SYDNEY — Australian human rights lawyer Rosemarie Gillespie, just returned after four months living and travelling in rebel-held areas of Bougainville, has dismissed claims by the Papua New Guinea government that it is in
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MOSCOW — It could have been any of a series of meetings called in recent times by the outlawed Communist Party. The venue was kept secret until the last moment. Would-be participants were required to appear on the morning
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JOHANNESBURG — Filling in for a physically exhausted Nelson Mandela, African National Congress chairperson Oliver Tambo addressed 900 delegates from five continents at an international solidarity conference here on February
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Suharto still silent on vice-presidentThe Indonesian People's Deliberative Assembly (MPR) began meeting on March 1. It is expected to re-elect Suharto as president and to choose a new vice-president sometime between March 9
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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,
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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'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