For almost a week, thousands of East Timorese youths have taken to the streets of Dili, East Timor in a series of violent clashes with Indonesian security forces.
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By Norm Dixon Municipal workers and nurses have continued to take militant industrial action despite repeated threats of dismissal and legal action by African National Congress-led national, provincial and local governments. Press reports indicate
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NIKOS SAKELARIOS is a member of the "Rainbow" organisation and the Macedonian Movement for Balkan Prosperity in northern Greece, representing the officially "non-existent" ethnic Macedonian minority. He was interviewed by MICHAEL KARADJIS. Question:
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Kenya is among the highest pesticide users in sub-Saharan Africa according to a recent audit, "Pesticide Use and Management in Kenya", commissioned by World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). The audit examines the hazards of pesticide use, products
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In response to a 63% increase in the price of rice in August, and massive repression of the right to form unions and to strike, Filipino workers, led by the National Confederation of Labor (NCL) and the Bukluran ng Manggagawa para sa Pagbabago (BMP),
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By Robyn Marshall On October 5, a group of 26 soldiers of the Guatemalan Army fired on unarmed returned refugees holding a meeting at Xam'an, in the state of Alta Verapaz. Between 10-30 were killed and 15-20 wounded, including a five year old girl,
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By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — On September 1 Russia's children streamed back to school after the summer break. The bouquets of flowers they brought turned out to be almost the only benefits which the new education year brought the country's teachers.
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The US-sponsored negotiations between Greece and the Republic of Macedonia, resulting in the September 12 interim accord, began before Greece lifted its embargo on the neighbouring state.
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What will £1 buy these days? Two copies of An Phoblacht/Republican News, a lottery ticket, or Irish Steel. Yes, the rainbow coalition cabinet agreed the sell-off of Irish Steel to the private sector [in early September] for the huge sum of
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By Roni Ben Efrat I recently came across a special advertising supplement of the daily Ha'Aretz entitled "Export 95". The articles effuse optimism, painting a picture of future growth in language not entirely free of propaganda. A close look
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Russian nuclear subs: meltdown danger By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — At a naval base in the Russian Arctic, decommissioned nuclear submarines lie rusting next to the wharves. Their reactors still contain fuel rods, which emit significant amounts of
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By Ian Powell While on a recent visit to England it was interesting, both as a parent and as a former teachers' union official, to observe developments in the education service after 15 years of Thatcherism. In the all-too-brief 10 days I was there,