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  • Australian military aid to PNG will not be cut

    Following a meeting between Australian PM John Howard and PNG PM Julius Chan in Sydney on March 9, Howard hinted that military aid to PNG may be boosted and more Australian army "advisers" sent to replace the hired guns from

  • West moves to salvage 'Mobutuism without Mobutu'

    Kisangani, east Zaire's most important city and the Mobutu dictatorship's last stronghold in the country's east, fell to the rebels of the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire (ADFL), led by Laurent

  • Korea: the unfinished revolution

    By Gim Joong-gen First World bosses point to the social values of Asia's newly industrialising countries (NICs) as a universal recipe for prosperity: unswerving loyalty to family, company and nation. The most genuine progress in these

  • Unions blockade Swaziland

    Thousands of trade unionists in South Africa, Swaziland and Mozambique prevented trucks entering or leaving Swaziland on March 3, in solidarity with the Swaziland Federation of Trade Unions.

  • Timber firms threaten the Amazon

    Asian industrial loggers are poised to significantly impact the world's largest rainforest wilderness, the Amazon. Within the past year, several of south-east Asia's biggest forestry conglomerates — known for abysmal

  • More Israeli settlements planned

    On February 26, the Israeli government announced the future construction of 2600 housing units between East Jerusalem and Bethlehem on Mount Abu Ghneim. These units will be built for Jewish settlers as part of the continuing

  • MLN pledges economic and social reform

    The changes in El Salvador over the past five years are the result of 11 years of armed struggle led by the Frente Farabundo Martì para la Liberacion Nacional (FMLN) for liberation, progress and democracy. The

  • Irish nationalist vote to be split

    Irish nationalist vote to be splitSocial Democratic and Labour Party leader John Hume has rejected Sinn Féin's proposal for an electoral pact in the upcoming Westminster elections. Sinn Féin chairperson Mitchel

  • The faceless colonel who doesn't murder for money

    On March 5, ABC's Lateline interviewed Lieutenant Colonel Tim Spicer, OBE, British army retired. Colonel Spicer was not quite shown, because he insisted on remaining an anonymous shadow. Spicer is now the chief executive officer of

  • Growing support for Indonesian election boycott

    Growing support for Indonesian election boycottIn the context of widespread anger against the ousting of popular opposition figure Megawati Sukarnoputri from her position as leader of the Indonesian Democratic Party

  • APCET meets in Manila

    APCET meets in ManilaThe Asia Pacific Coalition for East Timor (APCET) held a council meeting in Manila on February 25-26. APCET involves East Timor solidarity groups from within the Asia Pacific region, but also includes

  • How Suharto controls the elections

    How Suharto controls the elections ldirect intervention in the "election" of party leaders lpreventing campaigning outside the official period lopposition party activities limited to big towns and cities lall candidates are