By Norm Dixon and Tom Jordan The Papua New Guinea government is tightening its military blockade of the besieged island of Bougainville and has mounted further attacks on the civilian population. The latest escalation came to light on April
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By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — For a brief but dramatic period in mid-April, Russia was without a government. On April 13 first deputy premier Yegor Gaidar and his ministers marched indignantly from the chamber of the Congress of People's
Davidson swings against Liberals By Angela Matheson SYDNEY — The Liberal Party won the Davidson by-election on May 2, but not without a backlash from voters showing their disgust with the Nick Greiner government over the Metherell affair.
The truly green machine By Alan A. Parker The humble bicycle is the truly green machine that can improve access to railway stations and trunk bus routes and be used instead of a car for most local trips, helping to alleviate growing problems
By Alexander Cockburn Retail sales in the US were off 0.4% in March, which spelled bad news for Libya. Another couple of months' worth of poor economic numbers, and the bombs surely fall on Tripoli. Even by the brazen standards established in
Brazil proposes forest program RIO DE JANEIRO — The Brazilian government is considering a plan to plant more than 200,000 sq km of forest for environmental reasons. The plan, developed by an international team working with the university of
By Peter Boyle MELBOURNE — Following the decision of the Western Australian government to restrict the distribution of People and Picture magazines to outlets registered for the sale of "adult publications", the Victorian government announced
By Tracy Sorensen It should not be surprising that a central motif in the television images of the burning of Los Angeles is the car: run down, stopped, its driver hauled out and bashed or even shot, in a furious re-enactment of the original
Dioxin deadly, research confirms Following a recent push by international industrial lobbies to reduce controls on dioxin, latest research shows it still to be one of the most dangerous chemicals known. A chlorine by-product, dioxin is mainly
By Rose McCann WOLLONGONG — For the first time in living memory, this year's May Day march was led here by women workers, members of the Federated Clerks Union (FCU). This was in keeping with a long-standing South Coast tradition, which gives
Calls for solidarity with Cuba The World Federation of Trade Unions is calling for 1992 to be the Year of Solidarity with Cuba. In a statement, the WFTU says trades unions and other organisations worldwide must do their best to inform people
By Peter Gellert MEXICO CITY — Mexico city's air pollution crisis continues to occupy the attention of the 20 million inhabitants of the worlds's largest city. In recent weeks, record-breaking ozone levels brought the issue to a head.
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