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>>Myanmar - Aid workers in Myanamar are concerned that even the small amount of aid they have been able to get to the capital is not being delivered it to its intended destination, a duty that the military junta has reserved for itself. The British Perm Rep to the UN has received unconfirmed reports that aid is being redirected away from victims. Meanwhile, the junta is still blocking large-scale aid drops and has refused U.S. offers of assistance, as well as those of China, Bangladesh, Singapore, and Thailand. Over 11,000 U.S. troops are in Thailand conducting a military exercise. Also, on Monday Doctors Without Borders was ordered out of the Irrawaddy Delta, and less than half of the visa applications for UN relief officials have been processed.
>>Middle East - President Bush landed in Tel Aviv this morning, to begin a five-country, three-day tour of the Middle East. He has already met with President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and plans to meet with Mahmoud Abbas later in the week at Sharm el-Sheikh. The trip coincides with the 60th anniversary of Israel.
>>Colombia - Colombia extradited 14 paramilitary leaders to the U.S. yesterday, an unprecedented action at a time when Colombia is hoping for a trade deal with the U.S. The men will face drug-trafficking charges. Such extraditions are controversial in Colombia and among the human rights community as the prisoners will only serve time for breaking U.S. law not atrocities committed in Colombia. Though they may end up spending more time in jail in the U.S. and, after extradition, are less able to command their networks, which has been a major problem when they were held in Colombian prisons.
- California Gets Clarity
- The Matthew Yglesias Interview
- Boston Globe: The United Nations Can Save Burma
Africa
- Somalia - Somali gunmen kidnap Kenyan lecturer in Mogadishu
- Sudan - U.N. council condemns Darfur rebel attack on Khartoum
- Zimbabwe - Ambassador Andrew Pocock seized as he investigates violence in Zimbabwe
- Sudan - Add Darfur rebels to terror list, Sudan urges world
- Colombia - Colombia extradites 14 jailed warlords to US
- Mexico - Mexico sends troops to fight Sinaloa drug cartel
- Brazil - Brazil's Amazon minister resigns
- Haiti - Haitian protesters trade food riots for jobs
- China - Rescuers Struggle to Reach Quake Survivors
- Myanmar - Myanmar Restricting Aid Delivery
- China - Olympic Torch Relay Celebrations Scaled Back
- North Korea - North Korea Documents Make Debut, at a Distance
- Vietnam - Journalists Arrested for Corruption Reports
- China - First Beijing death linked to China virus outbreak
- North Korea - U.S. Increases Estimate Of N. Korean Plutonium
- Myanmar - New Storm Heads Toward Myanmar
- Ireland - Northern Ireland policeman survives car bomb attack
- Spain - Barcelona forced to import emergency water
- Spain - Several injured by bomb in Northern Spain police barracks
- Serbia - Nationalist Premier of Serbia Teams Up With Radical Party
- Italy - Italy PM called in rendition case
- Israel - Police suspect Olmert aided bids for government contracts, reports claim
- Iraq - Gates Urges Military to Focus on Iraq, Afghanistan
- Jordan - Jordan 'tough' on honour killer
- Lebanon - Saudis blame Iran for Lebanon 'coup'
- Iran - Iran president to offer proposals to ease nuclear row
- Iraq - U.S. Colonel Says Iran Is Assassinating Iraqi Officials
- Israel - Bush Arrives for Middle Eastern Tour