Moves to reform marijuana lawsUse of marijuana is so widespread in Australia that it represents civil disobedience on a mass scale. So it was only a matter of time before it returned to the political agenda.
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SAN FRANCISCO — Gays in the US overwhelmingly supported Bill Clinton in last November's presidential election, largely because of his promise to end the official ban on homosexuals in the military. As
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"Governments have got used to the idea that they are dictators that can win everything in parliament. But parliament is representing the people, and they won't be able to do that now, nor will they in the future. The people want
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SAN FRANCISCO — John May and Steve McGriff were in town in late September to raise funds for the 17,000 striking members of the United Mine Workers of America across seven states. Already 160 days on the grass, none expect to
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SAN FRANCISCO — Cable cars, the Golden Gate Bridge and sunshine are the images conjured up by the mention of this city's rhythmic name. Less part of the image is the cold fog that regularly descends during the summer months,
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It appeared all the more galling that the Australian Democrats' first response to the federal Labor government's industrial relations bills was released on the eve of Business Review Weekly's top 1000 survey of the most
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AUCKLAND — "We are the only party that is actually offering a comprehensive strategy to deal with unemployment. And yet, we're still so low in the polls that nobody's taking it seriously. "We have a health strategy that is
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AUCKLAND — Matiu Rata, leader of the Maori party Mana Motuhake, has an infectious enthusiasm. A candidate for the Alliance, of which his party is a constituent member, Rata is no newcomer to politics: a minister for Maori
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AUCKLAND — The Alliance, a coalition of progressive parties, faces the conservative parties in the November 6 New Zealand general election confident that it has already forced the debate away from the extreme free market
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Bombing cover-up chargedLONDON — A program aired on British television on July 7 claims that suspects in the bombing of Dublin and Monaghan in 1974 were never interviewed despite being known to the police. The two
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Official: Britain is 22nd rateLONDON — Thatcherism, the rule of the market and large scale privatisation have had one major triumph — the rich have gotten richer. Judged by any other standard, Tory ideology has
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LONDON — Suddenly the lights went out, the crowd stirred. The music, from Jaws, drummed menacingly as smoke filled the platform. A thin beam of light shot out, then another stabbed the darkness. The tension built as the