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Promoters of peace continue to have an active presence at the gates outside the entrance to the Nevada Test Site 100 kilometres outside Las Vegas. While the 1993 Comprehensive Test Ban (CTB) agreement was signed by the US president,

Workers in the phosphate mines in Western Sahara, occupied by Moroccan armed forces, went on strike on April 1 to protest against their bad working conditions. They are also demanding that Morocco stop plundering the wealth of their country. Their

I have been taking holidays in the Solomons for 20 years. I am very fond of the place — the warm, interested people, the sea, the almost laughable perfection of the south sea idyll it presents. One looks around,

Sources in West Papua report a massive build-up of Indonesian firepower and personnel in the past weeks. A report from Biak indicates that the Indonesian military has tortured and killed a youth, Rumpaidus (20), from the village

Two students have been reported killed during demonstrations against public transport fare increases in the city of Makassar on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. Students from the Muslim University of Indonesia in Makassar began a demonstration on

Two-party system under strain The two-party system is showing signs of strain. Polls indicate a growing distrust of both Democratic and Republican politicians. Fuelling this unease is the fact that in the past two decades, real wages have fallen

Brazilian ranchers, loggers, and local and state governments and squatters all rushed in by the April 8 deadline to file claims against Indian land rights. They were taking advantage of a federal decree on January 8 that gave anyone who thought they

MANILA — March 19 was the first anniversary of the death of Flor Contemplacion, the Filipina migrant worker who was hanged on fraudulent murder charges by the Singapore government. Just a few days before the anniversary, the

Centre-left win masks Italian social crisisTURIN — At the end of a long election campaign, the Olive Tree, the centre-left alliance led by former state industry boss Romano Prodi with the Democratic Party

By Fernando Gonçalves Residents of the small southern Mozambican town of Namaacha, on the border with Swaziland, are now accustomed to the daily explosions that scare off visitors. A team of 50 land mines clearance personnel are busy searching

MOSCOW — To believe its founding charter, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is committed to pursuing "environmentally sound and sustainable development" as it helps fund the transition to market economies in

The ANC-dominated government of national unity in recent weeks has experienced a rash of resignations, appointments and sackings. South African left sources in touch with Green Left Weekly have interpreted the moves as a strengthening