Around the World (May 09, 2008)

[Kamal_Farran]

AFRICA:
Amnesty International denounces war crimes by US-backed forces in Somalia
http://wsws.org/articles/2008/may2008/soma-m08.shtml

AUSTRALIA & SOUTH PACIFIC:
NSW Labor MPs unanimously endorse premier’s defiance of anti-privatisation vote
http://wsws.org/articles/2008/may2008/elec-m08.shtml

BOLIVIA:
Autonomy-referendum met with revolutionary resistance
http://www.marxist.com/bolivia-autonomy-referendum-revolutionary-resistance.htm

BURMA:
Death toll in Burma rises, as major powers press to intervene
http://wsws.org/articles/2008/may2008/bucy-m08.shtml

CHINA:
Major train crash causes anger in China
http://wsws.org/articles/2008/may2008/chin-m08.shtml

GERMANY:
Verdi agrees to sell-out in Berlin transport workers strike
http://wsws.org/articles/2008/may2008/verd-m08.shtml

IRAN:
Over 3000 workers go on strike in Haft Tapeh!
http://www.marxist.com/iran-strike-haft-tapeh.htm

JORDAN:
Prison Burning Deaths Need Independent Investigation
Police Investigation Ignores Evidence, Intimidates Witnesses
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/05/08/jordan18759.htm

LATIN AMERICA:
Who pays the opposition students in Venezuela?
http://www.marxist.com/who-pays-opposition-students-venezuela.htm

MIDDLE EAST:
Deep unease as Israel celebrates its 60th anniversary
http://wsws.org/articles/2008/may2008/isra-m08.shtml

MOROCCO:
Sham Inquiry Highlights Impunity for Police Abuse
Prosecutor Prematurely Closes Investigation Without Hearing All Testimony
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/05/08/morocc18762.htm

NORTH AMERICA:
Guantánamo judge rules Omar Khadr, arrested at 15, can be tried as war criminal
http://wsws.org/articles/2008/may2008/omar-m08.shtml
Wage-cutting in the US auto parts industry: The background to the American Axle strike
http://wsws.org/articles/2008/may2008/axle-m08.shtml

VIETNAM:
Religious Freedom Denied
Buddhists Remain Behind Bars While Vietnam Hosts UN Buddhist Celebration
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/05/08/vietna18774.htm