EDITORIAL: America Latina: Una vision contemporezna de la seguridad (Juan Somavia)..... LOCAL SPACE: Public health, poverty, and empowerment - a challenge (D. Werner)... Artesanos y alfareros, apoyados por la investigation (Bernardo Mendez Lugo)... El aymara: Lengua para traducciones automaticas..... NATIONAL SPACE: The ecological, energetic and agronomic systems of ancient and modern Sri Lanka (Ranil Senanayake)..... REGIONAL SPACE: Science as part of African culture: Why it must be learnt beyond the classroom (Thomas R. Odhiambo)... The economic crisis and opportunities for regional cooperation in Southeast Asia (Umar Juoro)..... GLOBAL SPACE: Eurocentrisme et politique (Samlr Amin)... American television and Arab myths (Jack G. Shaheen)... The cultural crisis of the West and international solidarity (Thierry Verhelst)..... NEWS FROM THE THIRD SYSTEM: Pughwash conferences on science and world affairs... ISIS International... HA1 groups launch new action programme for rational drug use... A voice of our own: Disabled People International... Sahel: Des mouvements paysans s?organisent... Philippines: Fisherfolk demand genuine aquarian reform... Argentina: Red nacional de accion ecologists... Peru: Traditions pour demain a EDITORIAL . America Latina: Una vision contemporezna de la seguridad (Juan Somavia) 2 LOCAL SPACE . Public health, poverty, and empowerment - a challenge (D. Werner) 3 . Artesanos y alfareros, apoyados por la investigation (Bernardo Mendez Lugo) 11 . El aymara: Lengua para traducciones automaticas 16 NATIONAL SPACE . The ecological, energetic and agronomic systems of ancient and modern Sri Lanka (Rani1 Senanayake) 17 REGIONAL SPACE . Science as part of African culture: Why it must be learnt beyond the classroom (Thomas R. Odhiambo) 25 . The economic crisis and opportunities for regional cooperation in Southeast Asia (Umar Juoro) 3 3 GLOBAL SPACE . Eurocentrisme et politique (Samlr bin) 3 7 . American television and Arab myths (Jack G. Shaheen) 49 . The cultural crisis of the West and international solidarity (Thierry Verhelst) 5 1 NEWS FROM THE THIRD SYSTEM . Pughwash conferences on science and world affairs 5 7 . ISIS International 59 . HA1 groups launch new action programme for rational drug use 6 1 . A voice of our own: Disabled People International 62 . Sahel: Des mouvements paysans s?organisent 65 . Philippines: Fisherfolk demand genuine aquarian reform 67 . Argentina: Red nacional de accion ecologists 70 . Peru: Traditions pour demain a Cajamarca... Ecuador: CEDECO..... ANNOUNCEMENTS..... LETTERS/FOOTNOTES/MATERIALS RECEIVED FOR PUBLICATION