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  • IRAQ: US troops violate Sadr ceasefire agreement

    Doug Lorimer In the wake of rebel Iraqi Shiite leader Sayed Moqtada al Sadr's refusal to collaborate with Washington's puppet Interim Government of Iraq (IGI), US occupation forces have violated their ceasefire agreement with Sadr's Madhi Army

  • MEXICO: Police unleash terror on San Salvador Atenco

    Jenny Richards Mexican state police unleashed a wave of terror on the towns of San Salvador Atenco and Texcoco, about 25 kilometres north-east of Mexico City, after residents staged highway blockades on May 3 in solidarity with 60 flower vendors

  • PALESTINE: The one-family bantustan in Mas'ha

    Anna Weekes, Mas'ha Hani unlocks a tiny gate embedded between an alarmed fence and an eight-metre-high concrete wall, and ushers the Danish television crew across a military road and quickly into his home. Two Canadian farmers, and three

  • Venezuelans vote for Bolivarian socialism

    Roberto Jorquera The National Assembly (AN) elections held on December 4 marked another significant step forward in Venezuela's Bolivarian revolution led by socialist president Hugo Chavez. Pro-Chavez candidates won all 167 seats, receiving nearly

  • IRAQ: UN mission fails to recruit troops

    Doug Lorimer The United Nations has failed to persuade enough member countries to contribute troops to provide protection for its planned mission to Iraq, according to the July 21 Los Angeles Times. The UN was seeking at least 1000 troops from

  • EAST TIMOR: Foreign troops occupy Dili

    Jon Lamb In response to ongoing clashes between the East Timor Defence Force (FDTL) and rebel soldiers and police, the East Timorese president, prime minister, foreign minister and speaker to the parliament sent a joint communique on the evening of

  • ACEH: Abducted activists 'at grave risk of torture'

    James Balowski, Jakarta In a statement issued on February 23, Amnesty International said that the five human rights activists and one other person who were detained by the Indonesian police between February 19 and February 23 in Indonesia's

  • BOLIVIA: A rejection of neoliberalism

    Federico Fuentes After 500 years of domination and colonialism, more than 50 years since the introduction of universal suffrage and five years of intense social struggle, the indigenous majority of Bolivia have, for the first time, elected one of

  • 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

  • IRAQ: Child malnutrition rate doubles under occupation

    Doug Lorimer "Malnutrition among Iraqi children has reached alarming levels, according to a UN-backed government survey showing people are struggling to cope three years after US-forces overthrew Saddam Hussein", Reuters reported on May 15. The

  • SOUTH AFRICA: Government backtracks on AIDS treatment promise

    Patrick Bond, Johannesburg South Africa's Treatment Action Campaign on February 12 criticised South African President Thabo Mbeki in the wake of more government prevarication on providing treatment for the country's 5 million people who are living