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WOLLONGONG — The picket line at the Pivot fertiliser plant has ended after six weeks. A representative of the Australian Workers Union told Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly that the four members sacked without notice on February 1 had accepted a
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Iranian activists commemorate women
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A short story by Craig Cormick
CAPE YORK, 1848 — Kennedy's blood is draining out of him. Seeping slowly into the damp soil. He is lying in the mud with three spear wounds. One in his back, one in his side and one in his thigh. He can feel his
By Norm Dixon
"Weapons inspectors from the UN Special Commission in Iraq have a serious public relations problem: Hardly anyone — Iraqi or foreigner — has a kind word for them", reported a Baghdad-based correspondent for the Times of India
The Suharto Protection Society
Some kinds of associations seem more prone than others to trouble. Fortunately, the Society for the Protection of the Suharto is not one of them.
A Voice: Society for the Protection of what?
Myself: The
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