GLW issue 535, published 2003-04-23.

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ATTAC Australia launched

BY IGGY KIM SYDNEY — More than 100 people attended the launch of ATTAC (Action for a Tobin Tax to Assist the Citizen) Australia on April 9 at the Newtown Neighbourhood Centre. The Tobin Tax is a 1% levy on all international currency transactions

SYRIA: What's behind US threats?

BY DOUG LORIMER After several weeks of accusations from the White House and the Pentagon against the Syrian government of President Bashar al Assad — ominously similar to those used by Washington to justify its invasion of Iraq — on April 17 US

Loose Cannons

Hoping another US invasion? "So, they [US officials] haven't been able to confirm reports he [Saddam Hussein] was taken to Tikrit, and then Mosul, and then hopefully to Syria." — Multi-millionaire NBC Today Show host Katie Curic, April 10. He

Afghan refugee family fights to stay

BY SARAH STEPHEN Mohib and Fatima Sarwari and their four children were arrested by police at their home in Launceston, Tasmania, on December 5 and taken to the Baxter detention centre. Their 'crime"? They failed to correctly notify the immigration
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