Jim McIlroy &Coral Wynter, Caracas On February 2, the Latin American TV channel Telesur and the Arabic channel Al Jazeera signed an agreement to exchange information and technology, formalising a growing link that was initiated when Telesur began
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Doug Lorimer
A former senior AWB executive told the government-appointed commission of inquiry into the Australian wheat export monopoly's deals with the now-ousted Iraqi government of Saddam Hussein there was a culture of regular bribes and
Eva Cheng
Due to a united boycott by Nepal's opposition parties, participation in the country's February 8 local government elections was reportedly only about 20%, compared with a 60% turnout in the last municipal elections. Despite this, King
On February 4, the Saharawi Red Crescent made an urgent appeal for assistance for 158,000 Saharawi refugees in the south of Algeria. Emergency food supplies will only last until March, the organisation stated, and medical supplies have already run
This City Now: Glasgow and its Working Class PastBy Ian R. MitchellLuath Press, 2005180 pages
REVIEW BY ALEX MILLER
If Edinburgh was the city of the 18th century enlightened bourgeoisie, Glasgow was, and to a certain extent still is, the city of
Karen Fletcher
"Who knows what women can be when they are finally free to become themselves?" — The Feminine Mystique, 1963.
In 1963 Betty Friedan published the ultimate zeitgeist book debunking the myth of women's fulfilment through household
Rohan Pearce
On January 24, Iraqi reporter Mahmoud Zaal was killed during a shoot-out between US occupation forces and Iraqi rebels in the city of Ramadi. He was the second Iraqi journalist to have been killed this year; 35 reporters and other
SYDNEY — "Captain Cook's a crook" yelled members of the Maritime Union of Australia as 50 people picketed Captain Cook Cruises at Circular Quay on February 7 to protest against the company's decision to sack an employee simply for his union
Graham Matthews
It's an open secret that the Howard government introduced the Orwellian-named Australian Fair Pay Commission (AFPC) in its Work Choices package as a means to cut the minimum wage. The commission will supercede the Australian
Sue Bolton, Melbourne
On February 8, 1200 angry members of the United Firefighters Union (UFU) marched to Victoria's Parliament House steps to protest the stalling by the Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board (MFB) on negotiations over a
Zoe Kenny, Sydney
The day after a special sub-committee meeting of the NSW cabinet on February 7, ALP Premier Morris Iemma released the 2006 Progress Report on the Metropolitan Water Plan, which contained the announcement to "shelve" the plan to
Halliburton subsidiary Kellog Brown & Root has been awarded a contract worth up to US$385 million to build temporary immigration detention centres in the US. According to the February 4 New York Times, KBR executives said the centres would be built
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