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Vietnamese statement

Vietnamese statement The Vietnamese Foreign Ministry replied promptly to the charges regarding the three former Vietnamese soldiers. A spokesperson said that "UNTAC itself and Prince Norodom Sihanouk himself have more than once confirmed

Call for independent monitor on custody

Call for independent monitor on custody The National Committee to Defend Black Rights has called for two strategies dealing with black deaths in custody to be immediately implemented by the government. NCDBR wants full and immediate

Special street theatre

MELBOURNE — Young people lined up to "limbo" under a symbolic "poverty line" at a special street theatre organised by the youth group Resistance in Bourke Street Mall on March 10. Paul Keating and John Hewson, in full electioneering mode, kept

Flaws in the film of Malcolm X

By Max Lane A recent Newsweek poll found that 84% of African-Americans between the ages of 15 and 24 consider Malcolm X a hero. Spike Lee's film is obviously meant to reinforce this view. In too many ways, however, it fails. Most radical

The language of subversion

Two Interpretations From Central Park By Graeme Merry Visions and Voices Publications Reviewed by Peter Salisbury It will probably not be very long before the death of poetry is announced, in the same way as the death of the novel was

Russia's environmental problems worsen

By Irina Glushchenko MOSCOW — When perestroika began, the environmental movement in the USSR grew strongly. But the movement has tended to die away as anger at the damage wrought by the old order was swamped by the difficulties of surviving

Which way to a democratic South Africa?

Following bilateral discussions between the African National Congress and the National Party government in February, a multiparty preparatory conference was held on the weekend of March 6-7. The 26 political organisations present agreed to open

Indonesia defeated over East Timor at UN

Indonesia defeated over East Timor at UN The Indonesian government suffered a major defeat at the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva on March 11, as 22 member states voted in favour of a resolution on East Timor. The

Nuclear reactor plan under fire

Nuclear reactor plan under fire By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Conservationists have condemned a proposal by mining giant MIM to build a nuclear reactor at Mount Isa, capable not only of conducting research but of generating 20 to 50

Women in prison

Women in prison Convicted SBS documentary in the Cutting Edge series Tuesday, March 23, 8.30 p.m. (8 p.m. in Adelaide) Reviewed by Kath Tucker "When you imprison a woman, you imprison her children." Eighty per cent of women in

Loose cannons

Genuine "He is the duly elected president of Russia and a genuine democrat." — US President Bill Clinton, explaining why he will support Boris Yeltsin if the latter dissolves the Russian parliament and institutes emergency rule. In all

Youth report 'misses the mark'

Youth report 'misses the mark' By Sean Malloy A recent report titled A Living Wage by the Australian Youth Policy and Action Coalition and State and Territory Youth Affairs Councils and Networks (STYACN) has angered young people in its