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  • Latest on Indonesian elections

    Latest on Indonesian elections The Joint Media and Operations Centre in Jakarta, which has been monitoring the Indonesian vote count, has estimated the final vote for the major parties to be: Megawati Sukarnoputri's Indonesian Democratic

  • Revolutionaries elected to European Parliament

    Revolutionaries elected to European Parliament By Norm Dixon Europe's ruling social democratic and labour parties were dealt a sharp rebuke by voters in elections for the European Parliament (EP) held June 11-13. Social Democrats

  • Colombia: The real terrorists

    [The following communiqué was issued in May by the command of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army.] Once again the State Department of the United States, has classified the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's

  • China: Tiananmen commemorated

    Tiananmen commemorated ABOUT 70,000 people joined a candlelight vigil on June 4 in Hong Kong in remembrance of the pro-democracy protesters massacred in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, 10 years ago. China resumed control over Hong Kong two years ago,

  • Pesticides on apples endanger US children

    Pesticides on apples endanger US children Ten years after the US public demanded that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ban the cancer-causing pesticide Alar, children are no better protected from pesticides in the nation's food supply,

  • Indonesia: Meeting the workers of Solo

    Meeting the workers of SoloSolo is a small city by Indonesian standards — around 1 million people. It is also the centre of the textile industry for Central Java. Numerous textile factories, each covering hectares and

  • Ocalan's execution will trigger 'new uprising' warns PKK

    Ocalan's execution will trigger 'new uprising' warns PKKThe presidential council of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) on June 10 warned the Turkish government and military that the Kurdish people would launch a "new uprising" if

  • Imperialist sharks circle Kosova

    As the blood flows across Serbia and Kosova, the imperial sharks seek to crowd each other out as they circle in a scarcely concealed feeding frenzy to devour the cadaver of a destroyed Kosova. "Rivals Compete to Administer a

  • India: the perils of pro-Congress politics

    India: the perils of pro-Congress politicsDELHI — Amidst deepening political instability and collapsing coalitions, India is awaiting yet another mid-term election, in September-October. This will be the fifth election

  • Indonesia: PRD activists injured in attacks

    On June 4, an anti-Golkar demonstration by People's Democratic Party (PRD) activists in the East Java town of Gresik was attacked by the Police Mobile Brigade. About 20 PRD activists and 100 onlookers were chased into alleys and beaten.

  • Ever wondered why the world is so right wing?

    Ever wondered why the world is so right wing? Killing Hope: US Military and CIA Intervention Since World War 2By William BlumCommon Courage Press, Monroe, ME. 1995. Review by Martin Schenke When you realise just how far Washington and the CIA

  • The plutonium threat in orbit

    The plutonium threat in orbit The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration launched the Cassini spaceship on October 15, 1997, on a seven-year mission to study the planet Saturn, purportedly in the hope of "understanding the birth and