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  • PNG scuttles Bougainville talks

    Despite a promising start to peace talks between Papua New Guinea and Bougainville Interim Government representatives in the Solomon Islands, the meetings have been called off. After two meetings, and in breach of a signed

  • Soweto Day celebrations 'disappointing'

    JOHANNESBURG — Leaders of South Africa's youth movements have expressed disappointment at the new government's attitude towards the June 16 Soweto Day celebrations. Seemingly succumbing to big business pressure, the government

  • Walkers seek freedom for Peltier

    Native American activist Leonard Peltier has been in jail since 1976 for the murder of two FBI agents. Last year, he stated: "I have served over 18 years in prison ... The prosecutors have now admitted that they have no idea who

  • Capital finds a Russian growth industry

    MOSCOW — Not so long ago, many Russians still believed that if they embraced capitalism, foreign investment would pour in to help modernise and expand their country's decrepit factories. That's a suggestion the new

  • South Africa - in brief

    UN accepts South Africa For the first time in 20 years, the credentials of South Africa's delegation to the United Nations have been accepted. The decision was made by a UN committee on June 17. South Africa's return to the General Assembly

  • Can soccer survive US capitalism?

    As a commercial enterprise, the success of World Cup 1994 appears assured. Stands will be packed to capacity or very nearly so. Even more important is the extraction of maximum revenues from World Cup corporate sponsorships,

  • Campaign starts against crackdown on Indonesian press

    JAKARTA — Journalists, students and democracy activists have held demonstrations in several Indonesian cities protesting against the Suharto regime's closure of the country's three weekly news magazines, Tempo, Detik and Editor. The closures were announced by the Ministry of Information on June 21.

  • Economic, military links with Jakarta strengthened

    Australia's biggest trade and business promotion ever held overseas was opened by foreign affairs and trade minister Gareth Evans in Jakarta on June 14. The $8 million project has displays by some 500 businesses. During the

  • Squatters' eviction highlights housing crisis

    JOHANNESBURG — It was like a scene out of an old news reel from the dimmest, darkest days of apartheid: big, burly, white city council security officers — armed with bulldozers and sledge hammers, mouthing racist and derogatory

  • Issues facing the US left

    TIM MARSHALL, an activist in the United States socialist organisation Solidarity, will be attending the Resistance National Conference at Sydney University July 8-10 and the Campus Activist Forum on July 16. ROBERTO JORQUERA, a Resistance national

  • Right wing populists gain in European elections

    LONDON — Elections for the European parliament, held on June 9 and 12, resulted in erosion of support for mainstream and government parties. However, the main beneficiaries were not the left alternative or Green parties, but

  • East Timorese face trial

    East Timorese face trialFive East Timorese independence activists are about to go on trial for peaceful protests they carried out during the visit of foreign journalists to Dili in April. They face up to seven years'