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Loyalist cease-fire? @box text intro = There appears to be a great deal of confusion surrounding the status of the loyalist cease-fire. Loyalists insist that it is still in effect, but there is a great gap between their words and their actions.

MOSCOW — Anti-nuclear campaigners in Russia are locked in battle with state authorities over plans by the Atomic Energy Ministry to start a lucrative business reprocessing domestic and imported nuclear waste. If the ministry

— Throughout the Palestinian and Israeli left, a serious discussion is occurring over the Oslo Accords and their inability to deliver peace, a Palestinian state or an improvement in life for the majority of Palestinians. Green Left Weekly's ADAM

Last push for agreements as nationalists brace for siegesWith last-ditch efforts under way to avoid a summer of conflict on a par with last year, nationalists in the north of Ireland are preparing themselves for an onslaught

AMSTERDAM — On June 14, 50,000 people from across Europe gathered in Amsterdam at Dam Square to protest against "unemployment, exclusion and insecurity". The protest preceded the Inter Governmental

Early this year, Beijing's international investment arm — China International Trust and Investment Corporation (CITIC) — sold 15.5% of its Hong Kong-listed Citic Pacific to the latter's chairman, Larry Yung Chi-kin, and senior

Protesters destroy government office in East Java On Friday, June 13, thousands of people supporting the PPP [United Development Party] in Jember, East Java, held a protest action over the elections. This action eventually developed into mass

The Indonesian press has described riots at Medaeng prison in Surabaya on June 11 and 12 as the biggest in Indonesian history. According to Pos Kota daily, 575 prisoners rioted, destroying 12 buildings, including six prison blocks.

LONDON — The first public meeting of the International Committee Against Disappearances (ICAD) British section was held here on May 21. The use of "disappearances" as a means of intimidation and oppression against indigenous

Pakistani carpet workers strike On June 11, 20,000 members of the United Carpet Industries Labour Union struck in Lahore, closing all 130 workplaces in the city. Red flags were flying outside the occupied factories and above the four strike

London verdict gives McDonald's little joy A verdict was handed down on June 19 in the libel case brought by McDonald's against two supporters of London Greenpeace, Helen Steel and Dave Morris, for distributing a six-page fact sheet, "What's

HEBRON — Tension was high as I entered the city centre. Someone warned me that there had been more "problems"; I soon saw what they meant. Ahead Palestinian youth clutched rocks, while the soldiers faced them with machine-guns