An opinion poll conducted by ISM research found that 63% of British voters believe the British government should break from its current position of subservience to the US administration. The findings of the poll were published in the July 25 London
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Come and SeeDirected by Elem KlimovScreenplay by Elem Klimov and Ales AdamovichDVD Release, Noveaux Pictures REVIEW BY ALEX MILLER This film, directed by Soviet cinema legend Elem Klimov, was originally released in cinemas in 1985 and is here
Stuart Munckton The 30th Common Market of the South (Mercosur) summit was held on July 20-21 in Cordoba, Argentina, and was the first presidential summit since Mercosur accepted Venezuela as a full member on July 4. Mercosur also includes Brazil,
East Timor Tim Anderson's excellent analysis of "East Timor after Alkatiri" (GLW #674) goes only part of the way to explaining where Australia is at in its push to establish a puppet protectorate to its near north. While the emerging picture in
Eva Cheng Led by the United States and the European Union, the rich nations' campaign to force open Third World countries' markets while protecting their own was frustrated again when the round of World Trade Organisation-sponsored negotiations
A former union organiser in Australia, Sari Kassis, is in war-torn southern Lebanon helping 750 displaced people sheltering in a local school. Kassis is appealing for help as hundreds of thousands of Lebanese families flee their homes. "Internally
Peter Boyle Share prices for BHP Billiton (Olympic Dam uranium mine) and Rio Tinto (Ranger mine) leapt up when Labor leader Kim Beazley announced that he would campaign to overturn Labor's "no new uranium mines" policy at the next party conference.
An estimated 100,000 people gathered to celebrate Revolution Day (July 26) in Bayamo, the capital of Cuba's Granma Province. The rally marked the 53rd anniversary of the attacks on the Moncada Barracks led by Fidel Castro, now Cuba's president.
Coral Wynter&Jim McIlroy, Caracas Around 10,000 people rallied in the Poliedro amphitheatre on June 29 to celebrate the third anniversary of the founding of the Frente Francisco de Miranda. The FFM is the leading organisation mobilising youth in
Doug Lorimer On July 22, US troops attacked the offices of the Shiite-based Mahdi Army militia in the town of Musayyib, 64 kilometres south of Baghdad, "killing 15 militiamen in a three-hour battle", Associated Press reported. AP also reported that
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