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The "guardians of law" with batons of "democracy" indiscriminately beat the S11 protest marchers, to maintain "law & order" by brutality. In reality, it was an attempt to denigrate the image of S11 activists, presenting them not
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PRAGUE — More than 11,000 police, mostly in riot units, will be deployed on city streets during the IMF and World Bank meeting. They will be assisted in their tasks by more than 1600 troops.
The Czech troops will deploy six armoured personnel
BY GRAHAM WILLIAMS
GEELONG — Production workers at the Godfrey Hirst carpet factory here have voted to accept a company offer of a 5% pay rise over 11 months, after a successful industrial campaign involving work bans, 24- and 48-hour strikes and
DILI — The newest addition to East Timor's political landscape was declared formally at the National Council of Timorese Resistance headquarters on September 20: the Social Democratic Party (PSD).
The founders and key leaders of the PSD are
Personal and insecure
By Greg Harris
Bluetooth is the new buzz word in the network world. This is a standard
endorsed by dozens of the world's largest computer corporations. It allows
two computerised devices near each other to
BY ALEX BAINBRIDGE
HOBART — The state Labor government has a plan to close schools in Tasmania, disguised by the promise that "no school will be forced to close". The value of this promise is revealed by the dispute that has erupted over the plan
Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Sunday, 9-11pm. Ph 9565 5522.
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HYDERABAD — A rally on September 17 demanded the reinstatement of sacked workers at different sugar mills in Sind. The rally, organised by Labour Party Pakistan, started from Beldia Chouk and ended at the Hyderabad Press club building.
More than
During television coverage of the Olympic Games, the first of three US-only Nike advertisements aired. US TV viewer Brian Anastasi described one of the ads on the AriseAction email discussion list: "[It opens] with a woman taking her shirt off,
BY STEPHEN O'BRIEN
NEWCASTLE — The Che Guevara sign, which hangs at the front of Newcastle's new Resistance Centre, was formally switched on on September 22.
Abelardo Cueto Sosa, a member of the International Relations Department of the Central
The Ministry of Information and security forces of the Iranian government have summoned the president of the Saqqez bakers' union, Mahmoud Salehi, back to prison.
Last year, Salehi and four other members of the union were imprisoned for four months
BY BILL NEVINS
TAOS, New Mexico — John Trudell, founder/leader of the American Indian Movement (AIM) in the 1970s, is now a movie star (Thunderheart and Smoke Signals), a recording artist (with albums Graffiti Man and his latest, Blue Indians),
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