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Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 8 at Pakistan Restaurant
Islamabad, Pakistan. (Photo: Waqas Ahmed / Flickr) Islamabad, Pakistan - At least eight people were killed on Saturday when a suicide bomber ripped through a restaurant in …
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Disabled Abandon Wheelchairs, Protest Medicaid Cuts
(Photo: moni / Flickr) When Sheela Gunn-Cushman decided to take part in a die-in at the California Republican Convention at the Hyatt Regency in Sacramento in March, …
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Poll: Americans Don’t Approve of Ryan’s Plan for Medicaid, Either
On Tuesday, New Yorkers in the state’s 26th Congressional District delivered House Republicans a clear message that House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) plan to end Medicare won’t fly. …
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News in Brief: Fed Gave Secret Bailout to Foreign Banks, and More
Fed Gave Secret Bailout to Foreign Banks Without public disclosure, the Federal Reserve doled out money totaling at least $30 million to three foreign banks at interest …
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“Death Squads” Target Salvadoran Journalists
Death threats targeting journalists were distressingly common during the tumultuous Salvadoran Civil War that took place in the late seventies and eighties. Over the course of the war, a …
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El Salvadoran Government and Social Movements Say “No” to Monsanto
On the morning of Friday, May 6th President Mauricio Funes of El Salvador’s left-wing FMLN party, arrived at the La Maroma agricultural cooperative in the department of Usulután for …
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Serbia Says Jailed Mladic Will Face War Crimes Trial
Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb general held responsible for the massacre of some 8,000 Muslim men and boys at Srebrenica in 1995, was arrested on Thursday, signaling Serbia’s …
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Bahrain’s Treatment of Opposition Shows Pattern of Abuse
Dubai, United Arab Emirates - The first sign that Bahrain's security forces were going to detain former Bahraini parliamentarian Jawad Fairooz came at 8:30 p.m. May 2, when about …
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Top Serbian War Crimes Suspect Caught
Paris - Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb general accused of war crimes including masterminding the massacre of some 8,000 Muslim men and boys at Srebrenica in 1995, has …
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Supreme Court Upholds Arizona Law Punishing Undocumented Immigrant Hiring
Washington - The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld an Arizona law that harshly penalizes businesses for knowingly hire illegal immigrants. In a ruling that could exert pressure …