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Cuba opposes US-led invasion of HaitiSYDNEY — "I am convinced that the United States' plans to invade Haiti are directly related to the possibility of intervention in Cuba," Marcellino Fajardo, the Cuban Consul

The issue of political prisoners and conditions for their release has dogged the peace process between Israel and the PLO. Despite the Cairo Accord, which in May agreed to the release of 5000 of 10,000 prisoners, the July survey of

Prompted by the resignation of a former key government minister, the August 13 Selwyn by-election result rolled ominously like thunder across the New Zealand political landscape.

Sisulu Jnr to head SABC South Africa's public broadcaster, the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), which became notorious for its role as the mouthpiece of apartheid and its rigid political and moral censorship, is to be headed by

CHICAGO — The founding convention of the Committees of Correspondence (CoC) held here over July 23-24, reflected and registered the progress — and lack of it — the organisation has made in the two years since the Berkeley

JOHANNESBURG — Twenty thousand striking car assembly workers took to streets in different parts of the country last week in support of demands for higher pay and the rapid elimination of race-based wage anomalies. Thousands of

MEXICO — On February 5, 20,000 Mexicans celebrated the founding of the National Democratic Alliance. The Alliance, which will contest the elections on August 21, is the new left electoral body which brings together up to 15 diverse political

JOHANNESBURG — "It's like going to war!" That was how Kgalema Motlanthe, general secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers, recently described the situation facing this country's 500,000 mineworkers every day. The sweat

Six hundred thousand Cubans rallied in Havana's Revolution Square on August 7 to pay tribute to a 19-year-old police officer killed on August 4 while trying to foil the hijacking of a passenger boat in Havana Bay. The rally

High Court challenge to Timor Gap TreatyA High Court hearing on the legality of the Timor Gap Treaty took place in Canberra on August 9-10. If successful, the outcome will have a major impact on Australia's relations with

PT launches Brazilian agriculture program On July 24, the Brazil Popular Front, the coalition supporting the Workers Party (PT), launched its program for Brazilian agriculture — Land, Work and Food for Brazilians — in two regions with a

MOSCOW — Some 67% of Russians, a recent survey discovered, have no savings. Those who do have money saved up protect it against inflation through a variety of methods. These include depositing it in savings banks or in the