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Nobody today questions the absolute need for a peaceful settlement of the conflict between Palestinians and Israelis. There is, however, a growing awareness that the current peace process fails to meet the needs of the

Bikini people reject N-waste plans On May 16 the Bikini people of the Marshall Islands rejected a proposal to store nuclear waste on one of their islands contaminated by US nuclear testing in the 1950s. After two days of intense discussion

For the first time in Israeli history, the Arab parties in the Israeli Knesset have taken an independent initiative which forced (or allowed) the Rabin government to back down on immediate plans to confiscate 53 hectares of Arab land in East

HAVANA, May Day — Drag queens danced at the head of the crowd filing past the podium where Raul Castro and other members of the Cuban government and trade unions stood. The crowd cheered; the Coro Gigante de la

Travelling from Madrid to the Basque region in the far north of Spain, I could feel a change in the political atmosphere. In the narrow cobblestone streets of Bilbao, colourful posters advertising upcoming rallies plastered the

BAe rattled by protestLONDON — More than 100 people demonstrated outside British Aerospace's annual general meeting on May 4 at Mayfair's Marriot Hotel. The protesters charged BAe with aiding and abetting genocide in East

Execution threat against prisoners in Iran According to what the Tudeh Party regards as reliable information, the Iranian government is preparing to execute 44 political prisoners. There are also indications, the party says, of plans to

More than 150,000 Danish workers went on strike on April 20 in support of bus drivers fighting the effects of privatisation. Defying aggressive bosses, local and national government and daily police brutality, 82 bus drivers have

Cuba's National Assembly has slated public hearings on the bill sponsored by US Senator Jesse Helms and Dan Burton and aimed at intensifying the blockade against Cuba. These hearings were scheduled by the foreign relations and legal affairs

"An ill wind is blowing from the Egyptian Foreign Ministry." Such was Yitzhak Rabin's response to Egypt's demand that Israel sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The demand would subject this country to international

Mexican reject Helms bill The following statement was released by the Institutional Revolutionary Party, Mexico's governing party, on May 14. The National Executive Committee of the Institutional Revolutionary Party express its

Contrary to earlier reports, detained East Timorese student Filomeno dos Santos did not die as a result of beatings in Becorau prison. According to investigations by Tapol (British Campaign for Human Rights in Indonesia), Red Cross officials met