GLW issue 578, published 2004-04-07.

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TAIWAN: DPP and KMT - tweedledum and tweedledee?

Eva Cheng After five decades of mostly military rule by the Nationalist Party (KMT), a former lawyer and member of the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) — Chen Shui-bian — won Taiwan's second ever presidential election by

News briefs

PERTH — One thousand people rallied in Perth on March 27 to demonstrate their outrage at the assassination of Hamas spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmad Yassin by the Israeli military. The rally, organised by the Muslim community, called for a peaceful

Victoria under Bracks

Bryan Sketchley, Melbourne If any Victorian trade unionist had an inkling that Premier Steve Bracks' Labor government would deliver a half way decent deal for workers, they would, by now be sadly disappointed. With the current round of enterprise

Terrorism v state terror

Rohan Pearce In the imperialist countries such as Australia, people are conditioned to react differently to the violence of the oppressed and the oppressor. So, for example, the March 11 terrorist attacks in Madrid claimed some 200 lives and the
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