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President Suharto is refusing to declare West Papua a disaster area despite calls from within his own government to do so. More than 400 people have died from the drought, mainly in the Jayawijaya highlands district, adjacent to

UN resolution backs end to US blockade of CubaHAVANA — For the sixth time in six years, the United Nations General Assembly on November 5 overwhelmingly passed a resolution calling for the end to Washington's more than

Ken Saro-Wiwa rememberedTwo years ago, on November 10, we were treated to the terrifying shock of the judicial murder of our beloved leader and compatriot Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight others. This murder prompted widespread

Sri Lankan government sterilises Tamils A program to systematically and radically reduce the Tamil population in Sri Lanka's plantation sector is secretly but effectively being carried out with state assistance and misdirected foreign aid. The

Crackdown in Nigeria Nigerian security launched a campaign of intimidation and harassment to block protests marking the second anniversary of the execution of Ogoni leader Ken Saro-Wiwa. Troops were deployed throughout Saro-Wiwa's home region,

Widespread oppression of women workers in IndonesiaThe rapid development of export industries in Indonesia since the 1970s has significantly increased women's participation in the industrial work force. Indonesian women are

Ontario teachers strike for jobsMore than 126,000 teachers in Ontario, Canada have launched an indefinite strike. The teachers, from both public and private schools, walked out of school on October 27. Negotiations

Problems with herbicide-tolerant cotton in US According to a report by the Center for Ethics and Toxics, farmers throughout the mid-south region of the US began experiencing problems with Roundup Ready cotton in August 1997 as cotton bolls began

Can East Timor win freedom?On October 11, 1996, Jose Ramos Horta and Bishop Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of their efforts to win freedom for the people of East Timor. The Nobel

OH JONG-SAE, president of the organisation committee of the Korean Federation of Hyundai Group Workers Union, was interviewed for Green Left Weekly by JAMES VASSILOPOULOS about the implications for Korean workers of the crash in Asian currencies, and

Asia's export growth plunged across the board last year, hitting also the so-called "tiger" economies. Advocates of the "Asian miracle" theory claimed the causes were short term, and played down any structural problems. Then, early in

VARANASI — Waving red flags, chanting slogans and singing revolutionary songs, 50,000 peasants and workers assembled for an inspiring rally to conclude the sixth congress of the Communist Party of India Marxist-Leninist