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KOSOVA: One year later

NATO troops entered Serbian territory on March 29 — with the full cooperation of the Serbian government of Slobodan Milosevic. Serb and NATO forces jointly searched inside the border zone, allegedly for evidence of Serbian or Albanian

ALP machine dumps MPs

ALP machine dumps MPs BY STAN THOMPSON ADELAIDE — South Australian ALP delegates have dumped three members of parliament during a special Easter convention to pre-select candidates for the next state and federal elections. Former deputy state

PHILIPPINES: Moro human rights appeal

MANILA — The following is abridged from an appeal issued on April 10 by Erwin M. Gaerlan, executive director of the Moro Human Rights Center. The MHRC has been initiating activities to help put a stop to the worsening war situation in Mindanao

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Tax workers reject pay offer MELBOURNE — Community and Public Sector Union members in the Australian Taxation Office have rejected, by an 88% margin, a management pay offer. The offer included a pay rise of 4% per year, conditional on

Alcoa workers locked out

Alcoa workers locked out BY ANTHONY BENBOW PERTH — Five hundred workers at aluminium company Alcoa's operations here have been locked out since early April as part of a union-busting exercise. The workers, members of the Communications,

Perth a city for cars

Perth a city for cars BY ANTHONY BENBOW PERTH — A few years ago I saw a Perth street directory from the early 1960s. A snapshot of a city vastly different from the one of today, it was interesting to see not only the roads of the time, but also

Police attack Joy Mining picket

Police attack Joy Mining picket BY CHRIS LATHAM MOSS VALE — Police forcibly removed people from a picket line at the Joy Mining heavy machinery manufacturing plant on April 27 to allow the removal of the plant's hydraulics workshop equipment.

Live cattle trade blocked

Live cattle trade blocked BY MARGARET SETTER Prompt action by a newly formed alliance between Animal Liberation, the Maritime Union of Australia and the Australasian Meat Industry Employees' Union has, for the moment, defeated plans by Elders

ZIMBABWE: MDC, farm workers Mugabe's real target

ZIMBABWE: MDC, farm workers Mugabe's real target Despite the populist rhetoric of President Robert Mugabe — seemingly bolstered by the criticisms and exaggerations of the British Labour government, the Western mass media and, in Australia,

Herald joins anti-teacher union bashing

BY JOHN GAUCI SYDNEY — In a race to beat its union-bashing Murdoch rival, the Daily Telegraph, the Sydney Morning Herald has served up yet another editorial filled with half-truths and distortions directed at the state's teachers. An April 19

BY JOHN GAUCI