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  • Victory near for opponents of Ukrainian oil terminal

    MOSCOW — Plans for a massive oil terminal near the Ukrainian port of Odessa are now likely to be drastically scaled down or abandoned entirely, reports in late August indicated. The project has been the focus of a

  • How the Rwandan tragedy was created

    The death toll in Rwanda has shocked people around the world. Rows upon rows of dead bodies have filled TV screens, newspapers and magazines since the carnage began in April. It has been estimated that 500,000 people have

  • RDP councils to spread across South Africa

    JOHANNESBURG — Mass-based RDP Councils are being established throughout South Africa to ensure that the new government's Reconstruction and Development Program is "people-driven", Cheryl Carolus, the ANC's RDP coordinator,

  • Middle East process takes another step

    The August 29 signing of an agreement between the Palestine Liberation Organisation and Israel on education, health, taxation, social welfare and other issues is another step in the peace process. This agreement was preceded

  • Cease-fire proposed on Bougainville

    Cease-fire proposed on BougainvilleTalks involving PNG's new prime minister, Julius Chan, and Sam Kauona, leader of the Bougainville Revolutionary Army, have strengthened the prospects for peace on Bougainville. Negotiations

  • Why Cambodia hasn't found peace

    [As we go to press, negotiations are continuing in an effort to free three Western hostages being held in Cambodia by the forces of the Khmer Rouge. Despite a peace agreement signed in October 1991, Cambodia remains at war. How this situation came

  • Cuban emigration and virtual reality

    In the last few days, in relation to the repeated incidents with terrorists, kidnappings of ships with hostages — old people and children among them — heading to Florida, a situation of particular tension between the

  • More support for a South African 'accord'

    JOHANNESBURG — Support for a "social accord" between the government, unions and business has come from intellectual circles close to the South African trade union movement. At the same time, establishment figures have continued

  • A reply to Amnesty's concerns

    HAVANA — I was (once again) amazed at Amnesty International's naivete reflected in its posting "Human Rights At Risk" regarding recent events in Cuba. One wonders whether the people at Amnesty International who send out

  • Taslima Nasreen: 'I will not be silenced'

    Sam Wainwright In early August, Bangladeshi feminist writer Taslima Nasreen, condemned to death by Islamic fundamentalists, arrived in Sweden where she is now sheltering. Nasreen invoked the wrath of the fundamentalists with the publication in

  • Cuba: Amnesty concerned for human rights

    [The following statement was released by Amnesty International.] Amnesty International is concerned for the human rights of peaceful government opponents and human rights activists in Cuba following violent clashes between pro-government

  • US socialists continue regroupment

    CLEVELAND — Nearly 200 members and guests of the US socialist organisation Solidarity attended a week-long school and convention here August 15-21. Participants came from across the United States and from Mexico, Canada, the