Testimony blocked in child rape case
By Dave Wright
HOBART — A Supreme Court judge has refused to swear in a 12-year-old boy because he did not believe in God. The boy was called to give evidence against the man accused of raping him.
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CIA paid off Haiti coup leaders
US officials have admitted that the Central Intelligence Agency paid key leaders of Haiti's military from the 1980s at least until 1991, when the army deposed elected president Jean-Bertrand Aristide in a bloody
Moves to reform marijuana laws
By Frank Noakes
Use 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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Timber workers
This weekend (26-29 November) environmentalists from all over the country will be congregating in East Gippsland as part of the ongoing campaign to stop woodchipping. In the past woodchipping campaigns have been fought as a battle
By Anthony Brown
In the mountainous rainforests of Australia, something terrible is happening. Scientists first noticed the phenomenon in 1979. Since then, it has stuck ruthlessly. Its victims simply vanish, either totally or from certain
By Vivienne Porzsolt
Ha'fa Baramki, director of continuing education at Bir Zeit University on the West Bank, was in Sydney recently and spoke to Green Left Weekly of her experiences of the Israeli occupation.
At the beginning of the
Land redistribution will be a crucial question for the incoming majority government in South Africa after the April 27 elections. The secretary general of the African National Congress, Cyril Ramaphosa, gave the opening address to the Conference on
'Just our presence was our work'
By Jim McIlroy
BRISBANE — Peace Brigades International "stands between conflicts. We provide people to help people under threat because of their human rights activities" in many countries divided by civil
By Edwin and Jo Hoffman
Is Cuba a racist country, denying equality to the considerable black portion of its population? Yes, say the New York Times and many books and articles appearing in the United States. But wait. The US is still fighting a
By Melanie Sjoberg
ADELAIDE — Hindmarsh Island is a picturesque spot near Goolwa on the Fleurieu Peninsula south of Adelaide. Still home to some of the indigenous people, it is also a popular holiday area for boating, fishing, swimming and
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