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By Craig Cormick Based on highly reliably international contacts, leaked documents and horoscopes from several TV magazines, Nostradamus' Media Watch presents a highly accurate forecast of political events across the globe. In an effort to
By Frank Enright Unemployment is growing in all the advanced industrial countries despite several of these economies coming out of recession. In March, ministers from the Group of Seven (G-7), the most powerful industrial countries, met in
Sweet Flowers of Perversity Devised and directed by Rainsford Universal Theatre, Fitzroy, until May 8 Reviewed by Sue Bolton Sweet Flowers of Perversity is a Butoh-based production. Butoh originated in Japan following World War II as a
By Norm Dixon JOHANNESBURG — At 9.50am on Sunday, April 24, central Johannesburg was rocked by a massive car bomb aimed at the African National Congress's national and regional headquarters. The blast was clearly audible from Âé¶¹´«Ã½
This week Âé¶¹´«Ã½ Weekly devotes eight pages to reports and analysis of the historic first democratic election in South Africa. The eight pages will give you background, history and interviews that you won't read anywhere else. The victory of
A Most Remarkable Planet: The Dolphin's Gift — It is estimated that during the time it took to make this film, more than half a million dolphins, porpoises and small whales were killed. This story traces the growth in interest in Fungi, a
By Tim E. Stewart DARWIN — With Northern Territory elections to be held later this year, the campaign against excessive military aircraft noise has become a hot issue for local politicians. Recent meetings of the Aircraft Noise Abatement
Goss resists repealing abortion laws By Susan Price BRISBANE — In the recent review of the Criminal Code, initiated by attorney general Deane Wells to bring Queensland's laws "into the 21st century", Âé¶¹´«Ã½ which cover abortion were
The South African Communist Party is the best-known socialist party in the country, and much was made by the National Party of its alliance with the African National Congress and the presence of SACP members on the ANC's candidate lists. But the SACP
Âé¶¹´«Ã½ Weekly's NORM DIXON spoke to movement activists about their feelings as they cast their votes in the historic democratic elections. Nombonisa Gasa, head of the ANC's Commission on the Emancipation of Women: When I got my first
Intimidation and racism By Brandon Astor Jones At 10.10pm on March 31, William Henry Hance was pronounced dead, his scorched corpse still strapped to Georgia's electric chair. Hance was more than a little mentally impaired. Georgia law
NZ child-care scam exposed By Ian Powell WELLINGTON — Child-care has not been immune to the drive from the mid-1980s towards deregulation and privatisation in New Zealand. Private child-care facilities are able to receive government