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  • Havana workshop discusses homosexuality

    Havana workshop discusses homosexuality HAVANA — The Iberoamerican Sex Education Workshop on February 9 touched on an issue which has often caused polemics in the region: homosexuality. A panel of Cuban and international specialists

  • 'Award' for World Bank

    'Award' for World Bank Friends of the Earth in the United States last month presented the World Bank with the Worst Performance of the Year award because of its 1992 energy lending. The bank, said FoE, won for "by disregarding its own

  • Mapuche of Chile demand self-determination

    By Jaqueline Diaz and Nancy Nuñez The indigenous Mapuche people of Chile are fighting for recognition, self-determination and land rights against a military determined to protect the profits of logging companies. Their struggle also has

  • Mexican gay leader assassinated

    Mexican gay leader assassinated On February 6, Neftal Ruiz became the latest victim in a wave of anti-gay violence in the state of Chiapas in southern Mexico. Ruiz was murdered in the town of Tuxtla Gutiérrez when an unknown person

  • Communist Party re-established in Russia

    MOSCOW — In a resort complex north of the Russian capital on February 13 and 14, a "refounding-reunifying congress" re-established the Communist Party. More than a thousand people, including 651 delegates from all parts of

  • PLO rep visits Vanuatu

    PLO rep visits Vanuatu The Palestine Liberation Organisation's Ambassador to Vanuatu, Ali Kazak, has expressed satisfaction with talks he's held in Port Vila with that country's leaders, Pacnews News Service reported on February 17.

  • PNG troops attacked on Bougainville

    The Bougainville Revolutionary Army has hit back hard against Papua New Guinea troops following their occupation of parts of the capital, Arawa. The Bougainville Interim Government's Honiara spokesperson, Martin Miriori,

  • Khmer Rouge seize villages as elections near

    The State of Cambodia (SoC) government, through its political organisation, the Cambodian Peoples Party, has stated that it will seek coalition partners even if it wins an absolute majority in the May

  • Suharto manoeuvres against army

    Indonesian President Suharto has begun attempts to counter armed forces (ABRI) headquarters, which last week announced that it intended to nominate former ABRI commander in chief Try Sutrisno

  • Resistance continues during Xanana trial

    East Timorese resistance to the Indonesian occupation of their country is continuing despite increased repression accompanying the trial in Dili of Xanana Gusmao, leader of the Maubere National Resistance Council. On the capture of Xanana,

  • UN sanctions compound Iraqi devastation

    Continued UN sanctions and the January 14 bombing of Iraq have intensified the misery experienced by the Iraqi population and eliminated the possibility of a moderate social and economic recovery. The United Nations

  • Chinese reforms bring austerity

    Chinese reforms bring austerityRising unemployment and declining living standards are becoming more and more a feature of the conditions of the working class in China, according to a recent issue of the Hong Kong-based