In early March the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) aided the Macedonian army's crackdown on the Albanian insurgents of the National Liberation Army (NLA). This followed the agreement between NATO and the Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica to allow Yugoslav troops into the Serbia-Kosova buffer zone to crush autonomy-seeking Albanian rebels.
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BY JULIAN COPPENS
QUEBEC CITY — For three days, from April 20-22, this city was filled with the spirit of revolution and CS gas. The Summit of the Americas had come to town — and so too had tens of thousands determined to stop its plans for
[The following statement, initiated by the Melbourne Refugee Action
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On March 29, a Canadian judge dealt a crushing blow to farmers' rights by ruling that Percy Schmeiser, a third-generation Saskatchewan farmer, must pay Monsanto thousands of dollars for violating the gene giant's monopoly patent on genetically
BY ALISON DELLIT
If the mainstream media are to be believed, the ascendency of Natasha Stott Despoja to the leadership of the Australian Democrats, and of Aden Ridgeway to the deputy leadership, heralds a new era in Australian politics. Never has
Larry Kirwan is best known as leader/song-writer of Irish-American rebel-rockers Black 47. He is most often seen in a packed New York pub, his fist upraised, shouting, "So here's to you, revolution! May your flame keep burning still!".
BY CAM WALKER
A legal challenge against Shell and the military government of Pakistan began in a Karachi court on April 25 over plans to explore for gas in Kirthar National Park.
The Kirthar National Park was established in 1974 and is one of
BY MAX LANE
Between 100,000 to 500,000 supporters of President Abdurrahman Wahid are expected to gather in Jakarta for a mass prayer meeting on April 29, just one day before the Indonesian house of representatives meets to discuss a censure motion
BY MAX LANE
On April 23 a new organisation was established in Jakarta to campaign in solidarity with the Acehnese people. The organisation, Solidarity Movement for the People of Aceh (SEGERA), was formed in response to the issuance of Presidential
Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly's SARAH PEART spoke to Ricardo Navarro, chairperson of Friends Of the Earth International, who has recently been in Australia. Navarro is the first chairperson of FoEI from the Third World.
What are some of the major environmental
Leadership
"I hope we can find some way to keep the businesses around here going but I don't know." — new Japanese PM Junichiro Koizumi.
Best qualified person for the job
President George W Bush's choice for the number three spot at the US
BY JO HARNEY & MICHELLE BREAR
SYDNEY — A scandal involving a university's burial of library books has inspired students to re-ignite a struggle for better quality education and more equitable funding.
In 1995, approximately 10,000 books, some
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