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Toot this and toot that I think it goes like this: everything passes, everything changes, everything dies. Except in the original French, it had a line of toutes in it — being, as it were, a French thing to say. But my linguistic skills are
By Robert Milne DARWIN — On May 12, an unemployed homeless man was sentenced to 12 months' jail for the theft of a baby towel valued at $15. Kevin Anthony Cook took the towel from the backyard of a house on April 15 to use for a blanket because
Wiranto: 'No gatherings of the masses!' By Max Lane On June 25, the Jakarta daily newspaper Kompas quoted the minister of defence and commander in chief of the armed forces (TNI), General Wiranto, as stating that the government would
Anti-GST rallies around the country Thirty people attended an anti-GST rally organised by the Greens at parliament in Canberra on June 21, Karen Burns reports. Several speakers addressed them on the GST's impact. Greens Senator Bob Brown said that
Thousands rally against forest agreement By Martin Schenke BRISBANE — A 3000-strong crowd rallied in King George Square on June 14 to oppose the state government's regional forest agreement (RFA). The rally was organised by the Wilderness
Telstra Rather than being progressively sold off Telstra should be restored to full public ownership. Finance can be obtained from the Reserve Bank. Ideally, compensation for higher income earners should not exceed 25 percent of stock value. If
Fight to save Sydney bushland By Lachlan Malloch SYDNEY — Residents and concerned environmentalists are vigorously protesting against the destruction of a large section of beautiful bushland in the Manly Dam catchment area in Sydney's northern
A conflict created by chauvinist intellectuals Kosovo: A Short HistoryBy Noel MalcolmPaperMac, 1998 Review by Michael Cooke This book provides historical background to current events in the Balkans. Malcolm's work is even-handed, judicious and
Dirty Dozen pesticides: banned but still traded A review of recent US exports of the Pesticide Action Network's "Dirty Dozen" pesticides indicates that a national ban is not sufficient to prevent a pesticide from entering a country. According to US
Latest on Indonesian elections The Joint Media and Operations Centre in Jakarta, which has been monitoring the Indonesian vote count, has estimated the final vote for the major parties to be: Megawati Sukarnoputri's Indonesian Democratic
China, Taiwan and Hong Kong: growing integration and joint struggle HONG KONG — AU Loong YU is a leader of a small socialist group, Pioneer, formed in the early 1980s from a split in the now defunct Revolutionary Marxist League (RML). It
In need "[Kosova]'s going to be like Bosnia or Cambodia. There will be almost as many foreigners trying to help as those who need it. And they will need restaurants and bars and brothels, and this place will never be the same." — A UN official,