GLW issue 585, published 2004-06-09.

Loose cannons

World leader "Mental illnesses including anxiety disorders and depression are common and undertreated in many countries, both developed and developing, with the highest rate found in the United States." — June 2 Associated Press report on the

We can avert a refugee crisis

Cam Walker World Refugee Day, marked on June 20, is a chance to acknowledge both the plight and the courage of refugees. It could also be a day for reflection on another looming crisis: the beginning of a new wave of refugees fleeing human-induced

IRAQ: US still calls the shots

Doug Lorimer The selection of Iyad Allawi as prime minister of the Iraqi "interim government" is a clear demonstration that Washington has no intention of relinquishing its control over Iraq on June 30. Allawi was selected as Iraq's new PM on May

Jack Roche: Terrorist or scapegoat for ASIO failures?

Dale Mills On June 1, former taxi driver and factory worker Jack Roche became the first person in Australia to be imprisoned as a "terrorist", after pleading guilty to involvement in an al Qaeda plot to bomb the Israeli embassy in Canberra.

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Australian News

Close the detention centres: house a refugee

Sarah Stephen, Sydney Up to 1000 asylum seekers remain behind bars in Australia's immigration detention centres, including 168 children. The majority are from war-torn countries such as Afghanistan and Iraq - places the Australian government

Labor rams through road bill

Paul Oboohov, Canberra The ACT Labor government, with the support of the Liberal MLAs, rammed a bill through the ACT Legislative Assembly on May 25 to make the Gungahlin Drive extension immune from planning and environmental legislation. The

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International News

WESTERN SAHARA: The wall of shame

Ron Guy A wall can take many forms. It can be the 2400 kilometres of earth — and estimated three million landmines — that separate the Western Saharan people from their homeland. Or it can be a wall of silence. Recently, I joined a delegation

BRITAIN: The de-fanging of the Mirror

John Pilger Piers Morgan, the editor of the Daily Mirror, Britain's most famous mass-circulation newspaper, was sacked on May 14 because he ran the only English-language popular paper to expose the "war on terror" as a fraud and the invasion of

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Cultural Dissent

Exposing government lies about GM foods

Seeds of Deception: Exposing industry and government lies about the safety of the genetically engineered foods you're eatingBy Jeffery M. SmithScribe Publications, 2004292 pages, $30 (pb) REVIEWED BY PHIL SHANNON Dr Arpad Pusztai wasn't expecting

Australia is refugees

Dark Dreams: Australian refugee stories by young writers aged 11-20 yearsEdited by Sonja Dechian, Heather Millar and Eva SallisWakefield Press, 2004$19.95 (pb) REVIEW BY SARAH STEPHEN Dark Dreams is a fascinating anthology of essays, interviews

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