MANILA â On June 9, some 3000 Moros (an ethnic group in the Philippines)
from 45 villages in Metro Manila held a prayer-rally at the Maharlika village
in Taguig. The rally was hosted by the Pagragn National Movement, a new
coalition of Moro
World
The following speech was presented by world renowned playwright HAROLD
PINTER at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki on April 18.
I am deeply honoured to receive this degree from Aristotle University.
I have always felt a strong
WINDSOR, Ontario â On June 4, 3000 people demonstrated against a meeting
of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Windsor, Ontario.
The OAS, which is based in Washington, involves the heads of state
of all countries in the
HANOVER, Germany â Scientists have found evidence that genes used to
modify crops can jump the species barrier and cause bacteria and even fungi
to mutate.
One aim of Expo 2000 in Hanover last month was to popularise GM (genetic
BY MELANIE GILLBANK
The Peoples' Forum 2000 and the mass protests which followed, in Chiang Mai, Thailand, in early May, were born of suffering, anger and betrayal. Twelve hundred people attended the forum to share their stories of hardship and
Forum: Sri Lanka bans 'talk of peace'
BY JAMES VASSILOPOULOS
CANBERRA â Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga has banned
talk of peace and for the first time in Sri Lankan history if you criticise
the president, laws are used
Fikile Majola, general secretary of the National Education, Health and
Allied Workers Union (NEHAWU), on June 7 called on university workers and
students around the world to offer urgent solidarity to the workers of
the University of the
AMSTERDAM - "The policy demanded by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in exchange for loans leads to an increase in poverty. Subsidies on electricity, education and public transport are being cut ... There's already 80 million Indonesian people
SEOUL — The May 31 to June 4 general strike by South Korean workers has deepened differences between the reformist Democratic Labour Party (DLP) and militants seeking to build a counter-offensive against President Kim Dae Jung's neo-liberal
'Stop the war!'
The Eritrean community rallied in Brisbane on June 6 chanting "We want peace, stop the war!" and demanding humanitarian assistance from the federal government for those suffering in Eritrea. Since Ethiopia began a massive military
On June 13, the general strike that began a week earlier forced the
Nigerian federal government to all but reverse fuel price increases it
had announced earlier. On June 1, the government of President Olusegun
Obasanjo had announced a surprise
SOUTH AFRICA: ANC blocks treatment for HIV patients
EAST LONDON, Eastern Cape province — If anyone had any doubt that the era of settlerism and elitism was not over in South Africa, President Thabo Mbeki's antics around the issue of HIV/AIDS
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