The king of Nepal, Shah Gianandra, fired his hand-picked Prime Minister, Sher Bahadur Deuba, and government cabinet, on 1 February. In dissolving the government, the King cited its failure to hold elections and to maintaining […]
The parties of the right wing coalition that ruled Portugal over the last two years suffered a big defeat in today’s elections.
Arthur Miller, the American playwright, died on 9 February, aged 89, having battled with cancer, pneumonia and a heart condition.
Lynne Stewart was shocked when she was arrested. At first she thought her husband, a well known activist, was having some trouble with the police. "No," they said, "we want you."
Thousands take to the streets against right wing Raffarin government
The Orthodox Church, sexual abuse, drug dealers and spies
In contrast to claims by George Bush and Tony Blair, the most likely outcome of the Iraq elections will be to fuel opposition to the occupation and exacerbate divisions between the various ethnic and religious […]
After only a few days, the sham of the Iraqi ‘elections’ became evident as Iraq was shaken by a renewed wave of bombings and violent attacks on government officials and the occupation forces. As each […]
The 2005 Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) conference was held last weekend, following Tommy Sheridan’s resignation as party leader in November 2004.
King Gyanendra’s coup in Nepal, on 1 February, is “likely to strengthen the Maoist insurgents and make Nepal’s civil war even more intensive”, according to the International Crisis Group, a Brussels think-tank.
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