ENGLAND: British Nuclear fooled again
The problems facing British Nuclear Fuels Ltd (BNFL) continue to mount. On April 2 it was revealed that four workers at BNFL's Sellafield plant in north-west England were sacked for forging entry passes. The
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Russia: Everyone loses in 2000 election
By Boris Kagarlitsky
MOSCOW — The official results of the March 26 Russian presidential election were no surprise. Former president Boris Yeltsin's handpicked successor, Vladimir Putin, won in the first
UNITED STATES: A dozen reasons to protest on April 16
The next citizen showdown against corporate globalisation will be on April 16 and 17, when thousands of people come to Washington, D.C., to protest — through legal demonstrations and/or civil
ENGLAND: Blair stumbles in mayoral grab
By Greg Harris
LONDON — Following a monumental effort to pre-select the least winnable candidate for London's new mayoral office, the British Labour Party continues to stumble towards defeat in the May 4
Icebergs provide new global warming alert
Two massive icebergs — one as large as Jamaica — have broken away from Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf, again drawing attention to warnings that human-induced global warming and its potentially catastrophic
BOUGAINVILLE: Help needed now
Bougainville's struggle for self-determination has reached a critical point. A full political settlement hangs on just one crucial concession from the government of Papua New Guinea. The alternative is renewed war. The
Toxic hot spots in Europe
Central and eastern Europe could be polluted again by toxic mine wastes, following several spills of cyanide and heavy metals spills from Romanian mines in recent months. A "Rivers of Life, Rivers of Death" conference was
KURDISTAN: 'The PKK is threatened with decay'
On February 16, 1999, Abdullah Ocalan, the chairperson of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), was kidnapped by Turkish intelligence in Nairobi, Kenya, and taken to the prison island of Imrali. Twelve
Strikes across Indonesia
JAKARTA — Protests were held in cities across Indonesia on April 1, most demanding that the government's planned fuel and electricity price increases be cancelled, not merely postponed. In Makassar, the capital of South
Police crack down on anti-IMF/World Bank activists
WASHINGTON — It was around 8 o'clock last Thursday evening [March 30] when the buzzer rang in activist Adam Eidinger's apartment. Thinking that some of his fellow activists had arrived a bit
Indonesia: Opposition grows to IMF plan
Mounting pressure has forced the Indonesian government to delay implementing key elements of an economic restructuring package negotiated with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The April 1 budget did not
Top food manufacturers shifting from GMOs
Federal agriculture minister Warren Truss argues that Australia should continue with trials of genetically modified crops in order to avoid "missing the boat on the new science". However, in Europe, many
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