Asia
Support for government fades in Sri Lankan election
By Wije Dias, October 12, 2009
The ruling United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA) failed to win the resounding victory in Saturday’s Southern Provincial Council election it had anticipated.
US builds “coalition of like-minded nations” against Iran
By Peter Symonds, October 10, 2009
While the US is publicly backing continued international talks with Iran over its nuclear programs, preparations are continuing apace for the imposition of draconian new penalties should Tehran fail t...
Sri Lanka: The JVP and the executive presidency
By K. Ratnayake, October 10, 2009
The JVP’s call for the abolition of the executive presidency is a desperate attempt to divert attention from its support for President Rajapakse and his war, its backing for state repression particu...
UN agency bombed in Pakistan
By James Cogan, October 9, 2009
A Pakistani Taliban militant carried out a suicide bombing against the UN World Food Program headquarters in Islamabad on Monday, killing five UN workers.
Sri Lanka: Vote SEP in the Southern Provincial Council election
By Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka), October 9, 2009
The SEP calls on workers, farmers and youth in the Galle district to vote for its slate of candidates in the Southern Provincial Council elections on Saturday.
Western media steps up pressure on China over Iran
By John Chan, October 8, 2009
As US pressure escalates against Iran over its nuclear programs, a distinct anti-China undercurrent has appeared in the media over Beijing’s resistance to backing punitive new sanctions against Tehr...
Obama rules out troop drawdown in Afghanistan
By Patrick Martin, October 8, 2009
President Barack Obama will not consider any reduction in the US military commitment in Afghanistan, White House and congressional officials declared after a three-hour meeting at the White House on T...
Sri Lankan SEP holds final election meeting in Galle
By our correspondents, October 8, 2009
The SEP held the final meeting in its campaign for the Southern Provincial Council election on October 10 last Sunday in Galle town hall. The party is standing a slate of 26 candidates for the Galle d...
Eight years after invasion
Washington faces deepening debacle in Afghanistan
By Bill Van Auken, October 7, 2009
Eight years after the US invasion of Afghanistan, the Obama White House sand the Pentagon are engaged in a heated debate over whether to send another 40,000 troops in an attempt to salvage an interven...
The Australian Labor Party and the war in Afghanistan
By Socialist Equality Party (Australia), October 7, 2009
Since its election in November 2007, the Rudd Labor government has escalated Australian military involvement in the Afghan conflict. Just as Afghanistan is now referred to as Obama’s war, so it has ...
Demand the release of Tamil detainees in Sri Lanka
By Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka), October 7, 2009
The SEP in Sri Lanka and the WSWS are launching a campaign to demand the immediate and unconditional release of more than 250,000 Tamil civilians who have been detained in internment camps since the d...
New York Times recycles fabrications about Iran’s nuclear programs
By Peter Symonds, October 6, 2009
The media campaign of half-truths and fabrications over Iran’s nuclear programs stepped up a notch over the weekend.
