Italian justice took "only" nine years to sentence in the first instance two police officers and eleven policemen for the unprecedented violence of the No Global Forum, in Naples, in 2001.
It was a dress rehearsal for what happened in Genoa some months later.
The clashes between Muslims and Christians are going on in Malaysia. The Muslims don't want the Christians call their God with the word Allah. Even if the word Allah predates Islam and is used in Christian churches in the Coptic community in Egypt and Syria
As many as fifteen people are reported to have been killed during clashes between security forces and reformist protesters in Iran.
The figure cannot be verified but running battles continued long into the night as people shouted from the rooftops calling for an end to the hardline Islamist regime.
The disputed re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has plunged Iran into its biggest internal crisis since the 1979 revolution exposing deep divisions within the ruling elite.
Among those believed shot dead is a nephew of opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi. State TV said he was killed by “unknown assailants” but reformists say he was shot in the back when police opened fire on demonstrators.
Doesn't start too well the soccer World Cup, which will begin in South Africa by 11 June 2010. Fierce controversy after the qualification of France who beat Ireland thanks to a clear hand foul by Henry, but FIFA has officially ruled that the match could not be repeated. In Algeria 18 deaths in the celebrations after the historic qualification against Egypt, almost a war between rival fans, and a disciplinary procedure against the Egyptian Football Association. http://www.inaltreparole.net/en/sports/calciomondiali201109.htmlDoesn't start too well the soccer World Cup, which will begin in South Africa by... more
Italy is gripped by crisis and unemployment and with democracy in danger, but is not the only nation in Western Europe in these conditions. Greece experience a similar situation in many respects. Even though recently there the Socialist Party won the election, still isn't ended the social unrest that followed the death of a 15 years old student, killed by police on 6 December 2008. New clashes between students and the Greek police took place on November 17. http://www.inaltreparole.net/en/world/grecia191109.htmlItaly is gripped by crisis and unemployment and with democracy in danger, but is not... more
Saturday 17 October 2009: The Great Climate Swoop descended on the Ratcliffe coal-fired power station in Nottingham with the intention of shutting it down.
Using direct action the perimetre fences were breached and pulled down on many occasions, and protestors entered the site, despite the heavy police presence.
52 people were arrested that day. One protestor and three police officers were reported injured, one seriously.Saturday 17 October 2009: The Great Climate Swoop descended on the Ratcliffe... more
