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INDONESIA: General faces US lawsuit Activists in the United States have launched a lawsuit against General Johnny Lumintang, the former deputy chief of staff of the Indonesian army. On March 31, Lumintang was served with a subpoena at Washington's

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

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

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

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

DILI — Sixty East Timorese workers at the aid agency World Vision walked off the job and demonstrated on April 3, demanding an explanation from management for the sacking of eight security guards. World Vision management claimed the organisation

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Protests are to be held here outside meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on April 16 and the World Bank on April 17 as part of a campaign to demand a world economy managed for people, not corporate profit. Other

Alternative economic program The People's Democratic Party (PRD) says that the government does have alternatives to slavishly following the International Monetary Fund's austerity prescription for Indonesia's ailing economy. Its alternative

ENGLAND: Blair stumbles in mayoral grabLONDON — 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

MADRID — What Have I Done to Deserve This? is the title of a popular movie directed by Spanish film-maker Pedro Almodovar. This is a question that I have often asked myself since living in Spain. I was born in Chile, left in 1975 following Augusto

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

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