GLW issue 555, published 2003-09-24.

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WEST PAPUA: Papuans 'marginalised in our own country'

BY MAX LANE JAKARTA — There was little doubt about what feelings dwell in the heart of Negro Alpius Kogoyo, head of the Lani tribe of Mimika and commander of the Peoples Opposed to the Division of Papua. Kogoyo was in Jakarta to lobby the

Liberal senator accused of bigotry

BY BILL MASON BRISBANE — Queensland Liberal senator Brett Mason has been accused of being a "dummy-spitting bigot", after he criticised the acknowledgment of traditional land owners at citizenship ceremonies. Mason used a citizenship day speech

Ernest Howard Gare

BY ROBYN MARSHALL Ernie Gare died on August 17 at the age of 86. He was a member of the Communist Party of Australia from 1941 until the party dissolved itself in 1992, and a sympathiser of the Democratic Socialist Party thereafter. Ernie's

PALESTINE: Why Israel and US want Arafat 'removed'

BY AHMAD NIMER As the current Palestinian uprising enters its fourth year, many commentators appear puzzled by the duration and tenacity of the intifada (meaning "shaking off"). If the intifada was "orchestrated" by Palestinian Authority (PA)
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