Discord between Thailand and Cambodia over a temple

Apparently in connection with a dispute over a 900-year-old Hindu temple, some 40 Thai soldiers have entered Cambodia
On Tuesday, officials from Bangkok as well as from Phnom Penh called the incident a “misunderstanding”, and said it occurred when soldiers went to pick up three Thai protesters who had jumped an immigration checkpoint.

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Six ‘public executions’ in Iran

Six people have been publicly executed, said a report on state radio, in the north-eastern city of Sabzeva, reported Reuters news agency.

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Controversy over Obama cartoon

The New Yorker cover of Barack Obama and his wife has caused controversy in the US, as it depicts the Democratic candidate as a Muslim and his wife, Michelle, in camouflage fatigues with a gun strapped to her shoulder, and a portrait of Osama bin Laden hanging over the mantel.

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Genocide claims anger Sudan

As the Sudanese president, Omar al-Bashir (photo), has been accused of genocide in Darfur by an international prosecutor, the country’s government has responded angrily.

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Prisoner deal backed by Israel

The final go-ahead has been given by Israel’s cabinet, to a prisoner swap with Lebanon’s Hezbollah, though Ehud Olmert (photo, from rfi.fr), Israeli prime minister, said that the Shia group had not fully kept its side of the bargain.
The stage of the exchance has been set on Tuesday, by the cabinet’s decision. It is expected to [...]

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First video released from Guantanamo

For the first time, a videotape has been released from the US prison camp in Guantanamo Bay. It shows a detainee, Omar Khadr (photo, from radio-canada.ca), being questioned by Canadian officials in 2003, concerning events leading up to his capture by US forces, Canadian media have said.

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