World

JERUSALEM — Well-known political commentator Noam Chomsky spoke to a packed lecture theatre on June 7 at Bir Zeit University, near the Palestinian town of Ramallah. Chomsky has been a consistent critic of US policy in the Middle

LAHORE — Jeddojuhd Inqilabi Tehrik (Struggle Revolutionary Movement) was formed in 1994 in Lahore by trade union and Marxist activists around the monthly magazine Mazdoor Jeddojuhd (Workers Struggle) as a movement to

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

The mainstream press has made much of entries in Che Guevara's diaries, made more than 32 years ago, that were critical of the conduct of the young Laurent Kabila, now leader of the Democratic Republic of Congo. There is more to the story than the

Last October 21, the pilot of a Cuban airliner noticed a US-registered light aircraft releasing a white or greyish mist. Seven weeks later, an insect plague of plant-damaging thrips, previously unknown in Cuba, was discovered in a state farm. The

Leaks from Japan N-plant Radioactive water leaked from the Shikoku Electric Power Company's reactor in Ikata City, western Japan, on June 5. The leak was the latest in a series of nuclear accidents and cover-ups, the worst being the March 11