Media put words in Xanana's mouth
By Jana D.K.
JAKARTA — Two East Javanese newspapers, Surya and Surabaya Pos, both ran articles on June 6 headed "Xanana admits the benefits of East Timorese integration". On the previous day the
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By Peter Boyle
On June 1, finance minister Ralph Willis responded to the latest national accounts figures, which showed that the slow pace of economic growth (0.5% in the March quarter) would not make a dent in the high unemployment rate.
By Peter Boyle
MELBOURNE — Like others who were in the city on August 20-22, 1991, I vividly remember the huge black smoke plume that rose from the Coode Island chemical storage facility, immediately to the west of the city, and arched
Conceived in America
Made in America
Starring Whoopi Goldberg and Ted Danson
Directed by Richard Benjamin
At Village cinemas
Reviewed by Sean Malloy
This is a light-hearted comedy with a very relaxed approach to relationships
CHANTHOU BOUA, a member of the executive committee of the US Campaign to Oppose the Return of the Khmer Rouge, was in Cambodia in January and February. This report on the preparation of the elections first appeared in the May 14 issue of the US
The Coming Out Show: The Cult of the Feminist Personality — Susan Faludi, Naomi Wolfe and Camille Paglia represent a new breed of feminist — publicity seeking and media smart. This show explores how these three women "perform" feminism. What
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — With 52 million people, highly developed industries and enormous agricultural riches, the Ukraine might seem destined to become an economic giant.
But history, not to speak of international lenders and
OAS evades debate on Cuba
By Allen Jennings
MANAGUA — Each and every country in the Americas — including the smallest Caribbean island — is a member of the Organisation of American States (OAS). Whether it be St Kitts-Nevis or the
Koori place names
By Stan Pelczenski
The restoration of Koori place names in the form of dual names is being jeopardised by the Kennett Liberal-National government of Victoria and local councils. The government has already dropped
Mary Angeline Morgan
Mary Angeline Morgan died on May 29, aged 83. She was the last "full-blood" Koori in Victoria. Born at Carrenderk Aboriginal mission near Healesville, where the Great Dividing Range starts just north of Melbourne, she
Wild Pumpkins At Midnight
By Joy McEntee
"So you wear clothes like a radical
and always seem fanatical
put shit on society
complain it's not pragmatical
but you don't do much that's practical
to help fight against the
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — May was a hot month in Lithuania, as striking teachers headed up the largest wage struggles for many decades in the former Soviet republic. An estimated 4000 teachers began walking off the job on May 13 after
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