The 40th Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) took place in Cairns on August 5 and 6.
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Anyone with a basic sense of humanity can take heart from the fact that 2DayFM radio host Kyle Sandilands lost his lucrative $1 million contract to judge Australian Idol.
In June, several Melanesian community groups met in Madang, Papua New Guinea, to create a land defence group. The Melanesian Indigenous Land Defence Alliance (MILDA) will coordinate efforts in the region to help traditional families maintain control over their own land.
MELBOURNE 鈥 On August 11, the Ambulance Employees Association (AEA) secured an agreement for Victoria paramedics with the ALP state government that will deliver a 10-hour rest break and better wages.
Garrett's a hypocrite
As a longtime anti-nuclear and anti-uranium campaigner, former state coordinator of the Nuclear Disarmament Party (Tasmania) and other organisations, I write to publicly express my utter disgust with Peter Garrett and the
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The following statement is from the Socialist Alliance national executive in response to the Senate rejection of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme.
Vestas workers ended their 18-day occupation of Britain鈥檚 last remaining wind turbine factory on August 6, declaring their fight to be 鈥渏ust the start鈥 of a mass campaign for green jobs.
The article below is abridged from an August 11 open letter from Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to the Union of South American Nations (Unasur) meeting in Quito, Ecuador. The full letter can be found at . It was translated by Kiraz Janicke.
What is the smart thing to do when you are travelling through a major international transport hub and are asked to 鈥渟tep this way鈥 by someone in a uniform or a Marks and Spencers suit to answer a few questions while they rummage through your luggage?
If combating climate change is left up to the governments of the world鈥檚 wealthy nations, much of humanity is likely done for.
Fatah, the dominant party in the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) and which controls the Palestinian Authority (PA) in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, held its sixth general conference in Bethlehem over August 4-6.
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