By Poul Funder Larsen
MOSCOW — When participants in the communist May Day demonstration here — including this correspondent — neared Gagarin Square on Lenin Prospect south of the city centre, they found the entrance to the square
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France to renew N-tests?
There are indications French nuclear testing may resume in the South Pacific. The head of France's Atomic Energy Commission is urging the government to end its moratorium on nuclear weapons testing, saying the arsenal's
Sustainable agriculture in CubaIn November, 1992, an interdisciplinary group went to Cuba to investigate the government's claims of recent large-scale adoption of sustainable agriculture. The multi-country delegation included scientists,
South Korea celebrates May Day
By Michael Chong
South Korean workers and students celebrated May Day this year for the first time in 35 years. Until now, any ceremonies relating to May Day were legally banned.
In the Seoul region, a
By Poul Funder Larsen
MOSCOW — A rather uneventful campaign, dominated by heavy pro-Yeltsin propaganda in the electronic media but virtually no popular manifestations in his support, preceded the referendum on April 25. In spite of a
By Max Lane
Indonesian minister of defence Edi Sudrajat announced on May 5 that he would be relinquishing his position of armed forces (ABRI) commander in chief. General Feisal Tanjung, deputy chief of staff of the army, would be appointed
Refugee family denied asylum
By Catherine Brown
A Romany refugee family, denied asylum by the Cologne city council (led by the Social Democrats), is now in hiding to avoid forced deportation to Macedonia. Asylum was denied on the basis
Loggers cheat Solomon Islands
The Solomon Islands government says logging companies operating in the country have been cheating Solomon Islands of millions of dollars in timber export revenues annually. It will attempt to recover US$300,000
By Ann McNally
WASHINGTON — Media reports of the March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Rights and Liberation quoted a Park Service estimate of 300,000 participants. This would be a disappointment if true, since 1 million persons
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Paias Wingti's handling of the Bougainville crisis has come under heavy fire from his own foreign affairs minister, John Kaputin.
The criticisms were contained in a letter Kaputin sent from Brussels, which was
By Norm Dixon
Just two weeks after the terrible murder of Chris Hani, the South African liberation movement has suffered another tragic loss with the death of long-time African National Congress leader Oliver Tambo.
For almost 50 years,
General strike threat in Fiji
The Fiji Trade Union Congress has threatened a national strike if the government fails to abolish controversial labour laws.
The Fiji Daily Post reported on April 15 that FTUC general secretary James Raman
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