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This statement was released by the Huon Valley Environment Centre on January 23. Click for more information. *** The Wilderness Society today announced it would be travelling to Japan accompanied by staff of the controversial [Malaysian] timber company Ta Ann, to lobby customers and secure its international markets.
released this statement on January 30. *** Trade union activist Sulthoni Farras, a leader of the Indonesian union federation Progresip, union alliance Sekber Buruh, and member of Indonesian political organisation KPO-PRP, is in danger of arrest for leading a strike last year. Another activist, Bona Ventura, may also face charges. The Indonesian government and bosses are using these kinds of tactics against a growing workers’ movement in Indonesia. * * * Dear Comrade/Friend,
The latest weekly "Our Common Cause" column of the argues the time is well-over due to phase out fossil fuels and embrace renewable energy. * * * It's been another summer of record-breaking extreme weather in Australia.
A US soldier instructing members of Mali's military in 2007.

A full-scale invasion of Africa is under way. The United States is deploying troops in 35 African countries, beginning with Libya, Sudan, Algeria and Niger. Reported by Associated Press on Christmas Day, this was missing from most Anglo-American media.