Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Military called in as political crisis continues
Troops were deployed throughout Bangladesh on Sunday 11 December supposedly to “maintain law and order”, according to a Presidential order.
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Iraq
Iraq: Saddam’s execution
Frankenstein kills out of control monster
Nigeria
Nigeria: Lagos pipeline tragedy avoidable, Fg/Nnpc to blame
For the second time in a year in Lagos State and for the umpteenth time in the country as a whole, another tragic fire has resulted from a burst fuel pipeline claiming the lives and […]
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: The plantation volcano erupts
The 15 day long tea plantation strike – the longest in recent history – is supposed to have come to an end.
Ireland North
Ireland North: ‘We Won’t Pay!’ anti-water charges campaign grows
Build non-payment in working class communities
Chile
Chile: Dictator Pinochet dead
On the 10th December, at 14.15 hours, the greatest killer and thief that Chile has ever known, the former dictator, Augusto Pinochet, died.
Ireland North
Northern Ireland talks: Another deadline! Will it work?
The British and Irish governments ended the three days of all party negotiations in Scotland by announcing the "St Andrews Agreement".
Pakistan
Pakistan: The veil and Muslim women
There is again heated debate going on around the veil worn by Muslim women.
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: United Socialist Party holds successful congress as country’s crisis deepens
Three days before the congress of the United Socialist Party (CWI, Sri Lanka) was convened in Colombo, a suicide bomb attack in the city targeted the minister of defence – the brother of the president, […]
Mexico
Mexico: Leaders of APPO, including Flavio Sosa, arrested in Mexico City
Calderon government accused of state terrorism against the peoples of Oaxaca