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  • 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,

  • Death penalty in the Philippines

    Death penalty in the PhilippinesAfter six years of bitter debate and opposition, the death penalty has been reintroduced in the Philippines. The House of Representatives Committee on Justice, headed by Pablo Garcia,

  • NZ Telecom's private owners slash jobs

    New Zealand's Telecom Corporation, sold by the government to two United States companies in late 1990, has announced plans to cut its work force by 5200 over the next four years. The cuts were announced as the company

  • Army moves: beginning of the end of Suharto

    Long-simmering tensions between President Suharto and the Indonesian armed forces (ABRI) high command have been brought into the open. On February 16, the military seemingly laid down the gauntlet to the president a

  • Russian women bear brunt of unemployment

    MOSCOW — As set forward recently by labour minister Gennady Melikyan, the Russian government's "solution" to unemployment is a familiar line from the West — "Women back into the home!" More than 70% of Russia's

  • Somali human rights activist criticises intervention

    LONDON — During a short visit to her native Somalia recently, Rakiya Omaar was stunned to discover that she could not gain access to foreign relief offices. "It was a very painful experience", she recalled, "to see the

  • International actions against Sarawak logging

    International actions against Sarawak logging Rainforest campaigner Bruno Manser will begin a fast in March in solidarity with the Penan people of Sarawak state in Malaysia. Manser and others in Switzerland and Austria plan the fast as part of

  • 'Mitterrand approved Greenpeace bombing'

    'Mitterrand approved Greenpeace bombing' It has been alleged that French President Francois Mitterrand approved the bombing of the environmental organisation Greenpeace's ship Rainbow Warrior in Auckland harbour in 1985. Two French agents

  • Moscow achieves ideal conditions — for rats

    MOSCOW — Ask any Muscovite what there are most of in the city, and he or she will probably answer, "Commercial street kiosks". These are ugly structures, often with steel bars on the windows, which trade in a