Officials of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) thanked members of the international observation team on March 16 for their work in limiting electoral fraud committed by the previous ruling right-wing Arena party in the presidential elections on March 15.
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Performing in Sydney in 2007, comic Sean Hughes expressed his empathy with Britain鈥檚 Muslim community 鈥 being Irish and living in London, he knew how it felt to be persecuted in the name of 鈥渁nti-terrorism鈥.
A March 20 Sydney Morning Herald article reported that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is now predicting that world economic growth for 2009 will be negative for the first time in more than 60 years 鈥 shrinking by as much as 1%.
On the March 16, an Australian soldier, Corporal Matthew Hopkins, died after a fierce battle with Afghan anti-occupation fighters in the Baluchi Valley.
Escorted by more than 400 police and Road Traffic Authority personnel, truckloads of nuclear waste were secretly transported through the streets of Wollongong on March 16, despite massive community opposition.
Climate activists have been campaigning against the government聮s so-called Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) long before the exposure legislation was tabled in parliament on March 10.
Maintenance workers from Foster鈥檚 Carlton and United Brewery have had a partial victory in their dispute with Foster鈥檚 over jobs. The workers are covered by the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) and the Electrical Trades Union (ETU).
On March 21, 200 people gathered at Sydney Town Hall for the sixth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, demanding an end to the current US-led wars and occupations. The protests was organised by the .
Soubhi Iskander is a leading member of the Sudanese Australia Human Rights Association, a committee based in Sydney聮s west, that campaigns for the rights of Sudanese refugees. SAHRA is also an affiliate of the Socialist Alliance.
The federal ALP government鈥檚 Fair Work Bill passed through the Senate on March 20 after intense wheeling and dealing with Family First Senator Steve Fielding and independent Senator Nick Xenophon.
On March 19, record numbers of people took to the streets as part of a general strike against President Nicolas Sarkozy鈥檚 anti-worker economic policies, a British Guardian article said the following day.
On March 11, a 185-metre container ship, the Pacific Adventurer was en route from Newcastle to Indonesia via Brisbane when it lost 31 containers in heavy seas about seven nautical miles east of Cape Moreton.
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