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INDONESIA: Alternative economic program

Alternative economic program The People's Democratic Party (PRD) says that the government does have alternatives to slavishly following the International Monetary Fund's austerity prescription for Indonesia's ailing economy. Its alternative

UNITED STATES: The money in testing

LOS ANGELES, California — This was the year California schools went test-crazy. In every district, students have taken the new state-mandated STAR (Standardised Testing and Reporting) test by the thousands. Based on their scores, every school in

SPAIN: Migrants under attack

MADRID — What Have I Done to Deserve This? is the title of a popular movie directed by Spanish film-maker Pedro Almodovar. This is a question that I have often asked myself since living in Spain. I was born in Chile, left in 1975 following Augusto

INDONESIA: General faces US lawsuit

INDONESIA: General faces US lawsuit Activists in the United States have launched a lawsuit against General Johnny Lumintang, the former deputy chief of staff of the Indonesian army. On March 31, Lumintang was served with a subpoena at Washington's

SWEDEN: Parliament acknowledges Armenian genocide

SWEDEN: Parliament acknowledges Armenian genocide SWEDEN: Parliament acknowledges Armenian genocide Sweden's parliament on March 29 formally acknowledged the Armenian and Assyrian genocide, committed by the Ottoman Empire in 1915. During World

ENGLAND: British Nuclear fooled again

ENGLAND: British Nuclear fooled again The problems facing British Nuclear Fuels Ltd (BNFL) continue to mount. On April 2 it was revealed that four workers at BNFL's Sellafield plant in north-west England were sacked for forging entry passes. The

RUSSIA: Kagarlitsky — Everyone loses in 2000 election

Russia: Everyone loses in 2000 election By Boris Kagarlitsky MOSCOW — The official results of the March 26 Russian presidential election were no surprise. Former president Boris Yeltsin's handpicked successor, Vladimir Putin, won in the first

Portugal: New times, new left

By Francois Vercammen* LISBON — A crowd of nearly 1000 gathered in the main amphitheatre of the University of Lisbon on January 29-30 to "listen, discuss, converge" and set up a new political formation — the Bloco de Esquerda, or Left Bloc. The

Britain: British Nuclear Fools Ltd

Britain: British Nuclear Fools Ltd The future of the Sellafield plant, operated by British Nuclear Fuels Limited (BNFL) in northern England, is in jeopardy following safety lapses, cover-ups, an act of sabotage by a BNFL employee, economic

Western Sahara: The East Timor of north Africa

WESTERN SAHARA: The East Timor of north Africa Western Sahara: The East Timor of north Africa Western Sahara is on north-west Africa's Atlantic coast, bordered by Morocco in the north, Algeria in the north-east and Mauritania in the south and

East Timor: Long queues for medical facilities

EAST TIMOR: Long queues for medical facilities DILI — To come face to face with public health services in East Timor is a daunting thing. For expatriate workers, there is access to foreigner clinics and always the possibility of being evacuated

Ireland: New evidence suggests Bloody Sunday deliberate

Ireland: New evidence suggests Bloody Sunday deliberate By Alec Smart LONDON — The recent release of a secret 1972 memorandum, recommending the shooting of ringleaders to deter insurrection in Derry, Northern Ireland, suggests that the British