The British government has pledged to stop its funding of detention camps in Sri Lanka.
The 67 percent vote in the Irish Republic to ratify the European Union’s Lisbon treaty represented a major victory for the country’s corporate and political elite.
Why was the Die Linke election campaign so successful? What were the main issues that it raised?
Portugal’s general election in September changed the political landscape. It saw a decline in the vote for the ruling Socialist Party and was a big success for the radical Left Bloc,
Soldiers opened fire on an opposition rally in Guinea, West Africa, on Monday, killing over 150 people. Some 50,000 people were crowded into a football stadium in the capital Conakry, to hear Cellou Dalein Diallo, who had been prime minister until 2006.
The people of Ireland were to vote again on the European Union’s neoliberal Lisbon Treaty on Friday of this week – despite voters rejecting it last year.
Angela Merkel’s conservative CDU party was re-elected in Sunday’s German elections.
Portugal’s Left Bloc got 10 percent of the vote in last Sunday’s general election, securing 16 MPs.
For three days now, crowds have gathered around the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras. On Monday night they were dispersed with tear gas and bullets in the air.
Dozens of Egyptian workers’ and human rights’ organisations have rallied to support Kamal Abu Eita, the president of the independent tax collectors’ union, after a legal case was launched against him.
A US airstrike on a suspected Al Qaida leader, Saleh Nabhan, in Somalia has triggered a new round of fighting in the east African state.
A student protest movement has exploded across Australia in recent weeks against racist attacks and the collapse of private colleges.
