From BBC, Oct. 17 (our commentary to follow): Humanity may split into two sub-species in 100,000 years’ time as predicted by HG Wells, an expert has said. Evolutionary theorist Oliver Curry of the London School of Economics expects a genetic… Read moreEvolutionary theorist: humanity may “split in two”
From Reuters, Nov. 20: GAZA – Israel’s air force cancelled a planned raid on the home of a Gaza militant on Sunday after hundreds of Palestinians barricaded themselves inside the building, an Israeli military spokesman and witnesses said. Hours after… Read moreGaza: “human shield” action halts Israeli air raid
Is this a great time to be alive or what? From The Independent, Nov. 19: A high-tech and unmanned “bionic wasp” capable of destroying a cell of militants or guerrillas is among a series of futuristic weapons being discussed by… Read moreIsraeli mad scientists develop “bionic wasps”
From El Universal, Nov. 19: At least three of 10 lawyers being held hostage by inmates were killed Saturday after police raided the prison in the state of Michoacán to rescue them, media reported. It was not immediately clear whether… Read moreMichoacan: four dead in prison hostage crisis
Mexican Federal Preventative Police (PFP) in Oaxaca City used tear gas and water cannons against a demonstration by local women Nov. 19, following accounts of sexual abuses by the police troops. Some women carried signs reading “Oaxaca is not a… Read moreFederal police abuse Oaxacan women
Speaking at a press conference with state police criminologists and foresnics experts, Oaxaca Prosecutor General Lizbeth Caña Cadeza, said there is growing evidence that Indymedia cameraman Bradley Will was killed at point-blank range by supporters of the Popular People’s Assembly… Read moreOaxaca prosecutor: APPO killed Brad Will
Two dead and one injured are reported in an ambush Nov. 14 at the community of La Conchuda in the municipality of San Agustín Loxicha, in the southern mountains of Oaxaca, known as a bastion of the Popular Revolutionary Army… Read moreCycle of vengeance killings in Oaxaca mountains
Widespread reports (e.g. in Turkish Press Nov. 18) indicate an arrest warrant has been issued by Iraq’s Interior Ministry for Sheikh Harith al-Dhari, the leading Sunni religious figure in the country and head of the Muslim Scholars Association. This Nov…. Read moreNext in Iraq: Sunni civil war?
Afghanistan’s “official” security forces rape with impunity and engage in sale and trafficking of women, while the Taliban reap the backlash, imposing harsh vigilante “justice” over growing swaths of the country. Freedom’s on the march, eh? First this, from the… Read moreHuman trafficking in Afghanistan; Taliban reap backlash
The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has warned it does not have enough money to feed more than 3 million Afghans who will depend on aid in the coming winter. A WFP spokesperson says a further 3 million Afghans… Read moreHunger, chaos loom in Afghanistan
From AP, Nov. 16: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The U.S. military called no witnesses, withheld evidence from detainees and usually reached a decision within a day as it determined that hundreds of men detained at Guantanamo Bay were “enemy… Read moreLegal proceedings on Gitmo detainees called “sham”
From the Committee to Protect Journalists, Nov. 17: José Manuel Nava Sánchez, former director of the Mexico City-based daily Excélsior and columnist for the national daily El Sol de México, was found murdered yesterday in his apartment. The Committee to… Read moreAnother newsman murdered in Mexico
