* South Africa: A judge postponed the trial of four white ex-university students who filmed a shocking video of five black workers eating food that had been urinated upon.
* Iraq: At least 155 people died as a result of a series of bombings on Sunday which have been blamed by Prime Minister Nouri Maliki on Al-Qaeda militants.
* Europe: The war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karodic at The Hague is expected to start on Tuesday “with or without” his presence.
* World: According to a U.N. human rights official, women and gays worldwide tend to be unfairly “caught between being victims of extremist groups and victims of counter-terrorism measures.”
Image- AFP (“The video drew massive anger after it was leaked last year.”)
Online Sources- MSNBC, csmonitor.com, BBC News, Reuters
Monday, October 26, 2009
World Watch: The filth and the fury
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