumped the curb in Chinatown striking… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
Both sides claimed victory in El Salvador’s elections—the leftist FMLN winning control of the legislative assembly and the right-wing ARENA taking the government of the capital. Two FMLN activists were assassinated in lead-up to the race.
Two police officers were killed and four were seriously injured while evicting hundreds of peasant families from Bosque de Pómac nature preserve in northern Peru.
On Jan. 20, nation-wide protests over large-scale metal mining called by the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) brought out some 12,000 people from indigenous, campesino, environmentalist and human rights organizations across eleven provinces of the small Andean nation…. Read moreAnti-mining protesters block roads in Ecuador
With a short memo on Inauguration Day, President Barack Obama blocked plans to loosen some air quality standards and to remove the gray wolf from the endangered species list. But he did not stop several other controversial, late-term environmental regulations… Read moreObama moves to halt Bush regs on ecology, public lands
In his first call to a foreign leader, President Barack Obama spoke to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas—a day after Hamas held a massive “victory” rally in Gaza.
President Barack Obama has called for a halt to the Guantánamo tribunals, directing prosecutors to seek a 120-day postponement for his administration “to review the military commission process.”
