The Christian Science Monitor - Facing what is perhaps the greatest challenge to regional stability since the end of the Central American wars more than a decade ago, the presidents of this tiny yet tumultuous isthmus are scheduled to meet in Managua Monday afternoon to round the wagons in defense of Honduras’s recently ousted and beleaguered President Manuel “Mel” Zelaya.
AP - Honduras’ ousted president, bolstered by international support, said he will return home this week to regain control. The man who replaced him said Tuesday that Manuel Zelaya could be met with an arrest warrant.
AFP - The head of Australia’s Comanchero motorcycle gang has been charged with murder over a deadly brawl fought in front of horrified passengers at Sydney airport, police have said.
AP - President Rene Preval’s party won five of 11 contests to fill open Senate seats, according to preliminary results released Monday by the provisional electoral council.
McClatchy Newspapers - KABUL, Afghanistan ? The Afghan government Monday blamed U.S.-led coalition forces for the killing of Kandahar’s police chief and criminal investigations director on coalition forces, saying the Afghan guards that shot them to death were working for and trained by the coalition.
Reuters - Canada aims to start immunizing its population against the new H1N1 flu virus in October but has not yet decided who should be a priority for getting the shot, the country’s top public health official said on Monday.
OneWorld.net - NEW YORK, Jun 29 (IPS) - As President Barack Obama struggles with the political backlash from a Congress determined to keep Guantanamo terrorism suspects out of the U.S., his administration is reportedly preparing an executive order that would give him authority to hold prisoners indefinitely without trial, according to weekend media reports.
The Christian Science Monitor - Facing what is perhaps the greatest challenge to regional stability since the end of the Central American wars more than a decade ago, the presidents of this tiny yet tumultuous isthmus are scheduled to meet in Managua Monday afternoon to round the wagons in defense of Honduras’s recently ousted and beleaguered President Manuel “Mel” Zelaya.
AP - President Hamid Karzai accused Afghan guards working for U.S. coalition forces of killing a provincial police chief and at least four other security officers during a gunbattle outside a government office Monday.
AP - A photo of the North Korean leader recently shown on Pyongyang’s state TV appears to be a doctored version of one published in April by the country’s official news agency ? a possible sign his health is worsening ? South Korean media reported Monday.
