BY DOUG LORIMER
"It is not Vietnam, and there is no way you can make the comparison", Lieutenant-General Ricardo Sanchez, the top US general in Iraq, snapped at a reporter during a November 11 Pentagon press briefing in Baghdad. The reporter had
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BY JOHN FRAME
An acclaimed documentary film-maker, Arthur Dong has released his first DVD project. The three-disc collection is titled Stories from the War on Homo Sexuality, and contains three of Dong's feature-length films: Coming Out Under Fire
BY NICK FREDMAN
The Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement (AUSFTA) currently being negotiated between Canberra and Washington has been criticised as attacking the interests of working people and the environment. However, much of the
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From 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly, December 10, 2003.
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SYDNEY — The Australian Arabic Communities Council (AACC) has criticised the decision of the NSW government's Powerhouse Museum to remove parts of the Treasures of Palestine exhibition following representations by pro-Israel organisations.
It was
BY TOM FLANAGAN
LISMORE — One-hundred-and-fifty people gathered in Lismore's City Hall on December 4 to demand the retention and extension of rail services in the region. Organised by Northern Rivers Trains for the Future, the meeting called for
BY AARON BENEDEK& MEGAN CONNOR
SYDNEY — Fifty workers at the Insulation Solutions factory in the western suburb of Lidcombe went on strike on November 28. It was in response to more than four months of management opposition to their demand for a
BY SARAH STEPHEN
In the two months after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, University of NSW academic Kevin Dunn compiled a study on racism in Australia. More than half of the 5000 people surveyed said that they would be concerned about a relative
BY JORGE JORQUERA
What would people think of Ernesto "Che" Guevara if he were around today? This leader of the 1959 Cuban revolution was anything but a moderate. He believed with extreme passion in the beautiful possibilities of humankind. Many
BY PATRICK BOND
JOHANNESBURG — On November 19, the African National Congress (ANC) government finally conceded that it must begin providing anti-retroviral (ARV) medicines to hundreds of thousands of people who are HIV-positive. Activists hope
BY KAMAL EMANUEL
LAUNCESTON — Woodchip exports from Tasmania have passed the five million tonne mark for the first time — a 13% increase on last year — according to annual port records obtained by the Hobart Mercury.
Report the finding on
BY BILL MASON
BRISBANE — Conservation organisations have backed plans to ban fishing on around a third of the Great Barrier Reef as a major step forward. Legislation tabled in federal parliament on December 3 will create the largest network of
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