World

By Barry Sheppard For two weeks in the wake of the police's February 4 shooting of Ahmed Diallo, an unarmed African immigrant in New York, daily protests kept the spotlight on police terror against blacks and Hispanics. A mass civil disobedience
Global demo for cancelling Third World debt By Eva Cheng BRUSSELS — An international demonstration planned for June 19 to press for the cancellation of all Third World debt was endorsed at a conference organised by the Committee for the
South Korean prosecutors are trying to arrest at least 20 leaders of the Seoul subway workers' union, including its president Seok Chi-soon, as part of an attempt by the South Korean government and big business to stop a Korean Confederation of Trade
By Norm Dixon The results of Turkey's April 18 national, provincial and local elections signal increased repression against the country's Kurdish minority and greater austerity for the working class. However, the strong vote in the south-east of
By Patrick Bond JOHANNESBURG — South Africa's June 2 national and provincial elections will be won by the African National Congress (ANC) government with two-thirds (or possibly more) of the vote. Nelson Mandela will hand the presidency
Ireland: impasse on the Good Friday agreement The Irish peace process is again in crisis following the failure to meet a third deadline for the formation of a power-sharing executive before Easter. Loyalists are refusing to agree to the formation
Timorese demonstrate against Liquica massacre By Vannessa Hearman MELBOURNE — On the steps of the Victorian Parliament House on April 10, around 120 people demonstrated against the massacre in Liquica, East Timor. The protest was organised by
Militarisation vs democratisation in India and Pakistan DELHI — India's April 11 test of an Agni-II missile, which is capable of carrying nuclear warheads, was answered by Pakistan on April 14-15 by the firing of Ghauri-II intermediate-range
The following is abridged from a statement issued from Dili by the HAK Foundation, a non-government human rights organisation, on the afternoon of April 17. "In the front yard of the Governor's office, a grand ceremony was held to inaugurate the
US/NATO hypocrisy exposed as Turkey attacks Kurds By Norm Dixon Turkey, a member of the US-led NATO alliance that is bombing Serbia with the claimed aim of ending the oppression of the Kosovar people, is viciously escalating its attacks on the
Timorese meet to plan development policies By Vannessa Hearman MELBOURNE — About 100 people representing East Timorese communities, non-government organisations and international aid agencies met from April 5 to 9 to discuss policies to be put
More charges thrown at Pinochet ON APRIL 7, Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon decided to accuse Augusto Pinochet of 11 more cases of torture allegedly committed between 1988 and 1990. The latest charges bring to 60 the total number of charges pending