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  • Yeltsin moves to install dictatorship

    MOSCOW — To the puzzlement of many observers, Russian President Boris Yeltsin during the first weeks after his April 25 referendum held off introducing the "tough measures" through which he had promised to "neutralise" the

  • Reformers comment on Suharto-army polemics

    The recent struggle in Jakarta over vice-presidential, cabinet and military positions has provided a chance for liberal reformist critics of the regime also to obtain media coverage for their criticisms of authoritarianism and

  • Bosnian Serb chauvinists hold out for more

    The assembly of Serb chauvinists operating in conquered sections of Bosnia and Croatia rejected the Vance-Owens "peace" plan on May 5 because they believe they can gain even more than the increased concessions apparently agreed

  • France to renew N-tests?

    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

  • Khmer Rouge steps up armed attacks

    Khmer Rouge steps up armed attacks In the last week, the Khmer Rouge has escalated its attacks on UN and Cambodian government installations as it seeks to prevent the May 23 elections. On May 3 Khmer Rouge guerillas attacked Siem Reap,

  • Sustainable agriculture in Cuba

    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,

  • Army wins another skirmish with Suharto

    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

  • Declaration of the Party of Labour

    Declaration of the Party of Labour The brutal assault on the May Day demonstration showed that the Yeltsin regime is interpreting the results of the referendum in its own distinctive fashion: as a mandate to use clubs and water-cannons

  • Boris Yeltsin's media steamroller

    MOSCOW — In Russian warships based in the port of Kaliningrad, the English-language Moscow Tribune reported on April 26, the vote in the April 25 referendum went heavily against President Boris Yeltsin. This was not just a

  • No progress in talks on Timor

    No progress in talks on TimorThe Indonesian and Portuguese foreign ministers and the UN secretary-general met in Rome on April 27 to discuss East Timor. The first round of these talks, held in New York in December,

  • A bloody May Day in Moscow

    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

  • The Russian left and the referendum

    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