BY ROB GRAHAM
ADELAIDE Prime Minister John Howard received a less than friendly welcome when he came to the city on August 23. Hundreds took the opportunity to condemn his government's policies at two separate events.
Howard was first
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Love is Mighty CloseVika and LindaBullbar records
REVIEW BY MOLLY WISHART
Vika and Linda Bull's latest album, Love is Mighty Close, arguably lacks the joie de vivre of earlier recordings, but the songster siblings nevertheless evoke an
BY WALDEN BELLO
The unravelling of the reputations of firms that were once the toast of Wall Street continues and the end is not in sight. But one thing is certain: already fragile prior to Enron, the legitimacy of global capitalism as the dominant
Intelligence only an option
"We will look at all options and we will consider all technologies available to us, and diplomacy and intelligence." George "The Crusader" Bush, August 22, discussing his plans to launch a war on Iraq.
Burning
BY KIM BULLIMORE
Despite claims by the Western media that women are now free in
Afghanistan, women and organisations that support women's rights are still
being targeted by the Northern Alliance-dominated, US-backed government
in Kabul.
BY JODY BETZEIN
In the past few weeks the immigration department has begun sending
letters to those refugees who were first granted temporary protection visas
(TPVs) in late 1999, demanding that they must provide justification for
their
BY KERRYN WILLIAMS
CANBERRA On August 11 the Canberra Times printed dramatically incorrect results from a Telepoll on attitudes to refugees. The report claimed that 18% of respondents voted yes and 71% no to the question, "Should children be
GLASGOW Three-hundred ancillary workers at Glasgow's biggest hospital,
the Royal Infirmary, on August 16 celebrated a sweeping victory over Sodexho,
one of the most powerful multinational corporations in Europe. The company
has been
BY RAJ PATEL
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) recently chartered a ship the Liberty Star to deliver 36,000 tonnes of grain to an estimated 13 million starving people in southern Africa.
The Malawian
CARACAS, August 18 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez today initiated a protest caravan against an August 14 Supreme Court ruling that absolved four senior army officers charged with having participated in the April coup d'etat against him.
To
BY MATT EGAN & TOM FLANAGAN
LISMORE During the last five years, workers at Telstra's directory assistance call centre in Molesworth Street, Lismore, have repeatedly won recognition as the top performing call centre team in their region. One
BY EVA CHENG
Although the World Trade Organisation (WTO) was formed in 1995, its predecessor the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade came into existence in 1948. GATT was part of a three-pronged mechanism created by the United States
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