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Monday, 22 May 2000 |
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[Edition 21] LONDON, Tuesday: In a major victory for the opponents of the global capitalist oligarchy, the World Bank's intransigent resistence to the will of the people collapsed today, following a concerted campaign of marches and demonstrations, "guerilla gardening", riots, counter-hegemonic T-shirts and carefully drafted letters to selected daily newspapers. |
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Friday, 05 May 2000 |
[Edition 20] LONDON, Wednesday: The Australian feminist academic Germaine Greer was assaulted and held hostage in her Essex home over Easter. Greer was allegedly chained to the sink by her assailant and forced to rinse a large number of plates.
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Friday, 05 May 2000 |
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[Edition 20] Microsoft today announced it will break up, despite a wildly successful relationship that has lasted 24 years. "The time has come see other operating systems, and that, like so many things, was really incompatible with Windows," Bill Gates said. |
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Friday, 05 May 2000 |
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[Edition 20] MOSCOW, Tuesday: The new President of Russia has made good his promise of being a "strong leader in the traditional Russian mould" by downing three bottles of vodka and speaking incoherently to foreign diplomats. |
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Friday, 05 May 2000 |
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[Edition 20] Ethiopia is stuck in a cycle of drought, the former Yugoloslavia has been waging the same war for the past 800 years and there seems no end in sight. Which is why many commentators are turning to an ancient Chinese art to explain why some countries seem to have all the luck. |
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