GLASGOW — In the same week that the Scottish Parliament celebrated its first 1000 days of existence on March 26, its members voted themselves a 13.5% wage increase, placing MSPs in the top 5% of income earners in Scotland. The sole
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BY EVA CHENG Thousands rallied on June 13 in at least nine cities across India and Pakistan to protest against the war drive and the threat of nuclear devastation on the subcontinent. How can arms traders be peace-brokers? was a
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SAN FRANCISCO — Here he goes again. University of California Regent Ward Connerly, a prominent African-American conservative and former benefactor of affirmative action programs, has submitted nearly one million voter signatures to
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GUJARAT - The Indian government's Narmada Control Authority (NCA) on May 17 arbitrarily decided to raise the height of the controversial Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada River, in the western Indian state of Gujarat, from 90 to 95 metres. This will
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RAMALLAH — Figures from the Manufacturers Association of Israel confirm that the country's economy is in its deepest recession since 1953. Since the fourth quarter of 2000, 22,000 industrial workers have been laid off, industrial
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Hundreds of angry demonstrators rallied on June 8 outside the British Prime Minster Tony Blair's residence at 10 Downing Street, London, to protest against British arms sales to India and Pakistan and oppose war between the two countries.
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An interim ruling by New Zealand's High Court has found that the Labour-Alliance coalition government's policy of routinely detaining asylum seekers who arrive without authorisation is in violation of the United Nations refugee convention.
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Western media reporting on the Middle East over recent weeks has focussed on the deaths caused by a handful of suicide bombings in Israel. Missing from most of the coverage is the scale of the violence being unleashed on
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In the April 21 first round of France's presidential elections, 2.84 million people (10.44%) voted for far-left candidates, chiefly Lutte Ouvriere (LO) and the Revolutionary Communist League (LCR). On June 9, in the first round of
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BY SARAH PEART & MATT PRESTON GLASGOW Joining Kylie Minogue and XXXX beer in the list of embarrassing Australian exports to Britain is Canberra's racist policies towards asylum seekers. Judging by the British Labour government's
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HAVANA — In front of us in the throng marched a man holding a flag emblazoned with Che Guevara's face and the slogan Hasta la victoria siempre (To victory ever onwards). His arm did not bend once to rest as we passed the Office
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Why do more than 800 million people still go hungry in a world marked by incredible affluence? Representatives from 180 countries gathered in Rome for the World Food Summit from June 10 to 13 to address just that question. At the