GLW issue 305, published 1998-02-11.

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Nicaraguan Indians under threat from logging

"What will be left of Nicaragua when SOLCARSA is finished with it? Nothing more than a huge desert. How is it possible that our precious ancestral forests are being converted into plywood?" — Gilda Aburto, Nicaraguan journalist. The World Bank is

Democrats, Greens may support Liberals

By Russell Pickering CANBERRA — The Australian Democrats and the Greens have so far refused to rule out backing a Liberal minority government after the February 21 ACT election. After the last ACT election, the Greens and independents Michael

Wharfies: 'Now it is time to fight'

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NFF: using farmers' funds to aid big business

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