UNITED STATES: Nike cuts support to universities
Footwear and sports clothing giant Nike has cut millions of dollars in sponsorship money to three prominent US universities. The universities claim the move is in retaliation for their support for
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Murdoch students fight course cuts
BY GRANT COLEMAN
PERTH — Students have reacted angrily to plans by Murdoch University vice-chancellor Steven Schwartz to cut course and staff numbers. They have begun a series of protest actions in the lead up
UNITED STATES: March for immigrant amnesty
NEW YORK — Nearly 3000 people marched on May 1 in New York City to demand a general amnesty for undocumented immigrants and better conditions for all workers. The march was part of a national day of
Looking out: It diminishes all people
BY BRANDON ASTOR JONES
"True music ... must repeat the thought and inspirations of the people and the time." — George Gershwin, 18981937 The achievements of bandmaster and composer John Philip Sousa
Networker: Looking for love
In just a matter of hours the "love bug" computer virus swept across the world on May 4, causing a claimed $10 billion damage. Computer users internationally received email messages declaring love. The user just had to
Workers rally against Telstra fat cats
BY CLARA CONNOLLY
BRISBANE — Fifty Telstra workers rallied outside the telecommunications giants' Roma Street offices on May 10 to protest against 10,000 planned redundancies and the scheduled
Special fund appeal for a special issue
Progresibo, the socialist unity paper in the Philippines, needs to help build a solidarity campaign in support of the Bangsa Moro peoples, who are facing a 200,000-strong Philippines army assault on their
Lucas Heights reactor shutdown: mum's the word
BY JIM GREEN
SYDNEY — Information leaked by technicians working for the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) has revealed that Australian medical science could get along
Before dawn on May 4, some 300 US federal agents — backed by a large Marine presence offshore — began clearing protesters from the US Navy's bombing ranges on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques. The agents removed 216 protesters from the 14
Domestic violence program debated
By Emma Webb and Kathy Newnam
ADELAIDE — A trial project targeting repeat domestic violence offenders is under way in the Port Adelaide and Adelaide south coast areas. The 12-month trial gives increased powers
Old CDS needed for East Timor
Old CDs needed for East Timor
The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union in Sydney is collecting old CDs for East Timor's only community radio station, Voice of Hope.
The appeal was launched at a
Serial satirist captured
Double Disillusion: Musings from a Rebel ComicBy Rod QuantockLothian Books, 1999229 pp., $19.95 (pb) By Phil Shannon
Inspector Mastiff of the Yarra turned up the collar of his gabardine coat as the wind whistled with
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