Homs: A Historic City in Ruins
Region: Syrian Arab RepublicBy Rami Alhames Among the many Syrian cities and towns making news headlines today is Homs, a city which dates back to 2300BC. The colossal damage months of shelling has done can be seen in the destruction of historic b... more
Views: 915Iranian Blogger Sattar Beheshti Death While in Custody
Region: IranBy Hooman Askary Iranian netizens have launched a major online storm [2] [fa] after the shocking news of a blogger's death in custody was first posted [3] [fa] by opposition websites. According to interviews [4] with Satt... more
Views: 884Major Protests in Kuwait Led by Anonymous Twitter Account
Region: KuwaitBy Mona Kareem After witnessing its biggest protest [1], the anonymous organizers of the “Dignity March” called for another one. Tens of thousands showed up in the areas of Mishref and Sabah Al-Salem protes... more
Views: 799Cuba: Travel Restrictions for Citizens Lifted
Region: CubaBy Ellery Roberts Biddle On October 16, the Cuban government announced plans to eliminate controversial travel restrictions on Cuban citizens. For decades, Cubans have been required to apply for government permission to... more
Views: 929Mexico: Central American Mothers in Search of Abducted and Missing Migrants
Region: MexicoBy Andrea Arzaba According to statistics by the Mesoamerican Migrant Movement [1] [es], in the last six years around 70,000 migrants [2] [es] have disappeared in Mexico. For several years, Central American mothers ... more
Views: 738Iran: Collapse of Iran's Regime and Fall of Currency?
Region: Iran
By Fred Petrossian The Iranian rial hit a record low on Tuesday October 2, 2012, yet Iranian authorities appear confused and powerless face to this financial tsunami. Sanctions [1] are being blamed for the national curr... more
Views: 1099Vietnam: Government Arrests Three Bloggers
Region: Viet NamBy Mong Palatino Vietnamese bloggers Dieu Cay, AnhBaSG, and Ta Phong Tan were found guilty [1] by a Ho Chi Minh City court of violating article 88 of Vietnam’s criminal code, which involves the “spreading fa... more
Views: 1199Access to Google and Gmail Blocked in Iran
Region: IranBy Fred Petrossian The Iranian regime has been an enemy to freedom of speech for decades but on Sunday, September 23, 2012, they still surprised many by announcing that they would begin filtering Google and Gmail in the... more
Views: 778Maoists A Spectacle in Anti-Japanese Protests
Region: China
By Oiwan Lam Maoist protesters became a major spectacle in the series of anti-Japanese protests [1] in China that took place between September 15 - 18, 2012, with Chairman Mao's portraits and nostalgic slogans prai... more
Views: 1125Italy: More Than 100 Workers Occupy Sardinian Coal Mine
Region: ItalyBy Fabio Brambilla Pisoni Some 460 jobs at risk, 350 kilos of explosives and more than 100 miners about 373 metres below ground. These are the figures involved in the latest drama [2] to have erupted ... more
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