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>>Pakistan - Within minutes of assuming his new role, Pakistan's new Prime Minister Yousaf Gillani released a dozen judges, including Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, detained by President Musharraf last year. PM Gillani also called for a UN investigation into the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.

>>Iraq - Government security forces battled with Shi'ite militias in Basra today in an attempt to bring the city under federal control. The battle may prove important in the British exit strategy. Meanwhile, followers of Muqtada al Sadr continued to engage in a national civil disobedience campaign.

>>Comoros - The archipelago nation of Comoros, located off the coast of Mozambique, has, with the assistance of 1,350 African Union troops, taken control of the rebel island of Anjouan. Anjouan, an island of 300,000, was led by Mohamed Bacar, who had clung to power after an illegal election last year. Comoros has endured 20 coups since it gained independence in 1975.

>>Tibet - Protesting Tibetan monks, joined by locals hundreds of locals to call for the return of the Dalai Lama, were fired on by Chinese paramilitaries in Garze, which borders Tibet. Reports suggest that at least two were killed.

• Meanwhile, a Global Food Crisis
• UN Plaza: Parag Khanna explains the Second World

Africa

• Mining forces out thousands in SA
• Slow progress on Kenyan cabinet
• TB Patients Chafe Under Lockdown in South Africa
• Somalia: W.H.O. Says Polio Has Been Eradicated Again
• Ugandans 'forgive' Gaddafi

Americas

• Colombia revives tensions with comments: Chavez
• Venezuela Chavez basks in needed glory of Exxon win
• Two Contractors Abducted in Iraq Are Found Dead
• Brazil: Dengue Fever Outbreak
• Economy takes place of war in election fight
• Mining forces out thousands in SA
• Bush Says War's Outcome 'Will Merit the Sacrifice'
• Earthquake strikes northern Chile

Asia

• Just like America, China is building a multi-ethnic empire in the west
• 40% of Afghan aid returns to donor countries, says report
• Fresh inquiry into Gujarat riots
• Torch protest was "disgraceful", says China
• BBC website 'unblocked in China'
• Russia's Medvedev presses NATO over expansion
• 5 Dead in Attack on Mine-Clearing Team in Afghanistan
• Bhutanese vote sees rejection of king's in-laws

Europe

• Up to 100 cars in Austrian crash
• Iceland unexpectedly raises rates to 15%
• One dead in Austrian motorway crash
• Belarus: U.S. Cuts Embassy Staff
• The Netherlands: U.S. Company Shuts Anti-Koran Web Site
• Out of East Germany via Bulgaria
• Andorra La Vella Journal: Hard Times Hit a Postage-Stamp Land
• Serbia Formally Proposes Ethnic Partition of Kosovo

Posted by Matthew Cordell at 10:00 AM

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