In the name of humanity
By Yvonne Francis
[This is the text of a letter sent to the judge who will hear the appeal of Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly columnist Brandon Astor Jones against his sentence to execution.] In June 1995 my brother, William George
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By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — For several months from mid-1997, the message in the mainstream Russian press was unanimous: the bad times were ending. The collapse that had almost halved the size of the country's economy since 1990 had bottomed out.
The Victory — (The Inside Story of the Takeover of Australia)By Pamela WilliamsAllen & Unwin, 1997, 370 pp., $24.95 (pb) Review by Melanie Sjoberg
The Victory is a gripping tale of intrigue, dubious financial deals and dynamic interpersonal
The Landlord of Oz
Synopsis, being a summary of what has gone before for the benefit of those who have just joined us:
At a time, not too far away, the WICKED WIK OF THE NORTH cast an evil spell over the Wonderful Land of Oz. Fearing that
The latest in Barbie-mania has hit the Australian airwaves. Now we have not only the Barbie house, the Barbie horse and the Barbie car, but also the Barbie song.
By Jennifer Thompson
On October 29, Iraq's Revolutionary Command Council announced that US citizens and aircraft working for the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) on Iraq would be banned. However, the Iraqi leadership's hope of forcing a
The National Union of Students is the peak umbrella organisation of student unions in Australia. Whilst it has generally been subject to a conservative and careerist Labor leadership, it has also been the scene of struggles between Labor and more
Defining terrorism in Sri Lanka
By Ana Pararajasingham
The bomb blast that shook Colombo's financial centre on October 15 killed 13 people and injured scores of others. The Sri Lankan government promptly blamed the Tamil Tiger rebels (LTTE).
Problems with herbicide-tolerant cotton in US
According to a report by the Center for Ethics and Toxics, farmers throughout the mid-south region of the US began experiencing problems with Roundup Ready cotton in August 1997 as cotton bolls began
Radiation studies find new dangers of disease
By Bernard Wunsch
Since the advent of nuclear technology, people have been concerned about the effects of radiation on humans. The dangers of high levels of radiation were horrifically shown after the
Surrounded by sharks
"I think we were on a vary big wave and all of a sudden we've been beached. And I think the Labor Party is the only party in this country that can get us back on the wave." — University of NSW Professor Paul Keating.
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Bob Brown says more action needed on greenhouse
By Jon Land
John Howard has been strengthened in his push for non-binding targets for greenhouse gas emissions at the Kyoto summit in December, by the recent Commonwealth Heads of Government
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