Doug Lorimer
On June 16, Reuters reported that rebel Iraqi Shiite Muslim leader Sayed Moqtada al Sadr had issued a statement calling on his Mahdi Army militia fighters in Najaf to abide by the terms of a frequently broken June 4 ceasefire agreement
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Paul Oboohov, Canberra
Sixty members and supporters of Save the Ridge blockaded tree-clearing machinery to prevent it leaving a fenced compound on the Bruce/O'Connor Ridge on June 18. They aimed to stop tree-clearing for the Gungahlin Drive
Tim Stewart
With one foot firmly on the accelerator and a gearstick stuck in reverse, Prime Minister John Howard released an energy white paper on June 15 the central plank of which is a tax cut on greenhouse-gas generating fossil fuels while
Kali Mercier
"The government has cut off everything that enables us to survive, but we won't move because we were born here."
Two years after Botswana's government evicted hundreds of Gana and Gwi "Bushmen" from their ancestral land, the
Give East Timor its due,In the Timor Sea blue.Well, we all knowWhat's a fair go — We must cut it in two.
What's unfair makes us boil,So for fairness we'll toil. Oz is greedy Yes, indeedyHands off East Timor's oil!
[Sung to the tune of "Happy
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Islamic Association opposes 'anti-terror' laws
SYDNEY — Two-hundred people, mostly from the Muslim community, attended a meeting on June 12 condemning the "anti-terror" laws and
War on Terror
"I was standing there depicting the iconic picture of the tortured Iraqi prisoner." — Comment by Joseph Previtera, a 21-year-old Boston student, after he was arrested on charges of disturbing the peace, making a false bomb threat,
In the June European Parliament elections, the progressive unity coalition Respect, running former Labour MP George Galloway as its lead candidate, obtained an average of 1.7% of the vote across England and Wales. This modest result, however,
Ben Courtice & Sue Bolton, Melbourne
In the wake of the high-profile court case of former Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union state secretary Craig Johnston, current AMWU state secretary Dave Oliver sent a highly factional and inflammatory
Alex Miller
Ninety-nine days after it started, the all-out strike by childcare workers (nursery nurses) came to an end on June 2, when childcare workers employed by Glasgow City Council voted by 542 votes to 98 to accept the council's offer of
Chris Slee
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have accused the Sri Lankan army of using paramilitary groups to create violence in eastern Sri Lanka, as part of a strategy to expand the army's area of control.
LTTE officials claim that
Water: The Drop Of Life — Examines the impact of social, economic, cultural, strategic and agricultural factors on drinking water. SBS, Friday, June 25, 1pm.
Organ Farm: Man Made Pigs — Looks at the highly secret, multibillion dollar industry
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