King declares state of emergency, sends in army
Nepal:
Maoists Launch Daring New Offensive

"There are many pointless deaths but never a needless suicide".

Copyright-free cartoon by Brazilian cartoonist Latuff.

Names of the American soldiers killed recently by Mujahideen

The Press Council of India has strongly indicted the Tamil Nadu Government for a series of attacks on journalists and concluded that ``there was a calculated attempt by the police to prevent reporting of the incidents which might be inconvenient to it or to the powers that be.''

Protesting against the controversial Prevention Of Terrorism Ordinance (POTO) and demanding its immediate withdrawal, members of the Delhi Union of Journalists, accompanied by MPs, jurists, political, social and student activists, teachers and artists today took to the streets here.

The Green Party in office has failed the test, with continued policies that keep the homeless illegal and continued political repression.

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Bangalore should take this
opportunity: 10-12 Dec there
will be a GNU/Linux meeting!
Free source software is the best
support for Indymedia and activists.

What CNN doesn't show.

Chomsky was feted in Kolkata by his hosts, the ruling Left Front,
primarily the CPI(M). But these are the same neo-fascists who
are trying to launch one of the biggest affront on civil liberties since Independence, called POCA.

The latest news from Afghanistan

The International Solidarity Movement is converging again in Palestine from D15 to J1 2001/2 to bring the world's attention to the Israeli occupation and demostrate solidarity with the Palestinian people.

The following news report has been featured prominently in today's (December 2nd) issue of the New York Times.

The cemetery of the Holy Trinity Cathedral near the District Government Hospital here was vandalised on Friday night with unidentified culprits smashing crosses erected on nearly two dozen graves.

The debate on communalisation of education apart, the deletion of portions from four history textbooks of the National Council of Educational Research & Training (NCERT) also amounts to a breach of contract as per which ``no adaptation or modification of the original text can be made without the approval of the author''. And, the forbidding of discussion on the deleted portions is a violation of the fundamental right to speech and expression

What is really going on...

It is the unlucky fate of many residents in Bhopal, India that they have become victims of two kinds of corporate disaster. The first is the death and destruction caused by the release of poisionous MIC gas from a Union Carbide plant in December 1984, and the second is the 17 years of injustice and ill treatment that survivors have endured since. An article on the situation in Bhopal now and the ongoing struggle for justice.

The minorities, tribals and Dalits staged a dharna in the city today to highlight the alleged atrocities against the weaker sections of society in Gujarat, often ``in collusion'' with the BJP Government in the State.

The CPI and CPI (M) in Tamil Nadu today said they would announce a series of agitations, including a day's bandh, if the State Government did not withdraw the financial sector reforms announced on Wednesday.

The CPI and CPI (M) in Tamil Nadu today said they would announce a series of agitations, including a day's bandh, if the State Government did not withdraw the financial sector reforms announced on Wednesday.