Amnesty International has criticised UN forces in Somalia after receiving reports of killings and unjustified detentions by UN troops. AI says the reports indicate breaches of human rights.
Hundreds of Somalis have been detained for short
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Powerful arguments
"When you get into Cabinet, if you don't have the support of the prime minister, at the end of the argument you don't win." — Health minister and numbers man Graham Richadson.
What a relief
"Pentagon officials now
By Adam Hanieh
Until now there hasn't been much you can do with a TV: you either sit and watch it, or you turn it off. This is all about to change. Telecommunications is undergoing the most dramatic changes in its history, and the corporate
By Desmond Dawson
Last April the federal government commissioned the Wool Industry Review Committee on sloppy terms of reference; the August reply has been accepted by government, the Australian Wool Industry Commission and, with reservations,
Contraceptiongate
Senator Brian Harradine, Right to Life's man in federal parliament, found himself in an advantageous bargaining position during the scuffle over the budget. Along with the Greens and the Democrats, Harradine's vote on the
A week before the New Zealand election poll, which returned two candidates from the Alliance, we received a letter from Lyndsay McAteer, administrative assistant of the NewLabour Party, one of the parties that make up the Alliance. It read in part:
A true African-American love story
Once a year I try to name an unusual African-American woman whose actions, I feel, represent those of a true "African-American sister". I hold that title in very high regard; and too frequently, I think, it is
Hospital workers resist contracting
By Roberto Jorquera
MELBOURNE — Health Services Union (HSUA) members at the Austin Hospital voted on November 11 to "commence a campaign of industrial action" until the hospital management agreed to a
By John Nebauer
BRISBANE — The death in custody of an 18-year-old youth has sent waves of anger through the Aboriginal community and has raised serious questions about police harassment of Aborigines.
Daniel Yock died in custody on the
Militants arrested in Senegal
A number of Senegalese trade union and socialist militants were arrested and many people were wounded on November 4, when a peaceful demonstration of several thousand people, protesting against a projected 15%
By Sean Healy
BRUSSELS "Workers across Europe appear to have taken strength from the spectacular victory of Air France employees ... In Germany, Belgium, Italy, Spain and France, employers are facing increasing militancy as they demand job cuts
Women on the Line presents Working Women — Melbourne's 3CR (885 AM) begins a six-part series on the work of Australian women in the '90s. The first part deals with gender segregation at work. Every Wednesday, 5.30 p.m., from November 17 to December
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