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Doug Lorimer Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al Maliki, whose government is completely dependent for its survival on the 133,000 US troops occupying his country, lashed out at the US military on June 2, denouncing what he characterised as habitual

Winfried Wolf, Berlin On October 10, a de facto decision was made to form a new federal coalition government, made up of the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) and the "centre-left" Social-democratic Party of Germany (SPD). If that also

Harrison Healy, Ramallah In East Jerusalem in the days leading up to the Palestinian election you could be forgiven for not knowing that there was an election going on. You could not find a single poster in the city. There was no information on

Jon Lamb On August 5, the ad hoc human rights court in Indonesia accepted an appeal, and acquitted four generals of any involvement in the killing of at least 1500 East Timorese during the 1999 terror campaign that was orchestrated by the

Eric Ruder Israel has focused its reign of terror on Gaza. While on March 21, Israel announced it had "thinned out its presence" in the Rafeh refugee camp — home to 90,000 Palestinians — it remained under heavy siege. The Israel Defense Force

On May 19, former University of the Philippines president Francisco Nemenzo, now chairperson of the left coalition Laban ng Masa (Struggle of the masses), denounced the murder of Movement for National Democracy (KDP) leader Analiza Gandia in Balanga,

John Pilger On Christmas Eve, I dropped in on Brian Haw, whose hunched, pacing figure was just visible through the freezing fog. For four-and-a-half years, Brian has camped in Parliament Square with a graphic display of photographs that show the

Minnie Bruce Pratt, New York Chanting "Bush lies, millions die", protesters at the International AIDS Conference in Bangkok on July 14 shouted down Randall Tobias, the US global AIDS coordinator and the former CEO of pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly

Green Left Weekly's Ra£l Cienfuegos interviewed Ra£l Reyes, a member of the leadership of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The United States and the European Union label the FARC a terrorist organisation, and in Colombia the

Washington In countries around the world, demonstrations were held on May 20 to demand an end to US aggression against Cuba and Venezuela. Protesters called for an end to Washington's economic embargo against Cuba and for freedom for the Cuban

Dr Gabriel Baramki, president of Bir Zeit University, in Sydney on a recent visit, spoke to Green Left Weekly about the prospects for peace following the signing of the Declaration of Principles on September 13. Dr

Michael Shaik The collapse of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has caused a storm of controversy around the world as opinion-makers on left and right have vied with one another to define his life, his career and his "legacy". On January 7, the