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  1. IRAQ: Withdrawal talk White House spin

    with US President George Bush's handling of the Iraq war in the mid-term congressional elections ... from Iraq. In a surprise visit to Baghdad on April 26, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and ... a "partial withdrawal" of US troops from Iraq. On April 21, Nouri (Jawad) al Maliki, the public ...

  2. NEPAL: Anti-monarchy struggle at a crossroads

    mass protests and strikes despite shot-to-kill military curfews, on April 24 Nepal's King ... Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah announced on national television that he would reconvene the parliament elected in ... rural-based guerrilla war since 1996 and is estimated to control about 80% of the landlocked Himalayan ...

  3. Pilbara: Australia's longest strike

    referred to as the "Blackfellas' Eureka". It started on May 1, 1946, and lasted until 1949, ... making it the longest strike in Australia's history. The Aboriginal strikers, who worked on dozens ... floors, lighting, sanitation, furniture or cooking facilities. On some stations, Aboriginal workers were ...