Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: World-wide protests at killing of Tamil MP
Thousands march in Colombo; embassies picketed around the globe
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USA
US economy: Heading for recession?
The US economy slowed down sharply before the mid-term elections.
Italy
Italy: Prodi government under seige
Six months after it narrowly defeated the right-wing government of Silvio Berlusconi, Romano Prodi’s centre-left coalition in Italy is hanging by a thread.
Iraq
Iraq: No easy exit from quagmire
“He doth bestride the narrow world, like a colossus; and we petty men, walk under his huge legs and peep about”. (Shakespeare, Julius Caesar) Bush, decked out as a poor imitation of a modern ‘Caesar’, […]
Cyprus
Cyprus: Kurdish refugee asylum campaign – successful day of international protests! – Greece
Twenty five comrades in Athens and fifteen in Thessalonika took part in protests – one outside the Cyprus embassy in Athens and the other at the Cyprus consulate in Thessalonika.
Cyprus
Cyprus: Kurdish refugee asylum campaign – successful day of international protests! – Ireland
Fifteen people attended a protest outside the Cypriot embassy in Dublin last Friday to oppose the deportation of Kurdish asylum-seekers from Cyprus to Syria.
Mexico
Mexico: Low intensity war against the people of Oaxaca
25 deaths, 400 disappearances as the federal state clamps down to kill APPO
Nepal
Nepal: Maoists celebrate new ‘peace deal’
Rebels to give up arms and to enter new coalition government
USA
US: “People stood up to Chevron and said NO!”
Green elected mayor of Richmond, California
USA
US: Twelve-year Republican dominance of Congress ended
The Mid-term elections have ended the 12-year Republican dominance of Congress.