Leigh Hughes & Ana Hanson
You may have never heard of Hugo Chavez, you may not know the politics of Simon Bolivar, and you might be lucky even to name the capital of Venezuela. That's because they're parts of a story that Australia's
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Jody Betzien
Five men have been charged in the Rockhampton Magistrates Court over the shooting injury of two Aboriginal youths in Rockhampton on January 26, "Australia Day". In separate incidents, a 13-year-old boy and 15-year-old girl are alleged
SYDNEY — Sydney Archbishop Dr Peter Jensen is spearheading a conservative call within the Anglican Church to declare same-sex practices a sin. He also defended his church's "obsession" with sexuality, according to the February 3 Sydney Morning
The US-based Human Rights Watch has criticised the US government for aligning itself with Iran and Zimbabwe in an anti-gay vote in the United Nations. The US and other countries voted to deny UN consultative status at a meeting in late January to any
Amy McDonell
You might remember, some two-and-a-half years ago, US President George Bush standing triumphantly on the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln, announcing the "end of major combat operations" in Iraq. According to Bush, Iraq was a free
Adam Hanieh
Hamas' landslide victory in the January 25 elections for the 132-seat Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) is an unprecedented turning point for politics in both Palestine and the broader Middle East. For the first time since the
Kathy Newnam
More than 40 people gathered at the "Let's get seditious" forum at Groove Cafe on January 28, to hear from speakers challenging the federal Coalition government's new anti-sedition laws.
Anti-war campaigner Emma King spoke about the
Kerryn Williams
On February 2, Venezuela's socialist president Hugo Chavez announced in a television speech that the US embassy's naval attache Captain John Correa was expelled from Venezuela. According to a February 3 Venezuelanalysis.com report,
ExxonMobil made some US$36 billion in 2005 — the largest profits ever recorded by a US corporation — generated at the expense of the environment, human rights and workers' rights around the world. The ExxposeExxon.com campaign has responded with
REVIEW BY SARAH STEPHEN
Papers Of a Dead Man7.30pm, Friday February 24Performance Space, Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts420 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley, BrisbanePhone bookings $19/$24, (07) 3872 9000 (noon-4pm, Mon-Fri)Online
Sarah Stephen, Sydney
On January 31, 47-year-old former Afghan diplomat Naqib Ahmed Noori was released from Villawood detention centre after six years and four months of imprisonment.
Noori, a former member of the People's Democratic Party of
Laws are being introduced in Victoria to allow children as young as 10 to be strip-searched in public by police of the opposite sex without the knowledge of the children's parents. The Terrorist (Community Protection) (Amendment) Bill 2005 will be
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