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By Nadeem Ansari On August 28, the Pakistan government introduced a bill — the Fifteenth Amendment Bill — to the National Assembly to amend the constitution to make Islamic law the supreme law of Pakistan. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, speaking
Anti-racism fund off to great start By Wendy Robertson The Resistance Anti-racism Campaign Fund has received a big "kick-start" with a $1000 donation from a Brisbane supporter. "Courage is our banner. Whenever injustice exists, we will stand
WELLINGTON, NZ — The crisis for right-wing political parties in New Zealand deepened last month when the deputy prime minister, Winston Peters, and a number of other New Zealand First MPs walked out of cabinet over the sale of the Wellington
Pakistan Labour Party condemns bill Following is an abridged version of the text of a statement issued by the general secretary of Pakistan's Labour Party, Farooq Tariq, about the Pakistan government's Fifteenth Amendment Bill. The Fifteenth
By Sue Boland "Get ready for class war", wrote Sydney Morning Herald columnist Paul Sheehan in response to the release of the Labor Party's tax package. This theme was continued by other columnists and by Prime Minister John Howard. Howard told the
By Peter Montague An International Joint Commission (IJC) was created by treaty between the US and Canada in 1909, to resolve problems in the Great Lakes. Since 1972, the IJC has been working aggressively to improve water quality in the lakes, with