GLW issue 478, published 2002-01-30.

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PORTUGAL: Midwife jailed for performing abortions

BY MARGARET ALLUM A trial of 42 women accused of violating Portugal's strict anti-abortion laws has resulted in a string of convictions, including eight-and-a-half years in prison for Maria do Ceu Ribeiro. Ribeiro, a midwife, was convicted on

UNITED STATES: 'War on terrorism' to go nuclear?

BY NORM DIXON The United States government and military is prepared to exploit the horror of the September 11 mass murders in order to win public acceptance for the use of nuclear weapons in the "war against terrorism" and "rogue states". A report

Museworthy: Sleeping Child

Make the night your bodyDark child of the chest,how not to clutchthe face to your neck?Symbol of the war,the wonder, the ruin,can this gloryof a thousand black thingsbe born nowin your one last raidon the night?Whisper, day,to the basket droppedat

Refugees' freedom protest gains support

BY SARAH STEPHEN Guards daily tell detained asylum seekers to return to their countries and try to screen phone calls to prevent detainees speaking to the media. Asylum seekers who had stitches forcibly removed from their lips reinserted them. An
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