Three Tamil prisoners in Colombo were killed and seven injured on December 1 in an attack by Sinhala prisoners allegedly incited by prison officials. "The latest attack on Tamil political prisoners had a political motive and was quite clearly
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The message from Asia has said it plain enough: "SOS. SOS. This is Asia. Position 45 N 150 E 90 W. Stop engine. We need assistance."
Of course you heard it. It was everywhere!
Suharto-IMF plan hits the poor
By Max Lane
The contradictions of the Indonesian economic and political situation have sharpened greatly over the last few weeks. The first blow to the Suharto regime was the massive drop in the value of the
From Wounded Knee to Chiapas
By Darrin Wood
According to the Mexican secretary of foreign relations, US President Bill Clinton has "interfered in Mexican internal affairs" by demanding an investigation into the massacre which occurred in
By Chow Wei Cheng
There are two misnomers regarding the Asian currency crisis. The first is that it is an Asian crisis and the second that it is a currency crisis. This is a global, not a regional, crisis. It is not a currency crisis but an
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Alien Resurrection Review by Mary Merkenich
I must admit I enjoyed the very first Alien, but Alien Resurrection, number four in the series, is not worth spending your hard-earned money on. It's sexist, extremely gory and
Stop MAI campaign launched
By Jo Brown
SYDNEY — The launch of a campaign against the Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) was held here on January 15. The MAI, which has been largely hidden from public debate in Australia, is an
Roberto N. Múndez
PANAMA — Panama's government announced on December 24 that it has reached an "agreement in principle" with the United States regarding the presence of US military bases in Panama beyond the year 2000. The government has
Native title: Labor's real role
By Jennifer Thompson
In the flurry over John Howard's Wik bill attacking native title rights, it is easy to forget that Paul Keating's 1993 Native Title Act was intended to restrict the native title rights
By Jon Land
SYDNEY — The Democratic Socialist Party and Resistance commemorated 150 years of the Communist Manifesto with a socialist education conference here, January 3 to 7. The 255 conference participants reaffirmed and discussed the
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