Pesticides found in milk in India
A seven-year study of pesticide residues in milk in 12 Indian states has attracted considerable public concern. The study by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), found that a high proportion of
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CIA linked to FRAPH, coup
PORT-AU-PRINCE — The link between the US government and the founding and running of the Haitian army's death squad and front group, FRAPH (Front pour l'Avancement et le Progres Haitien), was finally exposed in
By John Pilger
Today, 40% of all British children live in poverty. It is a breathtaking claim, yet the evidence was produced on World in Action two weeks ago by York University. Although this figure is probably the highest since modern
Looking out: Deflecting shoddy conduct
By Brandon Astor Jones
"It's to impugn someone's integrity, to make it appear that we are soft on crime when the whole so-called criminal justice system in this country is flawed,
Reports of Australian hit-squad for Bougainville
It has been alleged that Australia and Papua New Guinea have sent agents to hunt down leaders of the Bougainville Revolutionary Army (BRA) and the Bougainville Interim Government (BIG)
Depression hits Robinson Crusoe's island
By Dave Riley
"Friday", said Robinson Crusoe", I'm sorry, I fear I must lay you off."
"What do you mean, Master?"
"Why, you know there's a big surplus of last
General Sam Kauona
For peace in Bougainville
For more than 40,000 years we have been a part of our land. Without it we can not be whole; it is our culture, our religion, our life. Papua New Guinea and international interests
US to phase out cancer-causing pesticides
The US government will begin phasing out use of 36 pesticides that are known to cause cancer and which until now have been allowed as residues in juices, canned fruits and vegetables, cooking oil
CANBERRA — Forest Embassy organisers are angered that the National Capital Planning Authority (NCPA) has refused permission for the Forest Embassy to camp from November 4 to 8 on the lawns of Parliament House.
"The irony of the situation
Future of land bill in doubt
By Stephen Robson
The federal government has got itself in a mess over the Indigenous Land Corporation and Land Acquisitions Bill.
Badly drafted, the bill was offered as a cheap image
Progressive candidates win on Victorian universities
By Bronwen Brook and Rachel Evans
MELBOURNE — Throughout 1994, students in Victoria have been fighting for the right to be represented, through the campaign against
Writing Dangerously: Mary McCarthy and her World
By Carol Brightman
Harvest, 1994. 714 pp., $29.95 (pb)
Reviewed by Phil Shannon
Mary McCarthy tends to be remembered, if at all, as the US author of a sexy novel from the
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