BY PAT BREWER
HAVANA — "We affirm our conviction that the Cuban people have the unquestionable right to construct their own model of economic, political and social development, to decide their own future without interference or aggression and to
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BY JIM GREEN
The human impact on climate change is more certain than ever before and the Earth's main surface temperature is predicted to rise further than previous estimates, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
The
BY YACOV BEN EFRAT
JAFFA — The al-Aqsa intifada has succeeded in altering agendas both in Israel and the region. In Israel, it has drawn Arab citizens into the struggle for the first time, while pushing the Labour Party rightward. In the wider
BY MALIK MIAH
SAN FRANCISCO — Who won the November 7 US presidential election? Democrat Al Gore or Republican George W. Bush? As of this writing, it's still too close to call. Based on the peculiar electoral college system, if Bush wins the state
BY JONATHAN STRAUSS
The recent purchase by Foundation Health Care of the Medihelp medical centre chain means 1000 general practitioners, about 5% of all those in Australia, will be contracted to Foundation.
Foundation managing director Ken Jones
On October 29, 26 million Brazilians voted for municipal governments in cities where no candidate had won an absolute majority after the first round of voting on October 1. Brazil's left-wing Workers Party (PT) won 13 of the 16 cities where it had
BY MICHELLE BREAR& FEDERICO FUENTES
SYDNEY — Staff members and students from University of Western Sydney picketed all seven UWS campuses on November 9 in protest at the proposed restructuring of the university. The strike was the second held in
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BY JIM GREEN
The Australian delegation to the crucial climate change conference at the Hague has been awarded a "Fossil of the Day" award because of its persistent efforts to widen loopholes in the Kyoto protocol.
On November 15, more than 100
BY TIM GOODEN& SUE BULL
DELHI — Workers are locked out of a car manufacturing plant, scabs are brought in and workers are told to sign individual contracts before they can return to work. The new contracts require workers not to participate in
BY DAVID BACON
SAN FRANCISCO — Their hands sewed the clothes you're wearing, and the ones in your closet. They picked the vegetables on your plate and cut the meat in your refrigerator. These hands stuffed chips into the motherboard of your
@head = INDONESIA: Activists plan anti-globalisation conference
BY MAX LANE
JAKARTA — Leaders of the struggle against neo-liberal globalisation here are preparing a major gathering of activists to discuss strategies to stop the imperialist
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