French students rebel against deportations of classmates
The arrest of a Roma girl on a school bus in front of her classmates, and her subsequent deportation to Kosovo along with her family, has caused an uproar in France and split the ruling Socialist Party of President Francois Hollande.
World Notes: Venezuela, South Africa, Romania and more
Thousands marched in Caracas on June 7 demanding protection for small farmers determined to take over unused land in accordance with the Lands and Agrarian Development Act of 2001.
Cutbacks force destitute to line up for food
Hundreds of desperate Romanians left destitute by the country's austerity drive lined up for food aid Wednesday in the Black Sea port of Constanta.
Immigrant bashing in France
What do France's right wing President Nicolas Sarkozy and Arizona's Republican governor Janet Brewer have in common? Immigrant bashing.
World Notes: Canada, Romania, Mozambique, India, Austria
The right to clean water, toxic gold mining, biofuel's human toll, measuring India's poverty, good and bad on HIV/AIDS.
World Notes: Cuba, Romania, Bolivia, Palestine, Kenya, India
Updates on Cuba, Romania, Bolivia, Palestine, Kenya, India.
World Notes: Uganda, Romania, Australia
Water strife in Africa, missile defense in Romania, refugee rights in Australia.
World Notes: Bulgaria, Romania, Africa, Israel, Nicaragua, China, Cuba
Stars and Stripes, the U.S. Army weekly, reported last month that two new U.S. military bases are under construction in Bulgaria and Romania at costs respectively of $60 and $50 million.
World Notes: South Africa, Mexico, South Korea, Romania, Afghanistan, Cuba
South Africa and health care, Mexico and mining, South Korea and unions, Romania and general strike, Afghanistan and development, Cuba and milestones
