More than 2,000 civilians were slaughtered by Sri Lankan Army shelling on the night of May 9,
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On May 6 and 7, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zadari was in Washington to exchange platitudes with US President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
Since the global economic crisis began, there has been a sharp fall in global demand for steel, resulting in more competition between steel makers.
Frances鈥檚 eight major union federations held demonstrations across the country on May 1 鈥 the international workers鈥 day. It was the third jointly organised day of mass workers demonstrations this year.
More than 50 people crowded into the Melbourne Resistance Centre to take part in a lively May Day toast hosted by the Socialist Alliance on May 3.
The article below is abridged from a May 7 Inter-Press Service report.
Domestic violence support centres in Alice Springs are in desperate need of funds to meet demand.
鈥淭he country is not going to sink. Despite the world economic crisis, we will keep advancing in social and human development鈥, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said, inaugurating a new pharmaceutical plant at Las Adjuntas, Caracas, on May 3. He was speaking on his weekly TV program Alo Presidente.
When it comes to reporting on the situation for the Tamil minority in Sri Lanka, with no reporters on the ground to witness the Sri Lankan Army鈥檚 carnage, newspapers like the Melbourne Age and the Sydney Morning Herald suddenly discover 鈥渞eliable information鈥 on what the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) are up to!
鈥淲e ask the Afghan government to force the American forces to leave Afghanistan. They kill more civilians than Taliban鈥, an angry Haji Nangyalai told AFP on May 7 at a demonstration outside government offices in the western town of Farah.
Scuffles broke out in Parramatta mall on May 5 as police and Lord Mayor Tony Issa forcibly shut down a Tamil hunger strike protesting the Sri Lankan government鈥檚 genocide of the Tamil people.
The statement below was released by the International Alliance in Support of Workers in Iran. For more information, contact info@workers-iran.org or alliance@workers-iran.org. Visit the site of Solidarity Committee with Iranian Workers-Australia, at
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