From the Committee to Protect Journalists, Nov. 17:

José Manuel Nava Sánchez, former director of the Mexico City-based daily Excélsior and columnist for the national daily El Sol de México, was found murdered yesterday in his apartment. The Committee to Protect Journalists is investigating whether the killing is connected to his work.

From El Universal, Nov. 16 via Chiapas95:

Enough evidence exists to put Oaxaca Gov. Ulises Ruiz and three top federal officials on trial for rights abuses, according to a report released Wednesday by the president of the Senate Human Rights Committee. Sen. Rosario Ibarra said the toll in Oaxaca since June 14 - which she put at 15 dead, 98 disappeared, 109 injured and 93 detained - reveals widespread illegality on the part of state and federal officials.

From El Universal, Nov. 14 via Chiapas95 (our translation):

Mexican police officials on Monday rejected a critical report from the National Human Rights Commission, saying it relied on false information to accuse federal police of brutality during May protests in the state of Mexico.

In a communique, the Democratic Revolutionary Tendency-Army of the People (TDR-EP) denied that the Nov. 6 bomb attacks in Mexico City were "terrorist acts," saying instead "They were a cry of protest and indignation before the...abuse of the lords of power and money." The statement said that more such "political-military actions" would follow if federal forces remain in Oaxaca and Gov. Ulises Ruiz does not step down. (APRO, Nov. 15)

Follwing the conclusion of its "constitutive congress," the Popular People's Assembly of Oaxaca (APPO) announced through its spokesman Flavio Sosa Villavicencio its intention to convert "the popular revolt into a peaceful, democratic and humanist revolution," on the model of the indigenous communities of Chiapas. (APRO, Nov. 15)

Media accounts have failed to emphasize that the folks cynically exploited by the sneering faux journalist are not only Romanian but Roma (Gypsy)—as if they don't have enough problems already. From The Guardian, Nov. 15:

The residents of a remote Romanian village used as stand-ins for Kazakhs in the Borat movie are threatening to sue the film's producers for paying them a pittance to put farm animals in their homes and perform other crude antics.

From the AP, Nov. 15:

Environmentalists sued the Bush administration Tuesday for failing to produce a report on global warming's impact on the country's environment, economy and public health.

A commentary entitled "Peacekeeping mission: The other means to neo-colonialism," published by the Eritrean Ministry of Information's official Shabait newspaper, via AllAfrica:

Western countries, especially USA have been putting extensive pressure, so that the peacekeeping mission of the African Union (AU), which is deployed in Sudan, Darfur region, be replaced by UN peace keepers in a much outnumbering figure. To make this idea acceptable by all international organizations, extensive public relations campaign have been conducted with regards to how much the AU peacekeeping mission lacks material and financial backing. Hence, by deliberately exaggerating the threat of genocide and giving the duty of the international community undue emphasis, much is being tried.