After the Australian Jewish News decided on March 11 to pull a paid advertisement for the upcoming lecture tour by Professor Jeff Halper of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, the Emanuel Synagogue, which had agreed to have Halper speak to a class of 12 people, suddenly withdrew its invitation.
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The legal battle for gay marriage rights in California may have suffered another setback. The California Supreme Court looks unlikely to overturn the state鈥檚 anti-same-sex marriage legislation, Proposition 8, following a session on March 5 regarding the legality of the amendment.
More than 49 of the 133 Tamil civilians killed inside a "safe zone" by Sri Lankan Army shelling on March 10 were children and 16 of them were children below the age of three.
US imperialism鈥檚 war of terror and solidarity with Palestine will be big features of the World at a Crossroads conference to be held in Sydney from April 10-12.
On March 3, thousands rallied outside the headquarters of the Association of Mexican Banks (AMB), in the centre of Mexico City, to denounce speculation, bank fees and the national government麓s response to the economic crisis.
鈥淲e鈥檝e got two goals in the G20", US President Barack Obama said of the approaching London summit of finance ministers and central bank governors from 19 of the world鈥檚 largest national economies plus the European Union. 鈥淭he first is to revive the capitalist system and the second is to agree on new regulations to save capitalism from itself.鈥
More than 300,000 people poured into the streets of San Salvador on March 7, for the closing rally of the campaign for Mauricio Funes, the left-wing Farabundo Marti National Liberation鈥檚 (FMLN) presidential candidate for the March 15 elections.
Under a scheme about to be rolled out by the Rudd government, Aboriginal communities living in remote parts of Australia will be forced to bargain for access to public housing by surrendering control of their land for at least 40 years.
After 8000 km on the road with 100 vehicles and 500 volunteers, the passage of the Viva Palestina convoy into Gaza City brought out thousands of jubilant Palestinians to celebrate the latest breakthrough against Israeli oppression.
The Fair Work Bill (FWB) being decided in the Senate will be weakened by Labor鈥檚 deal with the opposition and independent senators, which further delivers the corporate agenda to undermine gains for workers鈥 rights.
The killing of two British soldiers and a Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) officer by Irish republicans opposed to the peace process have threatened to destabilise the political situation in the six counties in the north of Ireland still claimed by Britain.
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