To whom it may concern
I'm not one prone to whingeing. I take what the world dishes out on the chin because that's the kind of person I am: forthright, earnest, straight as a die.
However — and I say this only because I think I've earned
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On May 26, demonstrators marched to the Indonesian embassy in Port Moresby calling on the new Indonesian leader to grant the Indonesian province of Irian Jaya its independence. They presented a petition signed by pro-independence leaders Michael
ANU staff/student strike
By Will Williams
CANBERRA — More than 200 Australian National University staff and
students braved the frosty 7.30am start for a strike and rally here on
May 29. The action, the latest in a campaign to
UPNG students boycott classes
By Norm Dixon
Angry University of Papua New Guinea students on May 22 launched a class boycott and a blockade of the Port Moresby campus in response to a proposed restructure of the university. Students claim the
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Capital Burning
Indonesia burnswhile Suharto fiddles the books.East Timor burnswith greed for blood and oil.Forests burnand crony capital fans the flames.But the heathas gone undergroundand fuels the fireburning in the people.Now the peopleburn for
Court victory for East Timor protesters
DARWIN — Two prominent members of Australians for a Free East Timor have had convictions for disorderly conduct overturned by the NT Supreme Court. Sally Anne Watson and Vaughan Williams were charged after
Military assault and riots in Solo
By Terry A. Nelson
In recent months, anyone travelling through Indonesia would unavoidably
be drawn into the events that have come into the international spotlight
news after a long struggle of the
Teachers stop work in Victoria
By Mary Merkenich
MELBOURNE —Victorian Australian Education Union (AEU) members struck on May 27 as part of a campaign the AEU has been waging to win a certified agreement with the state government and to get the
Highlights of 45th Sydney Film Festival
By Conrad Barrett
The 45th Sydney Film Festival will begin on June 5 and continue until June 19. A highlight of this year's festival will be a feature selection of African cinema, including films made in
International news briefs
Climate treaty under attack
The Global Climate Coalition (GCC), a grouping of some of the biggest multinational corporations, is launching a new campaign to strip the Kyoto greenhouse gas accord of its scientific
By Barry Sheppard
Last year, the board of regents of California's university system voted to end affirmative action to help minorities gain admission. It claimed that affirmative action discriminated against whites. The results have been
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