Pakistan
US / Pakistan: Osama Bin Laden – killed by US forces
The US government has announced a successful military assault on a large mansion in Abbottabad, near Islamabad, which has resulted in the killing of Osama Bin Laden.
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Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: May Day marked by attacks on CWI activists and supporters
Ainur Kurmanov hospitalized.
Britain
Britain’s royal wedding: Not much bread but there’s plenty of circuses
Witness the media torrent of sickly sentimentality over the royal wedding.
Syria
Syria: Assad orders brutal crackdown against opposition
Only a united struggle of the masses can defeat regime
Iran
Iran: Victory for oil workers on strike
May Day next day of mass protests
Ukraine
Chernobyl disaster: 25th anniversary
Scientists estimate nuclear fall-out caused over 200,000 deaths
Jordan
Jordan: No illusions in regime’s promised ‘reforms’
Need to build united workers’ alternative as social and political tensions grow
Libya
War: What is it good for? Arms sales!
Arms manufacturers are excited by the Libyan conflict as it will lead to increased sales and profits.
Belarus
Belarus: Bomb attack on Minsk metro leaves 13 dead
President Lukashenko uses outrage to attack working class
Finland
Finland: Massive protest vote in elections
Right wing populist ‘True Finns’ third biggest party