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Sinn Fein conference On February 26, Sinn Fein held its annual Ard Fheis [conference] in the Mansion House, Ireland's first parliament, at which over 500 delegates voted in support of the IRA cease-fire of September 1. At this conference it was

PNG to gut forest lawThe PNG timber industry and its political allies have tried repeatedly to undermine forest legislation passed in 1991. Now the new minister of forests, Andrew L. Posai, has proposed that the government

At the upcoming UN Environment Program (UNEP) Governing Council in Nairobi in May, it is likely that delegates will vote to start the process to change the current voluntary Prior Informed Consent (PIC) procedures for chemicals and pesticides into a

Young people harassed in six counties Twenty-six per cent of 18-year-olds in the occupied six counties of Ireland say they have been harassed by British crown forces. This information was contained in a report published in Northern Ireland

MOSCOW — Coal miners in Russia are moving toward an all-out confrontation with the government following a massive one-day warning strike on February 8. The first all-Russian stoppage to be organised jointly by the

Ahmad Ibrahim Sa'id, engineering student at Birzeit University and Hamas activist, stood before his interrogators. They announced, "We've taken off the gloves. We're acting on an explicit order from Prime Minister Rabin to

Nawal Hassan Osman is touring Australia this month, sponsored by Community Aid Abroad. The tour focuses primarily on her work as director of the Grinding Mills Project for rural women's development in Sudan. However, she is also an outspoken

DETROIT — Walking along Michigan Avenue is a depressing experience. Forget the glitz and glamour on TV: this is the real United States. One of the Motor City's main thoroughfares, Michigan Avenue is symbolic of the crisis of US

MEXICO CITY — In a desperate measure to shore up much-needed support for his crisis-ridden government, Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo announced a major offensive on February 9 against the Chiapas

Indonesian President Suharto's son-in-law, Colonel Prabowo, has been cultivating an image of being interested in trying to reach some form of compromise solution in East Timor. He has visited both Bishop Belo in Dili and Xanana in

Sri Lankan students in eight-year campaign Students at the Institute of Aesthetic Studies in Colombo have been struggling for eight years to win hostel accommodation, better facilities and increased funding. For the last two years, they have

HAVANA — Famous for its support of armed struggle in the 1960s and 1970s, the Organisation of Solidarity of the Peoples of Africa, Asia and Latin America (OSPAAAL) recently held an international meeting in Havana on the theme