GLW issue 226, published 1996-04-03.

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4000 Indonesian workers and students rally

By James Balowski On the morning of March 27, more than 4000 workers from the Barindo, Daimaster and Nesiyo companies, joined by students from the People's Democratic Union (PRD), marched to the Jatim local parliament in East Java. They were

* Yeltsin frees land sales as rural collapse continues

By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — As Russian agriculture continues to collapse, President Boris Yeltsin has tried to salvage rural support by ordering drastic changes in the country's land tenure system. A decree of March 7 sets in place a new Land

... and ain't i a woman? Domestic violence

Domestic violence On March 21, Jean Lennon was shot by her ex-husband outside the Family Court in Parramatta, Sydney. She died within hours from bullet wounds to the head and abdomen. The custody case regarding their four

Loose cannons

Consumer resistance "Paying somewhere in the order of $10,000 to guarantee an Olympic seat is going to turn a lot of people off the idea of attending." — Dr Rob Hall, director of the Centre for Visitor Studies, on a poll which showed
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