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US: People of colour battle toxics in communities

By Cat Lazaroff WASHINGTON, DC, February 11 — Ten African-American children are visiting Washington, D.C. this week, but they did not come to see the usual tourist attractions. They are here to illustrate the dangerous legacy of hazardous wastes,

East Timor: Long queues for medical facilities

EAST TIMOR: Long queues for medical facilities DILI — To come face to face with public health services in East Timor is a daunting thing. For expatriate workers, there is access to foreigner clinics and always the possibility of being evacuated

Ireland: Strike-hit firms say send in army

IRELAND: Strike-hit firms say send in army Employers in Ireland have called for the army to be brought in to run the public transport system hit by a wave of bus and rail strikes. A spokesperson for the Irish employers' federation said the republic

South Asia: Anti-Clinton protests suppressed

South Asia: Anti-Clinton protests suppressed US President Bill Clinton's late March visit to India, Pakistan and Bangladesh was met with a barrage of protests from left and democratic forces resisting Washington's increased efforts to plunder the

Indonesia: Thousands demonstrate against subsidy cuts

INDONESIA: Thousands demonstrate against subsidy cuts By James Balowski Thousands of students, civil servants and other workers protested in Indonesia on April 1 against cuts to subsides on fuel, public transport and electricity. The

France: Communists discuss new direction

MARTIGUES, France — Delegates to the 30th national conference of the French Communist Party (PCF) meeting in this southern French industrial city, in late March, voted for significant changes to the structure and direction of the party. Party

East Timor: Jobless confronted by anti-riot troops

East Timor: Jobless confronted by anti-riot troops By Vanja Tanaja DILI — United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (NTAET) security forces threatened to use anti-riot gear against 800 job seekers seeking information on their job

Europe: Left meets in Lisbon

By Iggy Kim LISBON, Portugal — On March 22, a number of Europe's radical left parties met here in the shadows of the European Union Summit. Hosted by Portugal's Left Bloc, the conference aimed to exchange ideas regarding continent-wide

Ireland: the other decommissioning debate

By Stuart Ross Seven years ago, on a snowy Saturday in March, a record crowd braved the cold to watch Syracuse's 11th annual St Patrick's Day parade. More than 160,000 central New Yorkers enjoyed an afternoon full of bands, floats and — as they

Discontent about path of Kurdistan Workers' Party

By Norm Dixon Turkey's military dominated government is cynically exploiting the Kurdistan Workers' Party's (PKK) unilateral political concessions. Rather than respond with a relaxation of its hardline opposition to Kurdish political, language and

Indonesia: Proposed security law sparks opposition

By Pip Hinman Indonesian House of Representatives speaker and Golkar faction leader Akbar Tandjung wants the Abdurrahman Wahid government to ratify the draconian security law which was pushed through a depleted parliament during the last hours of

LPP demonstrates against Clinton's visit

By Farooq Sulehria LAHORE — The Labour Party Pakistan (LPP) organised a demonstration outside the US consulate here on March 22 to protest against the visit to Pakistan of US President Bill Clinton. Three days earlier, Pakistan's military