Zimbabwe announces its intention to bar Western observers during an upcoming constitutional referendum that would limit presidential powers as well as elections. [BBC]
A protest movement in Cambodia hopes to overturn a 20-year jail sentence given to a 72-year old activist who helped villagers fight against land grabs. [The Guardian]
Venezuela says it is investigating the murder of Sabino Romero, an indigenous leader who campaigned to return ancestral land to the Yukpa tribes. [BBC]
Now that developing countries grow more acres of genetically-modified crops than rich countries, environmentalists and supporters of GM crops debate the effects on global warming. [The Economist]
Two boys are the latest civilian casualties in Afghanistan after NATO troops mistake them for insurgents. [The Guardian]
