Defense´s new strategy may weaken Martin case
Changes in the defense´s strategy in the murder of Kansas University student Shannon Martin could weaken the arguments against two suspects in the case.

Altering testimony from the primary suspect, Kattia Cruz, might affect the prosecution´s case against Rafael Zumbado and Luis Alberto Castro, the two other suspects.  Complete Story

Peru Grants Asylum to Two Venezuelan Army Officers
Peru has granted asylum to two Venezuelan army officers who fear reprisals for their opposition to President Hugo Chavez's government. The men, Wismerck Martinez Medina and Gilberto Landaeta Vielma, took refuge in the Peruvian embassy in the capital Caracas last week.  Complete Story

U.N. Commission Leaves Gays, Lesbians Waiting another Year

GENEVA, Apr 25 (IPS) - Homosexual men and women will have to wait at least one more year for the first-ever formal recognition of their human rights in official United Nations documents.

A coalition of Islamic nations, with the support of other countries apparently under pressure from the Vatican, blocked approval in the U.N. Commission on Human Rights this week of a resolution sponsored by Brazil calling for guarantees to protect gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transsexuals. Complete Story

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Response By Jack Caine (Class Action Center) To the Commentaries By Jose Miguel Villalobos & John Manners (UCCR)

We told John Manners, the President of UCCR (not incorporated), to tell Jose Miguel Villalobos that he and JMV should not throw rocks in a glass house and that if they threw a rock at us, that we’d throw 10 rocks back at them.  Now we are forced to show the world that Jose Miguel Villalobos knows little about international arbitration and that the UCCR strategy and intentions should be suspect.  After reading our response, both Jose Miguel Villalobos and John Manners may wish that they had stayed with what they know best and had listened to our advice to put a sock in it. Villalobos Update