Despite appearing calm on the surface, tensions are escalating within Bahrain, which has been the scene of anti-government protests that began on February 14. There still remains a strong police presence within the country. Armoured tanks and vehicles man the streets and highways. Blockades are on major inter91自拍论坛, forces have set up camp temporarily within the city and are on a state of permanent standby for civil unrest.
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In April 1915, in the midst of a stalled military campaign on the Western Front, Britain and its allies attacked Turkey鈥檚 Gallipoli Peninsula in an attempt to gain control of the Dardanelles Straits and take German-allied Turkey out of World War I.
This impressively researched volume, which relies extensively on unpublished first-hand accounts from soldiers of all sides of the conflict, is a detailed account of this 鈥渄oomed鈥 and 鈥減ointless鈥 campaign.
Europe鈥檚 biggest polluters have made billions out of the European Emissions Trading System (ETS). But a new briefing by Carbon Trade Watch (CTW) says the scheme will ensure industry will not have to cut its emissions until at least 2017.
The ETS sets a cap, or upper limit, on total emissions for 11,000 power stations and industrial plants in 30 European countries. Each company receives permits to pollute, which can be traded with other companies.
Sixty-two protesters had been killed by Syrian security forces on April 29, Al Jazeera reported that day. This was the second Friday in a row that Syrian authorities had used lethal forces against protesters 鈥 100 protesters were killed in Deraa on April 22.
The United States responded by imposing sanctions on three leading figures in the regime 鈥 including President Bashar al-Assad鈥檚 brother, but not the president 鈥 and the Syrian intelligence agency.
In another important step towards winning Bolivia鈥檚 national sovereignty, the country鈥檚 Plurinational Assembly has announced the expulsion from Bolivia of USAID鈥檚 Environment and Economic Development (EED) program.
USAID is funded by the US government and on its website says one of its aims is 鈥渇urthering America鈥檚 foreign policy interests鈥. The agency has come under fire for its role in funding pro-US right-wing organisations in Bolivia and the region.
A request by the United Nations special rapporteur on torture, Juan Mendez, to visit alleged WikiLeaks whistleblower, United States soldier Bradley Manning, was denied in April.
At the time, Manning was being held in solitary confinement at Marine Corps Brig, Quantico in Virginia.
Speaking through his lawyer, Manning accused the guards at Quantico of treating him differently to other prisoners and reported he had been forced to strip naked by guards every night.
Mendez said US authorities had 鈥渘ot been receptive to a confidential meeting鈥 with Manning.
The sixth congress of the Communist Party of Cuba ended on April 19. Not by accident, the date chosen for the meeting coincided with the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the victory of Playa Giron [Bay of Pigs 鈥 at which the Cuban people defeated a US-sponsored invasion in 1961].
The release of secret US Department of Defense files on prisoners held by the US as part of the 鈥渨ar on terror鈥 confirms, in the US government鈥檚 own words, the shoddy and unreliable nature of the 鈥渆vidence鈥 used to condemn prisoners at its Guantanamo Bay torture camp.
The files released by WikiLeaks also show the mentality of the US government in its attempts to prosecute and gather information about 鈥渢errorists鈥 to justify its wars of aggression. Apart from those known to be innocent by their US captors, many others were condemned on the flimsiest of pretexts.
Forty refugee rights activists travelled by bus from Perth to Curtin Detention Centre in the remote Kimberley region of WA over the Easter long weekend. Several others joined the convergence at nearby Derby.
This was the latest convergence on a refugee detention centre organised by the Refugee Rights Action Network (RRAN).
Most refugee detention centres are located in remote locations to create a physical divide between refugees and the broader population. The convergence aimed to bridge this divide.
Since January, tens of thousands of United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) militants, together with activists from other left parties and social movements, have been debating the future of Venezuela鈥檚 revolution.
Their sights are set on the crucial 2012 presidential elections.
This years鈥 pro-revolution May Day march will be the platform to officially launch Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez鈥檚 re-election bid.
The US-funded right-wing opposition is yet to decide its candidate, but the election will be critical to the future of a country undergoing a profound process of change.
A number of left groups in Venezuela and solidarity groups internationally have expressed concern over the April 23 decision by Venezuelan authorities to arrest well-known Colombian journalist and supporter of the Venezuelan revolution, Joaquin Perez Becerra.
Perez Becerra was arrested when he tried to enter the country through Caracas Airport. He was deported two days later to neighbouring Colombia to face trial for supposed 鈥渢errorism鈥 charges in Colombia.
In the World of Light Tiki Taane Touring Qld, NSW & Vic: May 19-28 www.tikidub.com Interview by Mat Ward Chart-topping New Zealand musician Tiki Taane became an unlikely poster boy for free speech on April 9 when he was escorted from his own gig in handcuffs. His arrest was for singing NWA鈥檚 鈥淔uck tha Police鈥 during a routine police check of the concert in the seaside town of Tauranga. He was charged with disorderly behaviour likely to cause violence.
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