Doug Lorimer
Since August 5, fierce gunbattles have been fought in the south-central Iraqi city of Najaf between US occupation troops and rebel Iraqi Shiite leader Sayed Moqtada al Sadr's Mahdi Army militia.
The heaviest fighting has been around
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PALESTINE: Israeli soldiers fire on ambulance
On August 10, Palestinian Medical Relief Society ambulance staff, including five doctors and two nurses, were attacked while they distributed first aid kits to homeless residents of Rafah. According to
Alex Bainbridge, Hobart
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) released a controversial report on the Tasmanian forest industry on August 3 which has been roundly criticised by most Tasmanian-based environmental groups.
The report calls for the
Had the royal touch
"He came across very arrogant, like a total pompous git." — Comment made about Richard Butler, the recently resigned Queen's representative in Tasmania, quoted in the August 11 Sydney Daily Telegraph.
Selfless
"I was
When The World Said No To War is a project to organise a photographic exhibition, education forum and book about the anti-war protests that took place around the world in February 2003. The project was conceived as a tribute to the spirit of the 30
Lizzie Nagy& Kylie Moon
The Senate sat an extra day on August 13 to enable the passage of the Marriage Amendment Act, which declares that marriages between same-sex couples in other countries will not be legally recognised as such in Australia.
The wages share of the country's wealth has fallen from 61% to 53.5% since 1983. If Australia's 11 million workers had been able to maintain that 1983 share in 2004, we would have had $56 billion more in our pockets for 2003 alone. Workers are being
On the last day of the NSW government inquiry into building products firm James Hardie's asbestos compensation fund, the barrister representing the company at the inquiry made an anouncement implying that James Hardie would pay full compensation to
James Vassilopoulos
Is this the way to "celebrate humanity": to evict Roma families from where they have been living for 30 years in order to build car parks? To allow poor safety to claim the lives of 13 workers? To launch a major attack on civil
Luke Fomiatti, Sydney
UWS students declared victory after the University of Western Sydney Board of Trustees voted against increasing HECS fees on August 12.
With only two days' notice, 100 students blockaded the secret meeting, which was called
Brainwashed
It's great to see that John Howard hasn't let his long tenure as prime minister change him in any way. He's still as slimy and as slippery as an eel. According to him, the debate before invading Iraq was about whether old Saddam would
John Gauci
Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange have lodged the first ever lawsuit of its kind in a US court. Six victims initially filed the lawsuit against a consortium of petrochemical companies on January 30, however, the Viet Nam Society for
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