By Liang Guosheng
"We have advanced technology as well as experienced construction teams. The difficulty is how to resettle over 1.2 million evacuees."
So runs a remark attributed to Chinese Premier Li Peng, published in the Chinese Daily
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Indonesian activist speaks
By Anthony Benbow
PERTH — Dita Sari, general secretary of the Indonesian Centre for Working Class Struggle (PPBI) was here last week as a guest of the International Women's Day Collective.
"Women of the
By Malik Miah
The FBI asks us to believe the following story: Last [northern] summer Qubilah Bahiyah Shabazz, Malcolm X's second oldest daughter, seeks out an old high school friend she hasn't seen in 16 years to carry out an assassination. Her
Criticism of Pasminco expansion inquiry
By Kamala Emanuel
and Shane Bentley
NEWCASTLE — A commission of inquiry, into a proposed $47 million upgrade of the Boolaroo Pasminco smelter, heard criticism on March 16 of a blood-lead survey
Dirty deeds, words and permissive silence
By Brandon Astor Jones
"I have a very dear friend who is Burmese. She and her family have been here since she was two years old ... Paul and I were horrified when she told us ... that almost every
The United Nations Environment Program on March 2 released nine reports detailing significant destruction of the Earth's protective ozone shield. UNEP scientists also recommended ways to limit ozone layer loss.
The elimination of methyl bromide,
By Joan Coxsedge and Gerry Harant
On February 20, the ABC screened a docu-drama dealing with an explosion which took place outside a Sydney hotel in the early hours of Monday, February 13, 1978. The Hilton, main venue for the Commonwealth Heads
By Tony Iltis
CANBERRA — Following elections which gave a parliamentary majority to neither major party, ACT Liberal leader Kate Carnell has formed a minority government.
The Liberals won seven of the 17 seats in the ACT Legislative
Fight continues against school closure
By Adam Hanieh
ADELAIDE — More than 100 angry people packed the school hall of Port Adelaide Girls High on March 15 to hear education minister Rob Lucas attempt to justify the closure of the school.
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — March 11 marked three months since federal Russian forces pushed into the rebellious republic of Chechnya in the north Caucasus region. At the time, Russian defence minister General Pavel Grachev boasted that a
Fight continues over agency bargaining
By Phil Shannon
CANBERRA — Community and Public Sector Union delegates and members in the Commonwealth Department of Human Services and Health (HSH) in the ACT are opposing certification of the
By Dave Wright
Polls indicate that Labor and Liberals are running neck and neck in the New South Wales election on March 25. Minor party preferences could decide the outcome, in particular in key marginal seats and the upper house. For this
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