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Marg Hutton Less than five years after surviving the horrific sinking of SIEVX, Amal Basry lost her three-year battle with breast cancer. She passed away in the presence of her son Rami and daughter-in-law Daniella on March 18. Amal and Rami were
Ben Courtice, Melbourne Australian climate and refugee policy was condemned by British professor Norman Myers, an expert on global warming issues, in his address to a seminar in Melbourne on the topic of environmental refugees on March 21.
Nicole Colson Just how far will the Bush administration go to railroad Zacarias Moussaoui? Moussaoui is the only person to be charged in the US in connection with the September 11 attacks. Although he admits to being an al Qaeda member, he denies
Graham Matthews Under regulations that will give effect to the Work Choices legislation, employers will be able to pay wages below the minimum wage, so long as the workers' average wage over the year reaches the minimum. This provision, along with
Pip Hinman Dr Hugh Tyndale-Biscoe, a marsupial biologist employed by the CSIRO for 20 years until 1995, is one of a growing number of critics of the way the CSIRO handles the balance between its private and public research. He is also critical of
SYDNEY — The new Coalition for Justice and Peace in Palestine will be launched on April 2 at the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) offices in Lidcombe, Palestinian activist and CJPP convener Jamal Daoud told Green Left Weekly
James Balowski, Jakarta On March 16, left-wing Acehnese political activists publicly launched the Acehnese Peoples Party Preparatory Committee (KP-PRA), which they hope will provide the basis for establishing the first local political party. The
Doug Lorimer Almost two-thirds of Australians want all Australian troops to be withdrawn from Iraq immediately or no later than May, a telephone poll of 500 randomly selected Australians conducted from March 10-13 found. Australia was one the
Sue Bolton, Melbourne In the last issue of Green Left Weekly, union leaders from NSW and Queensland explained why their unions support the national day of action called by the ACTU for June 28. This week, Victorian union leaders explain why a big
Survival International reported on March 22 that at least 15 Bushmen in the New Xade resettlement camp have died suddenly of unknown causes since the start of the year. A further three are in a critical condition. Gaseitsiwe Gaorapelwe, who was
On March 5, the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's government announced a new joint venture to help reduce transport costs in FMLN-governed municipalities. Part of the alternative Latin American
On March 23, around 500 members of the Mehdiganj community, near Varanasi in northern India, began an indefinite vigil against a Coca-Cola bottling plant. The protesters are vowing to maintain the vigil until the plant is permanently shut down,