Australia deported a paralyzed New Zealander away from his family which lives entirely in Australia, because he committed the crime of taking painkillers without prescription.

The general policy of deporting non-citizen residents that have committed serious crimes that harmed others seems valid to me, but it shouldn't be done rigidly. Taking pain killers doesn't harm others, anyway.

Refugee Mohammad Albederee, dumped by Australia in Papua New Guinea, has been on hunger strike for six months because he could not get medical care.

Indigenous peoples in Canada are blocking a tar sands export pipeline to the Pacific Ocean.

A Palestinian appeals to Israelis and Palestinians to choose peace instead of military occupation.

Egypt's parliamentary election has no real opposition candidates.