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Karni Crossing Protest »   One person was killed and another 16 injured in a protest against the Israeli blockade of the Karni cargo crossing.  
Senior Iranian cleric calls system a dictatorship » TEHRAN, Iran – Iran's most senior dissident cleric on Wednesday criticized the ruling system under Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as a dictatorship in the name of Islam, the most serious attack on the country's top official following the disputed presidential election.Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri said the ruling system showed its true nature with the violent crackdown against the hundreds of thousands who protested President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election and the torture of de...
Scenes of Resistance in Honduras » I came to Honduras as part of a delegation of concerned activists who went to witness and accompany the daily protests, monitor human rights violations, and report back to the international community on conditions since the June 28 military coup. On that day, President Manuel Zelaya was forcibly removed from office by the Honduran military and expelled from the country.  In the aftermath there has been an immediate popular uprising in his support, with many instances of severe police and militar...
Fissures over goals test strength of Iran's opposition » TEHRAN -- Five months after a disputed presidential election spawned the largest anti-government demonstrations here in three decades, Iran's opposition movement appears rudderless and divided, with protesters increasingly at odds with their leaders' insistence on preserving the country's system of religious government. Many Tehran residents who oppose President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are taking a harder line against Iran's leaders and want to remove them from power, several protesters said. Others...
Boycott McDonald's for Promoting the Gay Agenda with guest Tim Wildmon » Jim opened this edition of Crosstalk by interviewing Tim Wildmon, President of the American Family Association. Tim reviewed the events leading up to the latest call for a boycott of McDonald's.McDonald's admitted they made a $20,000 contribution to the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce and they were given a seat on the NGLCC board of directors. While McDonald's has tried to couch this as being about tolerance and diversity, AFA was concerned that this was abou...
Honduras Bars Diplomats as Political Crisis Grows » In a sign of rising tension, the government issued a decree Sunday that banned unauthorized gatherings and allowed the authorities to shut down broadcasters and arrest anyone deemed to pose a threat to their lives and that of others.The diplomats were members of an advance team planning a visit of foreign ministers from member countries to try to negotiate an end to the political crisis here. The organization had been invited by the de facto government to hold talks here, then disinvited, and in...
Greens to protest at Labour conference » Green Party activists are planning a peaceful anti-globalisation demonstration at this year's Labour Party conference in Brighton. Party spokesman Spencer Fitz-Gibbon warned that trouble-making elements should stay away from the planned protest so that the Greens' message does not get diluted. "We are helping to plan a non-violent protest at the Labour Party conference in Brighton," Dr Fitz-Gibbon said. "We are resisting the right-wing argument that it is irresponsible to organise a protest li...
Hero of Iran » Ahmad Batebi (born 1977 in Shiraz, Iran) is an Iranian student who has been imprisoned since the Iranian Student Protests in July 1999. During the protests in the areas surrounding Tehran University, Batebi held up a bloodied shirt belonging to a fellow student who had been beaten by the Basij paramilitaries. The image, pictured right, spread quickly and ended up on the cover of The Economist magazine.
Na'lin: full economic and political boycott, along with continued resistance, could end occupation » Ramallah / PNN - Hundreds of people took part in Friday prayers in the threatened village of Na’lin. Thousands of dunams have already been confiscated for the Wall and settlements in the area.Leading yesterday’s service was Sheikh Salah Al Khawaja who said that the prayer and ensuing demonstration were not only part of the continuing struggle in Na’lin, but were also being held in solidarity with Jerusalem. He called for full participation in the ongoing campaign to stop the conversion of the ci...
Peaceful protest at the US Embassy 2008 » A peaceful protest held outside the US Embassy on the 7th Anniversary of the attacks on September 11th in NYC.