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@9point ADELAIDE — A public meeting on January 31 organised by Australians for Democracy in South Africa heard African National Congress chief representative Ndumiso Ntshinga explain that support is still vital to the victory of the ANC in the
By Pip Hinman Ever fancied yourself as a barefoot foreign correspondent? Spending nights on trains (to save money) on the way to conferences, meeting dignitaries and famous people and being the first to break the lead story. Apart from the
By Liam Mitchell The federal government's promised tax on leaded petrol (super) came into effect on February 1. Launched with a lot of rhetoric about reducing lead levels in the atmosphere, the tax raises the prices of leaded fuel by 2 cents per
Let Bosnia defend itself "What has changed in Yugoslavia above all is that the Bosnians have refused to play their assigned role as victims. From the very beginning, western and particularly British policy has been driven by the view that the
Turkey deports refugees The Turkish government has been deporting refugees from Iran and Iraq back to those countries in recent weeks, according to the Council of Iranian Refugees and Migrants, in Sydney. In addition, says the council, Iranian
By John Denlay Language, according to Chilean economist Professor Manfred Max-Neef, is the mould within which human societies operate. Language is the means by which we describe our perceptions of the world, and our perceptions strongly
Chamarette slams blockade of medicine to Burma WA Greens Senator Christabel Chamarette has spoken out against the Thai government's confiscation of medical supplies intended for ethnic minority groups inside Burma. The supplies were a private
Prince rescued from Bosnian reality By Muris C. SYDNEY — On January 26, as a representative of a Bosnian organisation, I was invited to the lunch given in honour of Prince Charles in the Old Parliament Building, Parramatta Park.
Greenpeace calls for greening of GATT THE HAGUE — As representatives from the US and the European Union met here to begin a round table on environment and trade, Greenpeace on January 27 called on delegates to green the Global Agreement on
By John Nebauer BRISBANE — The Criminal Justice Commission Inquiry into the death of Aboriginal dancer Daniel Yock in police custody on November 7 ,resumed for final submissions on February 3. In his submission counsel for the Yock
By Craig Cormick In October 1992, William the wombat, who had been raised in captivity since his youth, was released into the bush of Victoria. He was wearing a radio tracking collar, provided by the Finnish telecommunications company Nokia, and
By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — How was Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin able to force a sharp change of economic strategy on an obviously reluctant President Yeltsin? The basic explanation is that the strategies of economic