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  • COLOMBIA: US aid package for murderous military

    Colombia: US aid package for murderous military US President Bill Clinton on July 13 signed into law a massive aid package for the Colombian government. Approximately 80% of the US$1.3 billion has been allocated to Colombia's security forces in the

  • SOUTH KOREA: Kim appoints investigation panel

    Kim appoints investigation panel SEOUL — South Korea's President Kim Dae-Jung appointed a human rights investigation panel to investigate repression of the pro-democracy movement by previous military dictatorships and decide on compensation.

  • ITALY: Appeals to release Chilean dissident

    ITALY: Appeals to release Chilean dissidentChilean leftists and indigenous activists have called for international help to force the Italian government to free Jaime Yovanovic, who is being held awaiting extradition back to his

  • CUBA: Che photographer to sue

    CUBA: Che photographer to sueThe man who took the photograph which turned Ernesto "Che" Guevara into an icon is planning to sue Smirnoff for demeaning the revolutionary's memory by using the photo to advertise its new, "spicy"

  • INDONESIA: Students demand military, Golkar leave politics

    Over the last week, Indonesian students have been demonstrating almost daily in front of the central Jakarta home of the former Indonesian dictator Suharto. They are calling for Suharto — who was formally charged with embezzling state funds

  • UNITED STATES: Greenpeace occupies Arctic-bound barge

    UNITED STATES: Greenpeace occupies Arctic-bound bargeGreenpeace activists in Alaska have occupied a massive barge carrying equipment bound for oil giant BP's Northstar development, a controversial artificial drilling island

  • BRITAIN: Refugees imprisoned

    On July 15, 100 people protested outside England's Harmondsworth Detention Centre in solidarity with the asylum seekers imprisoned there. Most of the inmates are from poverty and war-stricken Third World countries outside Europe. The protest was

  • Lift the sanctions on Iraq!

    Lift the sanctions on Iraq!When asked in 1996 about the deaths of 500,000 Iraqi children from United States-enforced sanctions against the country, US secretary of state Madeleine Albright declared "the price is worth it".

  • SOUTH AFRICA: iGoli 2002 — is the future private?

    SOUTH AFRICA: iGoli 2002 — is the future private? JOHANNESBURG — By December 1998, this city's glitter was tarnished by capital flight and a decade of bad management. South Africa's city of gold (iGoli) was deep in the red. While suburban

  • Spotlight on Indonesia and West Papua

    Spotlight on Indonesia and West Papua Independence activists killed in West Papua Two residents attempting to hoist West Papua's Morning Star independence flag in the coastal city of Sorong were shot dead by Indonesian police on July 28. More

  • SOUTH AFRICA: COSATU bitterly condemns labour law changes

    SOUTH AFRICA: COSATU bitterly condemns labour law changes The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) on July 27 condemned the African National Congress (ANC) government's proposed amendments to South Africa's labour laws as "the most

  • PORTUGAL: 'Globalise the struggles'

    PORTUGAL: 'Globalise the struggles' SAN GIAO — A huge banner with the words "Globalizar as lutas" (Globalise the struggles) heralded the 17th youth camp of the Fourth International, held in San Giao in central Portugal, July 23-29. Around 400