September 22, 2009 by Sachin Seth  
Filed under The News, World News

Supporters of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya defied roadblocks and a city-wide closure to surround the Brazilian embassy in which Zelaya has taken refuge in Tegucigalpa, Al-Jazeera reports.

Some sources say a bomb went off outside a mosque and killed three or four people. Other say people were being shot dead in the streets. Some claim military tanks were deployed. Reports of helicopters landing at universities are coming through via Iranian twitter accounts. More twitter accounts claim Basiji may be entering homes and attacking civilians.

May 11, 2009 by Sachin Seth  
Filed under Opinion, Terra, The Blogs, The News

Some of you may have heard that a 2,000-strong five hour Tamil protest blocked off the Gardiner Expressway until midnight last night, the city of Toronto’s major highway which sees between 200,000 and 300,000 cars daily. It’s been called an artery at times as it transports citizens from the beating heart of the city out to the western suburbs, which are inhabited by more than 1,000,000 residents.

September 4, 2008 by John M. Guilfoil  
Filed under Terra, The Blogs

I just saw, on CNN, some guy holding a black sign saying “You can’t win an occupation” during John McCain’s speech at the Republican National Convention.
Anyone else see that? Anyone capture it on video/screen grab?
Security also threw out a protester in a pink dress after someone ripped a sign out of her hands.
McCain rolled well [...]