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ZIMBABWE: MDC versus MDC

Bernie Stephens, Harare With the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) divided down the middle, President Robert Mugabe would have celebrated his 82nd birthday in February with temporary respite. The MDC split in the lead-up to last

SOMALIA: The long struggle for national unity

Jabril Sanei Somalia is on the Horn of Africa, the north-eastern-most point of the African continent. As Raman Bhardwaj wrote in his 1979 book The Dilemma of the Horn of Africa, (Sterling Publishers, India): "The Horn's tip, a life-line for the

PALESTINE: The forgotten war in Gaza

Kim Bullimore While most world attention has focused on the brutal Israeli attack on Lebanon, Israeli occupation forces have continued to their month-long assault on the Gaza Strip. Since June 28, Israeli occupation forces have carried out more than

VENEZUELA: Union proposes reactivation of 700 closed enterprises

Margarita Windisch, Caracas Marcela Maspero, national coordinator of the National Union of Workers (UNT), told national newspaper Dario Vea that the UNT has reached consensus on reactivating 700 closed enterprises across Venezuela as part of its

SOUTH KOREA: Troop deployment divides the country

Sun Jung Hwang On June 22, Iraqi militants beheaded Kim Sun-il, a Korean employee of a Baghdad-based food supplier for the US army, after Seoul refused to withdraw its troops from Iraq. The South Korean government plans to send 3000 more in

MALAYSIA: Socialists fight for legal recognition

Eva Cheng After a seven-year battle by the Malaysian Socialist Party (PSM) to obtain legal registration, the Appeals Court will hear the case on April 10. This follows attempts to pursue the case with the Registrar of Society, the Home Ministry,

SCOTLAND: SSP says 'Don't feed the hand that bites you!'

Alex Miller Low-paid childcare workers in Scotland have been striking since March 1 for better pay and conditions. A Nursery Nurses' Voice bulletin issued by the Scottish Socialist Party on April 29 described as "shameful" the decision by the

SINGAPORE: Protests against IMF banned

David Miller The island state of Singapore has banned outdoor protest demonstrations against the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) during the international financial institutions' annual meeting on September 11-20 meetings. Under

IRAQ: Majority oppose occupation

Doug Lorimer "An opinion poll suggests most Iraqis feel their lives have improved since the war in Iraq began about a year ago", BBC News reported on March 16. The BBC was referring to a survey of 2652 Iraqis conducted over the last six months for

SOUTH AFRICA: Township residents protest for basic services

On September 6, thousands of residents from Orange Farm (a township south of Johannesburg) blockaded the Golden Highway, a major arterial road in Gauteng. The protesters demanded that Johannesburg's mayor address their lack of access to basic

PERU: Scaremongering dominates elections

Stuart Munckton The second round of the Peruvian presidential election was dominated by a ceaseless campaign, backed by the corporate media and the United States, of scaremongering about a supposed plot by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to

In brief

HAITI: Disease epidemic looms As the death toll from Hurricane Jeanne's attack on Haiti continues to climb well over 2000, Oxfam health experts in the country have warned of a looming disease epidemic, as hundreds of thousands of people are forced