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Sex scandal diverts attention from threat to IraqFor the past two weeks, the allegations that President Bill Clinton had an affair with a young woman working in the White House has drowned out other major news. The scandal

Russian miners die as government delays paymentsMOSCOW — Another horrific coal mine disaster has shocked the Russian public and angered coal industry workers. Early on January 18, an explosion and fire in the Tsentralnaya

Suharto's business empire By George J. Aditjondro Seeking an "official" mandate for his seventh term through the puppet Congress (MPR) on March 11, Indonesian President Suharto is currently facing the strongest opposition from within his own

Bomb charges rejectedJAKARTA — The dictatorship is trying to blame the People's Democratic Party (PRD) and the National Democratic Struggle Committee (KNPD) for the January 18 explosion of a bomb in an apartment in Tanah

JAKARTA — The opposition to the Suharto dictatorship is growing, fuelled by the economic crisis. The drop in the value of the rupiah and the slumping economy have brought a severe loss in confidence in the regime. People are

In a court case with big implications for democratic rights, organisations and individuals in the United States are being sued for a picket in solidarity with the Liverpool dockers. Last September, labour and community

TB spreads in Russia as government chops health fundsMOSCOW — At about 2.5% of GDP, health spending in Russia last year compared poorly with western European levels of 7-8%. That was before the cost-cutters lopped another

Paramilitarism and popular resistance in ColombiaOn November 21, a paramilitary group assassinated 15 campesinos in the municipality of Viota in the province of Cundinamarca in Colombia. The people of Viota were considered

With six Catholics shot dead after six weeks of a loyalist killing spree, the prospects for a peace settlement in Northern Ireland seem bleaker now than at any time since the current talks began in October. The latest victims were

Zimbabwe's government has been painted into a corner by the growing dissatisfaction of the country's urban poor and the working class on the one hand, and the demands of big business and western financial institutions on the other.

Stakes high in Mexico CityMEXICO CITY — The stakes and expectations are high for the Mexico City administration of mayor Cuauhtemoc Cardenas and the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), which was elected on July 6 and

KANDY, Sri Lanka — Devi and Ramani left their one- roomed homes in the tea estates at a very young age to work as maids in Colombo. They returned in coffins. They worked for many years with two families. Both were routinely