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By Anne Pavy PERTH — Eighty people have been blockading logging operations near the town of Manjimup, south west of here since July 1. Despite timber industry statements that there would be a moratorium on logging for three weeks, protesters
Peter Montague After three years of study, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is about to publish a nine-volume draft "scientific reassessment" of dioxin and other dioxin-like chemicals, including dibenzofurans and some PCBs
Introducing Asian Studies — The Vietnam War and International Relations in Eastern Asia — The Vietnam war dominated the region for two decades and the aftershocks are still being felt. Unlike Korea, China didn't commit troops but provided some
Tranby College seeks friends SYDNEY — Tranby Aboriginal Co-operative College in inner city Sydney is to launch a "Five by Five" campaign on August 5, which aims to raise $5 million in $5 per week contributions over five years to enable the
The patterns of Western capitalist investment in the Third World have been changing rapidly. The result is an even greater dependence of underdeveloped countries' governments, writes CHOW WEI CHENG. Mutual funds have taken over much of the
The problems confronting the current economic system: high unemployment, environmental destruction, poverty and increasing social dislocation, are proving intractable. The solution, we're constantly told, is to increase productivity, to become more
Pride march targets age of consent By Kamini Junankar LONDON — Sixty thousand queer, bisexual and transgender people and supporters joined the Gay and Lesbian Pride march here on June 18 to commemorate the twenty fifth anniversary of the