BY BULATLAT A coalition of Asian peasant groups has criticized the White House’s invitation to the Philippines to host the Group of Twenty (G20) economic summit on Nov. 15, 2008 supposedly to “discuss the current global economic and financial problems that are affecting the world.” The G20 members are Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France,…
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In the wake of tsunami calamity: Indonesian army steps up war in Aceh
By John Roberts wsws 5 January 2005 Bulatlat.com There are growing signs that the Indonesian military (TNI) is exploiting the current catastrophe in northern Sumatra to crush the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM) and establish its unchallenged control over the resource-rich province of Aceh. So far the death toll from the earthquake and tsunami that…