There are still about 12.3 million people worldwide who work in some form of bonded or forced labour, according to a May 12 International Labour Organisation (ILO) report.
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\The article below is compiled from Prensa Latina reports on May 16 and 17.
Chants of 鈥淗ardest working, lowest paid: Bligh and Wilson, be ashamed!鈥 rang out from 4000 teachers at the gates of state parliament on May 19.
When the United Nations describes the Sinhalese army聮s attacks on the Tamil areas of Sri Lanka as a 聯bloodbath on the beach聰 you know a massacre is going on.
Fremantle Greens victory
The ALP failed to ask them selves this question. Who were these Green voters? It was the first time many people from the ALP and Liberals voted Green.
The excuse the ALP made [for the Greens victory] is that there was
SYDNEY 聴 A May 19 ceremony at Ibero-American Square marked the 114th anniversary of the death of Cuban national hero Jose Marti.
Climate scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology released a disturbing new study on May 19. Without drastic action, the Earth鈥檚 surface temperature could rise by 5掳C or more by 2100, they said.
Despite some new health spending on infrastructure and research, the recent budget failed to address the growing public health care crisis.
After rugby league commentator and former player Matthew Johns gave an insincere and misdirected apology on The Footy Show on May 7 鈥 preempting the ABC Four Corners program that named Johns as part of an alleged sexual assault in 2002 鈥 Paul 鈥淔atty鈥 Vautin slapped him on the back and declared: 鈥淲ell said, now let鈥檚 get on with the show.鈥
The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) has criticised the fast-tracking of approval for a 3km tunnel under the Ranger uranium mine operated by Energy Resources of Australia.
The victory for Greens candidate Adele Carles in the May 16 by-election for the WA state seat of Fremantle is a breakthrough for the progressive movement and a testament to the Greens鈥 consistent efforts to raise a left alternative to Labor.
Plans are underway for the fifth national day of action for same-sex marriage rights. Rallies are already planned in seven cities across Australia on August 1.
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