Senator Ejercito held in US airport, quizzed over Estrada (INQ7.net)

SENATOR Luisa "Loi" Ejercito was detained for one-and-a-half hours at the San Francisco International Airport where US officials asked her several questions, including whether she thought her husband, former president Joseph Estrada, would be convicted of plunder.

Malaysian Police harass local bloggers

Malaysian Police are reported to have been “interviewing” bloggers about why they blog and ways to control content. According to Malaysiakini.com, a four-member team - two police officers and two unidentified government officials - visited Mack Zulkifli, of blog...

60,000 protest about 'Bolkestein' law (Expatica)

BRUSSELS European Trade Unions descended in their tens of thousands on Brussels at the weekend to protest about a European Commission plan to liberalise the service sector.

Thousands Protest in Fayetteville in Largest Army Base Demonstration Since Vi...

A protest near Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina was the largest protest of any kind there since a 1970 protest against the Vietnam War. We hear some of the speeches from the rally.

Neo-Nazis Protest Upstaged (Deutsche Welle)

More than 6,000 people staged a counter-protest in Würzburg Saturday as around 150 neo-Nazi protesters marched in memory of the 60th anniversary of the Allied bombings.

Protesters Storm Kyrgyzstan Government (AP)

AP - Thousands of protesters, some armed with clubs and Molotov cocktails, seized control of key government buildings and the airport in Kyrgyzstan's second-largest city Monday, prompting security officers and local officials to flee and loosening the government's grip over a...

US Congress leaders invoke emergency powers to save brain-damaged woman (AFP ...

The controversy over a heavily brain-damaged Florida woman, who has been kept on life support over the past 15 years, took a dramatic turn when congressional leaders invoked emergency powers to pass a bill they hope will result in the woman's resumed feeding.

Thousands march through London opposing war on terror (ABC Radio Australia)

Thousands of demonstrators have marched through central London protesting against U-S President George W Bush's "war on terror" .

Canadian demonstrations mark second anniversary of U.S. invasion of Iraq (Can...

MONTREAL (CP) - Small but noisy protests were held across Canada on Saturday to mark the second anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq.

Chavez Casts Himself as the Anti-Bush (washingtonpost.com)

CARACAS, Venezuela -- President Hugo Chavez has recently accused President Bush of plotting to assassinate him, made suggestive comments about Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, visited Fidel Castro in Cuba, bashed the United States on the al-Jazeera television network and...

CNN.com - Byrd spokesman defends senator's Hitler remarks - Mar 3, 2005

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Robert Byrd's description of Adolf Hitler's rise to power was meant as a warning to heed the past and not as a comparison to Republicans, a spokesman for the West Virginia Democrat says.

AlterNet: MediaCulture: Gannon and the Bloggers

The Jeff Gannon affair has not yet morphed into a full-fledged political scandal, or retreated to the realm of embarrassing footnote, so this may be a good time to pause and reflect.

Hundreds gather in South Bend

Hundreds gather in South Bend to protest the Count, the president and their plan to phase-out Social Security ... Hundreds of protestors gathered outside the Joyce Center, starting as early at 10 AM Friday morning, to protest the president's Social...