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  • PAKISTAN: Cubans aid 1.7 million earthquake victims

    The Cuban medical brigade sent to Pakistan in the wake of last October's massive earthquake is ending its mission after it attended to around 1.7 million patients. The earthquake struck the north of the country, killing more than 73,000 people and

  • Oil strike in jeopardy

    The Colombian government is attempting to break the month-long strike at Ecopetrol, the national oil company, by using military force. The strike began on April 7, after 17 months of negotiations. The strikers are trying to stop the privatisation

  • TAIWAN: Where's the oust-Chen campaign headed?

    Eva Cheng Tainted by allegations of corruption and shady dealings of his family and key staffers, since mid-year President Chen Shui-bian has faced an escalating campaign seeking to unseat him. A week-long protest, culminating in a 300,000-strong

  • PHILIPPINES: New mine could be environmental catastrophe

    Zoe Kenny The Didipio community in the province of Nueva Vizcaya on Luzon, the Philippines' largest island, is campaigning against a proposed gold and copper mine that could have a devastating impact on the area. Green Left Weekly spoke to JP

  • NEPAL: Beijing pledges to help suppress Maoist rebels

    Eva Cheng Following a mid-June visit to Beijing, Nepal's chief of army staff General Pyar Jung Thapa revealed to state radio and television that China would step up "security cooperation" with Nepal. This will improve Katmandu's ability to

  • IRAQ: Resistance fighters kill puppet council head

    Doug Lorimer As US and British occupation troops fought fierce street battles with rebel Shiite cleric Sayed Moqtada al Sadr's Mahdi Army militia in four cities, Iraqi resistance fighters assassinated Izz al Din Salim, the president of the

  • Big bucks in slandering Cuba

    Pablo Alfonso and Wilfredo Cancio Isla, two of the Miami Herald's most recalcitrant journalists, have been fired in the wake of a scandal involving them receiving US government payments to appear on Radio Marti and TV Marti to transmit anti-Cuba

  • SOUTH AFRICA: Opposing the hypnotic mantra

    Steve O'Brien, Durban Organisers are expecting 100,000 people to attend the Nairobi World Social Forum next January in Kenya. While some smaller regional meetings have been held, this will be the first time that the WSF has come to Africa in such a

  • Racism on the rise in New Zealand

    Bert Brauer, Christchurch NZ National Party leader Don Brash's speech attacking Maori rights just before Waitangi Day (February 6) ignited a racist backlash. Racially motivated verbal and physical attacks, especially on Asian immigrants, have

  • VENEZUELA: Chavez: 'The future is yours, go and construct it'

    Coral Wynter&Jim McIlroy, Caracas Around 10,000 people rallied in the Poliedro amphitheatre on June 29 to celebrate the third anniversary of the founding of the Frente Francisco de Miranda. The FFM is the leading organisation mobilising youth in

  • MEXICO: Occupations, protests over electoral fraud continue

    Neville Spencer Left-leaning presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has reiterated his call for a campaign of civil disobedience against electoral fraud, after the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) agreed only to a partial recount of

  • Are the Iraqi insurgents 'terrorists'?

    Doug Lorimer "What we're seeing in Iraq is an attempted power grab by extremists and terrorists", US President George Bush declared at an April 16 White House press briefing. The claim that Iraqis who are engaged in armed resistance to the US-led