The making of Pregnant Woman 2002Queensland Art Gallery, Melbourne St, South BrisbaneMarch 12 - June 5Free admission
REVIEW BY LYNDA HANSEN
The first time I heard about Pregnant Woman 2002 was on the lifestyle show Brisbane Extra. Apparently the
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On March 20, the Royal Society released the results of its government-sponsored review of genetically modified winter seed oil crops, concluding that wildlife and the environment would suffer if the crops were allowed to be grown. According to the
Allen Myers, Ho Chin Minh City
The most commonly used addictive drug in Vietnam is heroin, according to officials of the Nhi Xuan rehabilitation centre for drug addicts. The centre is one of eight managed by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union
The Black Meteor — The arrival of a black South African soccer player to a small Dutch town challenges racism and small-mindedness. SBS, Monday, April 11, 11pm.
Cutting Edge: Al-Qaeda in Europe — In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, the locus
Jo Williams, Melbourne
On February 18, supporters of Green Left Weekly packed 250 people into the Brunswick Town Hall for the annual Comedy Debate fundraiser with Rod Quantock. As with the previous three comedy debates, the Moreland City Council
In mid-May, the British immigration department rejected a visa application from Tamil Sri Lankan Theivanai Balanchandran, who is willing and able to donate a kidney to her desperately ill British daughter-in-law Suthakaran Lalitharani. Lalitharani
Stuart Munckton
The Venezuelan government headed by President Hugo Chavez repeatedly accused the US government of planning a "new aggression" against Venezuela, including a plot to assassinate Chavez, despite pro-Chavez forces winning nine national
Annolies Truman, Perth
Ram Seegobin, a leader of the Mauritian socialist organisation Lalit (meaning "struggle" in Creole) addressed a meeting here on March 30 and spoke at a Fremantle showing of The Control Room on April 1. The meetings were
RickyBy Ricky TomlinsonTime Warner, 2004448 pages, $24.95 (pb)
REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON
"A window got broke, a door frame got knocked over and a couple of walls were toppled. Some guy slipped off scaffolding and sprained an ankle. Another claimed a
Andrew Hall, Bundanoon
Rural Australians for Refugees (RAR), the movement of grassroots rural and regional refugee supporters, now has 90 groups in towns across Australia.
Ninety members and supporters gathered at RAR's 2001 birthplace in
Lee Sustar, Chicago
A mass uprising that chased the authoritarian president of Kyrgyzstan out of his country on March 24 went beyond Washington's scripted "people power revolutions" in the republics of the former USSR. But newly empowered
Seventy people attended an all-day trade union seminar organised by the group Union Solidarity on March 19. The highlight was a panel on the lessons of the 1998 maritime dispute featuring Kevin Bracken, secretary of the Victorian branch of the
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