GLW issue 684, published 2006-09-20.

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IRAQ: US loses control of Anbar province

Dahr Jamail & Ali al Fadhily, Ramadi The US military has lost control over the volatile Anbar province, Iraqi police and residents say. The area to the west of Baghdad includes Fallujah, Ramadi and other towns that have seen the worst of the US

Sniffer dogs do not catch dealers

Dale Mills, Sydney A NSW Ombudsman's report on the police use of sniffer dogs found that it is a waste of money that fails to catch serious drug dealers. The report said that 47% of people sniffed were under 26, and three-quarters of those who were

Uni fees second only to the US

Emma Clancy It's official — the fees university students in Australia are paying for their education are second only to those paid by students in the United States. According to a report issued on September 12 by the Organisation for Economic

World economy — heading towards a crash?

Dick Nichols The experience of the last round of crises and near-misses (from Mexico's 1994 crash through to the 2001 meltdown of the US "new economy" bubble) have made the guardians of the world capitalist economy very wary about the speed with
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