Edinburgh’s constabulary mixed it up with anarchists at the G8 summit protests in Edinburgh yesterday, resulting in about 100 arrests and 20 injured (including two police) in six hours of street clashes. Stay tuned for more fun, as environmentalist protesters… Read moreViolence in Edinburgh
Has anyone noticed the unsubtle political jockeying over which country gets to host the new fusion energy research facility offically known as the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER)? It finally went to France, over the predictable objections of Washington. Writes… Read moreFrench nuclear threat: invisible menace
OK, is it the Serbs or Albanians who are behind this one? From the AP, July 2: PRISTINA, Serbia-Montenegro — At least three blasts rocked the centre of Kosovo’s capital late Saturday and one targeted the UN mission headquarters. At… Read moreBlasts in Kosovo
Some 225,000 came out for the Make Poverty History march in Edinburgh July 2, on the eve of the G8 summit about to open at the Gleneagles resort outside the city, as Live8 concerts echoing the demand for action against… Read more200,000 march in Edinburgh
The Basque separatist group ETA called for the start of a peace process in a letter published June 17. “It is essential to open a democratic process without limits and involving everyone. ETA is totally prepared to become involved in… Read moreSpain rebuffs ETA on talks
A Pakistani man and two Frenchmen of Pakistani origin, who were at first suspected of helping would-be shoe-bomber Richard Reid, were instead found guilty of links to the Jammu and Kashmir separatist group Lashkar-e-Taiba June 16. The Paris court sentenced… Read moreFrance: al-Qaeda cell convicted?
Police arrested 11 men June 15 on charges of belonging to a Syrian-based group that recruits suicide bombers to attack U.S. troops in Iraq. Authorities said the recruiting network has ties to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. More than 500 heavily-armed police… Read moreSpain: al-Qaeda cell busted?
Ana Uzelac of the Institute for War & Peace Reporting’s Tribunal Update, which monitors the war crimes trials at The Hague, offers this account (reprinted by the Bosnian Institute News) of the implications of the Srebrenica massacre video which has… Read moreSrebrenica video prompts arrests in Serbia
In a detailed analysis of the European Union’s counter-terrorism initiatives in the area of criminal law since 9-11, Amnesty International claims the absence of concrete human rights safeguards in many of these initiatives is likely to undermine efforts to fight… Read moreAmnesty International blasts EU
France has rejected the European Union’s constitution in a national referendum, in a blow to President Jacques Chirac and European integration. 56% voted against the treaty, Interior Minister Dominique de Villepin said, citing official results with 90% of ballots counted…. Read moreThe French “Non!”: goat-cheese or anti-Semitism?
Police in Edinburgh are asking for a ban on a major anti-war rally slated for the Scottish capital during the G8 summit meeting, alleging that its organizers have been linked with “violence and disruption.” The UK’s Stop the War Coalition… Read moreEdinburgh police: no anti-war march at G8 summit
A team from the United States is expected to arrive in Bulgaria within days for talks on possible US military bases, Defence Minister Nikolai Svinarov told a news conference on May 17. Svinarov’s announcement on May 17 confirmed a statement… Read moreU.S. plans more military bases in ex-Soviet sphere
