A shipload of Israeli weapons is busted in Spain—bound for Nicaragua. The Nicaraguan government denies knowing anything about it. Could they have been bound for some kind of neo-contra force? Talk about nostalgia for the '80s... From Prensa Latina, July 5:

Nicaraguan Police and Army denied their responsibility for a cargo of weapons made in Israel, seized in Spain's Port Algeciras, with the Central American nation as final destination.

Remember all the "not-about-Iraq" spewing after the July 2005 London bombings? Nobody's saying that this time around. From the Washington Post, July 6:

LONDON -- Bilal Abdulla, one of the two doctors arrested after a blazing Jeep Cherokee rammed into the Glasgow Airport terminal on Saturday, is a deeply religious Iraqi who was angry that his prominent Sunni family "lost everything" following the 2003 invasion led by the United States and Britain, according to a close family member.

From the Iranian Student News Agency (ISNA), July 5:

Alieh Eghdam Doost, who was arrested on June 12, 2006 for attending a women's rights rally in Tehran, is sentenced to three years and five months prison term and 20 lashes, her attorney, Nasim Ghanavi, said to ISNA today.

From the Iraq Freedom Congress (IFC), July 6:

Statement of Iraq Freedom Congress on the Assassination of Abdelhussein Saddam
The terrorist US forces kidnapped Abdelhussein Saddam, head of the Safety Force of the Iraq Freedom Congress after opening fire at him and his daughter on the 4th of July in Alattiba neighborhood in Baghdad. Two days after the abduction, his body was found in the Forensic Center in Yarmouk Hospital. The US force that committed this criminal act was a special task force who used special vehicles with the assistance of the Iraqi National Guards.

From the International Alliance in Support of Workers in Iran (IASWI), July 3:

Ebrahm Madadi, the vice-president of the board of directors of Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company was arrested on July 3, 2007. According to the website of the Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company, "Mr. Ebrahim Madadi had referred to the Western Tehran Labor Department to follow up on the situation of the terminated workers, and was at first forbidden by the guards to enter the building. After one hour he was arrested and taken to the Baharestan police station. They stated he must stay there overnight and will be transported tomorrow to the Region 12, Northside City Park Branch 6."

Authorities in Brazil say they freed over 1,000 workers who were being held captive as “debt slaves” at an ethanol producing sugarcane plantation. The Brazilian Ministry of Justice said that police from the Mobile Verification Task Force freed 1,108 workers who were cutting sugarcane for 14 hours a day: from 3 AM until 5 PM, with only a short break for lunch. Those who were in debt were "living in a horrifying condition in cramped shelters with poor sanitation." (AHN, July 4) Humberto Celio, co-ordinator of the Mobile Verification Task Force, told Agencia Brasil that many workers were sick due to spoiled food and contaminated water. (AP, July 3)

Argentina is preparing for a new human rights trial for crimes committed during the 1976-1983 military dictatorship. Just days before the start of the latest trial, Argentine police discovered a body thought to be that of a missing witness. Police early July 3 found a body of a man who they believed to be Julio Lopez, the key witness who went missing last year following the land mark conviction of a police official who ran clandestine torture centers.

From Israel Indymedia (via Kibush), June 25:

Tonight we, a group of autonomous women activists, have protested against the Akerstein Company and its support for the Separation Wall. We have acted at the Akerstein sales center at Herzlia Pituach- we have inserted fast-drying glue into the locks of several entrance doors, sprayed red stains on the outer walls and hanged on the walls signs with the text reproduced below. For more details you can contact us via mail: XAutonomousX@gmail.com