The French-led intervention in the west African nation of Mali has captured the northern towns of Timbuktu, Gao and Kidal. As the Islamist rebels flee to mountains in the north, the French are contemplating what comes next, amid concerns of a prolonged guerrilla war and war crimes committed by their Mali army allies.
As with other recent examples of Western interventions, the capture of the major urban centres could prove the easiest part of the French-led intervention into the resource-rich region.
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Professor Miguel Angel Nu帽ez is an adviser to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on agro-ecology. He was recently in Australia and spoke to 91自拍论坛 TV about the impact of Chavez's ill health on the Venezuelan revolution, and how the international media are misrepresenting the situation. He also spoke on the role of oil in the revolution, the environmental consequences and prospects for eco-socialism in Venezuela.
Representatives from Venezuela's National Institute of Statistics (INE) have revealed that the 14th National Census of Population and Housing, conducted during 2011, showed significant cuts to poverty levels during the previous 10 years.
In 2001, 11.36% of the population were measured to be suffering from extreme poverty. President of the INE, Elias Eljuri, said the 2011 census showed that only 6.97% did, a cut of nearly half in a decade. Other conclusions included a rise in life expectancy, from 74.5 years to 79.5 years.
Hashim bin Rashid is the general secretary of the Lahore branch of Pakistan'sAwami Workers Party, which was recently formed by three left-wing groups uniting. Hasmim was a special guest at the national conference in Geelong 18-1-13, where the gave the talk in this video. The video is by .
This song was released on the 1988 EP "UnAustralian Folk Songs" by David Beniuk.
The illness of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has created uncertainty over the future direction of his government, and specifically its commitment to revolutionary change and socialism.
Throughout the 14 years of his presidency, the key to Chavez鈥檚 political success was the constant deepening of the process of change, which invigorated the rank-and-file of his movement.
Sri Lanka's parliament voted on January 11 to impeach Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake. This enabled President Mahinda Rajapaksa to dismiss her and appoint a new chief justice, Mohan Peiris.
Bandaranayake was appointed as chief justice by Rajapaksa in May 2011. However, she antagonised him by ruling that a new law was unconstitutional.
This law is aimed at setting up a new government body, known as Divi Neguma (a Sinhalese phrase meaning 鈥渞aise the island鈥), which is supposed to promote economic development and social welfare.
About 100 people gathered at the Jerrys Plains community hall on January 29 to outline concerns about the encroachment of the coal industry on their township and to begin a united fightback.
Katu Arkonada, a researcher at the University of the Cordillera in La Paz, Bolivia, gives a 2012 balance sheet of Bolivia's achievements and challenges.
It was translated from Spanish with additional notes by Richard Fidler and is reprinted from .
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鈥淛anuary 26 was just an ordinary work day at the Smart Fashion Export factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh 鈥 until the fire broke out at 2:30 p.m,鈥 said on January 29. 鈥淎s heavy black smoke filled the shop floor, workers rushing to escape found locked exit doors.
鈥淲ithin an hour, seven young women were dead 鈥 crushed to death in the panic or asphyxiated by the toxic smoke. Three of them were teenagers, Kohinoor, 15, Razia, 16, and Nasima, 17 years old.
If you want to understand why Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has declared a 鈥渟tate of emergency鈥 or if you want to understand why the country鈥檚 defence minister warned on January 29 of 鈥渢he collapse of the state鈥, you first need to understand the soccer fan clubs in Egypt - otherwise known as the 鈥渦ltras鈥 - and the role they played in the revolution that toppled Hosni Mubarak in 2011.
Political tensions within the Spanish state have reached a new pitch after the January 23 declaration by the Catalan parliament of Catalonia鈥檚 sovereign right to decide its political future.
Antagonism is intensifying between the Catalan and national governments and polarisation continues to rise among and within all main political forces.
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