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CUBA: Dissidents funded by US government

BY ROBERTO JORQUERA At an April 8 press conference in Havana, Cuban foreign minister Felipe Perez Roque presented vouchers, bank receipts and photos demonstrating the truth behind the charges against 75 dissidents found guilty of conspiring with

Ruddock sends Iraqis back to hell

BY SARAH STEPHEN With chaos, violence and a humanitarian crisis in Iraq, the Australian government is wasting no time in preparing to send Iraqi refugees home. Immigration minister Philip Ruddock told Channel Nine's Sunday program on April 13 that

May Day activities 2003

Adelaide: Speakout against the occupation of Iraq. 12.30pm, Thu May 1. Rundle Mall, city. Organised by the Socialist Alliance. For more info, phone (08) 8231 6982. Join Socialist Alliance's contingent to the unions' May Day Rally for Peace. 10am,

Court declares limits on detention

BY SARAH STEPHEN On April 15, the full bench of the Federal Court found that the government has limited powers to detain asylum seekers, and cannot detain them indefinitely as they await deportation. The court found that, in order to

UNITED STATES: Washington boosts biowarfare research

BY RIK WILSON Even as the administration of US President George Bush was waging war with Iraq in order to "disarm" its regime of as-yet-discovered chemical and biological weapons, Washington continued to implement a US$6 billion-plus expansion of

PALESTINE: US, Australia defend Israel's 'mass killing'

The United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) on April 15 condemned Israel for its “mass killing” of Palestinians and its construction of illegal settlements in the occupied territories. The United States government was the only

CFMEU's Kingham: 'We need broad support'

BY VANNESSA HEARMAN Martin Kingham is the Victorian secretary of the construction and general division of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU). On April 29, he will face charges in the Melbourne Magistrates Court,

Afghan refugee family fights to stay

BY SARAH STEPHEN Mohib and Fatima Sarwari and their four children were arrested by police at their home in Launceston, Tasmania, on December 5 and taken to the Baxter detention centre. Their 'crime"? They failed to correctly notify the immigration

2 million march against US-led war

BY NORM DIXON & BARRY SHEPPARD Even as the world's corporate media was declaring the end of the “Iraq war”, on April 12 as many as 2 million people mobilised across the globe to oppose the US-led invasion and occupation of Iraq. In