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Unions around the world gear up for historic May 1st

Brussels, April 29, 2003: An unprecedented mobilisation of trade unions will take place across the globe on Thursday, May 1st. From Vanuatu to South Africa, from the Balkans to the Andes, May 1st events will be united under a common banner, a call for "Respect". The theme was launched in February by the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFT...

DIGIT WORLD CONTEST for promotion of artistic heritage

The Digit World contest has been conceived to provide answers to the expectations of public institutions as well as professionals of the numerical industry. Th...

Hospital refuses to treat Sars victims too poor to pay bill

Chinas worst fears about the spread of Sars pneumonia began to come true yesterday as state media said patients from a poor region had been turned away from ho...

Green Nobel prize winners to be awarded tomorrow

The winners of this years so-called green Nobel prizes will be honoured in Washington tomorrow. They include two Aboriginal elders from Australia who block...

Exiled Iraqi leaders to meet religious and community representatives

Exiled Iraqi leaders were today being flown into the country to meet religious and community representatives. Talks in the town of Nasiriya have been desig...

Congo: tribal leaders backed by UN agree to share power

There are new moves to stop the killing in north eastern Congo. Warlords and tribal leaders yesterday agreed to share power in a United Nations backed admi...

Coalition troops breaching Geneva conventions in Iraq?

United Nations observers say coalition troops are in breach of the Geneva conventions by not restraining looters or controlling mobs roaming the streets of Bag...

Workers demand worldwide Respect on May 1st

Brussels, April 11, 2003 (ICFTU online): Plans for trade union activities on May 1st are advancing, as unions from all five continents respond to the call for...

Uganda to remove its army from Congo, soon

Uganda has promised to remove its army from the Democratic Republic of Congo by the end of the month. President Yoweri Museveni said his forces had no reas...

Human right activists speak out against detention without trial in Malesia

Malaysians should no longer be subject to detention without charge or trial, says the countrys official human rights commission. A long awaited report has ...

Water and humanitarian support are not reaching Iraq yet

Fear and chaos in Iraq is hampering efforts to bring food, water, and medicine to the beleaguered population, say international aid agencies. UNICEF said i...

SARS: Hong Kong Health System at brink of collapse

The progression of the SARS pandemic is unprecedented. According to a Reuters report, "Hong Kong Health System on Brink as SARS Spreads" , Thu April 10, 2003...

Our organisation"Ahl-ul-bait World Assembly" has sent 10 tons of blunkets for damaged people in Afganistan.These blunkets would be distributed in mountainous a...

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