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Honduras' Military Coup Tests the Obama Administration » On Sunday the Honduran military ousted President Manuel Zelaya hours before the country was to vote on his referendum to extend presidential term limits. President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton were quick to speak, but slow to draw conclusions. Clinton's carefully chosen words condemn the coup, but offer no specific support for President Zelaya, "As we move forward, all parties have a responsibility to address the underlying problems that led to yesterday's events in a way that enhances d...
Revolution U » Early in 2008, workers at a government-owned textile factory in the Egyptian mill town of El-Mahalla el-Kubra announced that they were going on strike on the first Sunday in April to protest high food prices and low wages. They caught the attention of a group of tech-savvy young people an hour's drive to the south in the capital city of Cairo, who started a Facebook group to organize protests and strikes on April 6 throughout Egypt in solidarity with the mill workers. To their shock, the page qu...
Deaths in Ivory Coast demonstration » Police in Ivory Coast have fired on hundreds of demonstrators at an anti-government rally, killing three people and wounding a dozen others in the latest protest since the president dissolved the government last week.Moussa Dembele of the opposition RDR party said the protest took place in Gagnoa, about 200km northwest of Abidjan, the country's economic capital.Demonstrations spread to at least eight cities on Friday over a decision by Laurent Gbagbo, the country's president, to dissolve the gov...
1,500 protesters flex muscles during lawyers rally » LAHORE: About 1,500 lawyers, civil society activists and political workers took to The Mall to rally for the reinstatement of the sacked judges on Thursday.The National Coordination Council gave the protest call. Followed by the general house meetings, the Lahore Bar Association (LBA) and Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) took out their rallies from Aiwan-e-Adl and the Lahore High Court respectively. The two rallies joined at GPO Chowk and marched towards the Punjab Assembly Hall. Solida...
How bloggers led the way in Arab protests » Cairo:  As protesters in Tahrir Square faced off against pro-government forces, they drew a lesson from their counterparts in Tunisia: "Advice to the youth of Egypt: Put vinegar or onion under your scarf for tear gas."The exchange on Facebook was part of a remarkable two-year collaboration that has given birth to a new force in the Arab world -- a pan-Arab youth movement dedicated to spreading democracy in a region without it. Young Egyptian and Tunisian activists brainstormed on the use of...
WOZA! » It could be just another ordinary week day in Bulawayo. Folk scurrying around doing their daily business, vendors plying the wares, battered old cars weaving their way between the potholes. But to the experienced eye, there is something afoot !Is it the abundance of red articles of clothing or is that just a coincidence?Is it the the presence of so many women thronging the streets, nipping in and out of shops, loitering on the sidewalks?
Iran paying for freedom with Blood » Iranians are protesting the results of the recent election they believe was unfairly rigged for the incumbent candidate in President Ahmadinejad and paying for it in blood. At least 17 people have died at the hands of the government forces who are cracking down on the protesters with increasing violence.A particularly chilling death of a protester happened on Saturday in Tehran when a young girl was shot in the chest by a single sniper shot from a member of the government militia. Her last few s...
Hondurans to Extend Their Struggle » Tegucigalpa, Aug 31.- The National Front against the Coup d' Etat in Honduras announced it would strengthen the resistance structures, even in the farthest corners of the country, to restore democracy. Israel Salinas, general secretary of the Unitary Federation of Honduran Workers, stated that an assembly with representatives from all over the nation will be held on September 6 in this capital, with that purpose.Salinas said intensifying the Front's struggle in regions, departments, municipaliti...
Ahmadinejad presents new cabinet to parliament for approval » Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Sunday presented his new 21-member cabinet, which includes three women, to parliament for approval.Parliament has to evaluate the nominations within the next three days and approve them before Ahmadinejad's government can start its four-year tenure.There are 14 new ministers in the cabinet. For the first time in the 30-year history of the Islamic republic, there are also three women among the nominees.
How Iran's opposition inverts old slogans » Iranians are marking University Student Day, traditionally an anti-US event that commemorates the killing of three students in 1953. Opposition supporters are expected to try to hijack official protests by chanting their own anti-government slogans.Olivia Cornes navigates some of the opposition chants heard in Iran since June's disputed presidential elections, with the help of BBCPersian.com and protesters themselves.The waves of street chanting among anti-regime protesters are spontaneous but m...