BY ROLAND SHEPPARD
SAN FRANCISCO - On August 14, the northeastern United States experienced its most extensive power blackout ever. The cause, according to US President George Bush's statement on August 15, was the "antiquated system". He might
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Free speech victory
I refer you to the fight I had with the Greater Taree City Council concerning my permission to have a stall in the CBD of Taree some months ago, and my permission to sell 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly and hand out leaflets.
Since then, I
BY SARAH STEPHEN
@Five-year-old Tania Singh was born in Australia in 1998, a year after her parents arrived from India seeking asylum. She has never been to India and speaks no Hindi. She goes to kindergarten and loves cricket. Yet she will be
BY BARRY SHEPPARD
SAN FRANCISCO — The October 7 election to decide on whether Californian Governor Gray Davis should be recalled continues to generate more interest than recent elections. People throughout the state are registering to vote in
BY BARNARD BUSOOA
The University of Western Sydney Bankstown Students' Association has recently been informed by the university admnistration that it will soon cease to exist. It will become part of a centralised entity partly owned by the
WASHINGTON — The following statement was issued on September 5 by International Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (ANSWER) and United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ) on September 5 to announce that they have joined forces to call on all those who
BY GRAHAM WILLIAMS
BALLARAT — Workers employed by the McCains frozen foods company, one of the largest employers in Western Victoria, last week reached an "in principle" enterprise agreement after an industrial dispute that lasted more than six
WTO: bad policies or imperialist tool?
The World Trade Organisation: An Australian GuideProduced by Global Trade Watch40 pages, 2003, Distributed freeDownload from <http://www.greenpeace.org.au/corporate/pdfs/wto.pdf> or email
BY BARRY SHEPPARD
SAN FRANCISCO — On September 3, five of the candidates hoping to replace the Democrats' Gray Davis as governor of California, should he be recalled on October 7, took part in a nationally televised debate. The five were selected
BY JAMES BALOWSKI
JAKARTA — As many as 100 women have been raped since martial law was declared in Indonesia's northern-most province of Aceh on May 19. A report, evaluating the first 100 days of Jakarta's so-called "integrated operation" to
BY ANTHONY JAMES
FRAY BARTOLOME DE LAS CASAS, Guatemala — The World Bank anticipates that poverty will continue to worsen in the majority of the world for at least the next generation. In the rural north of Guatemala, in Central America, 75% of
BY AMEER SHAHUL
BANGALORE — A major controversy is brewing in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh over the proposed mining of uranium deposits near a remote village in Nalgonda district. Environmental groups and the local community have
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