Officials of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) thanked members of the international observation team on March 16 for their work in limiting electoral fraud committed by the previous ruling right-wing Arena party in the presidential elections on March 15.
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More than 500 people protested coal mining and exports currently underway. Newcastle Harbour is already the world鈥檚 biggest coal port.
Soubhi Iskander is a leading member of the Sudanese Australia Human Rights Association, a committee based in Sydney聮s west, that campaigns for the rights of Sudanese refugees. SAHRA is also an affiliate of the Socialist Alliance.
The federal ALP government鈥檚 Fair Work Bill passed through the Senate on March 20 after intense wheeling and dealing with Family First Senator Steve Fielding and independent Senator Nick Xenophon.
Maintenance workers from Foster鈥檚 Carlton and United Brewery have had a partial victory in their dispute with Foster鈥檚 over jobs. The workers are covered by the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) and the Electrical Trades Union (ETU).
The detail of PM Kevin Rudd鈥檚 election promise of an 鈥渆ducation revolution鈥 in higher education is finally coming to light: privatisation, deregulation and increased competition between institutions.
On March 11, a 185-metre container ship, the Pacific Adventurer was en route from Newcastle to Indonesia via Brisbane when it lost 31 containers in heavy seas about seven nautical miles east of Cape Moreton.
聯This government is here to protect the people, not the bourgeoisie or the rich聰, proclaimed Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on February 28, as he ordered soldiers to take over two rice-processing plants owned by Venezuelan food and drink giant Empresas Polar.
On March 19, record numbers of people took to the streets as part of a general strike against President Nicolas Sarkozy鈥檚 anti-worker economic policies, a British Guardian article said the following day.
On the March 16, an Australian soldier, Corporal Matthew Hopkins, died after a fierce battle with Afghan anti-occupation fighters in the Baluchi Valley.
As the economic recession deepens across the globe, the spectres of economic regulation and nationalism, seemingly slain by the prophets of globalisation and free trade, have risen again.
On March 15, the candidate of the left-wing Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN), Mauricio Funes, won El Salvador鈥檚 presidential elections 鈥 despite significant fraud carried out by the right-wing Arena party.
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