By Silvia Cuevas
September is a sad month for many Chileans: the month in which Salvador Allende's government was overthrown by Pinochet, and the month in which Pablo Neruda, one of Latin America's greatest poets, passed away.
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Hunger striker meets WA environment minister
By Anne Pavy
PERTH — Hunger striker Phil Gregory met with the Western Australian environment minister Kevin Minson on the steps of state parliament on September 9.
A Song for Cuba
SYDNEY — The committee "A Song for Cuba" is organising a cultural artistic festival which will take place September 20-25 in various venues here.
The purpose of the event is to raise funds for the worldwide
A democratic victory?
By Kath Gelber
From the year 2002 women will hold at least 35% of ALP seats in both state and federal parliaments in Australia, according to an agreement reached by the ALP national executive which is
Platypus Man — This documentary focuses on the work of John Wamsley, dedicated environmentalist and creator of the Warrawong Sanctuary in the Adelaide Hills. ABC, 12.30am, Wednesday, September 14.
As It Happened: Acts of War — A
Scientists now believe that HIV, the virus which causes AIDS, is a product of rainforest destruction. Far worse may be in store, writes ROBYN MARSHALL.
A virus is a very small infectious particle containing a strand of genetic material,
By Norm Dixon
JOHANNESBURG — Mass-based RDP Councils are being established throughout South Africa to ensure that the new government's Reconstruction and Development Program is "people-driven", Cheryl Carolus, the ANC's RDP coordinator,
Nurses stop work over staffing crisis
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — Nurses and other health workers at the Princess Alexandra Hospital picketed the hospital on September 9 demanding more funding for the state's ailing public health
By John Tomlinson and Rob Wesley-Smith
There are significant economic and political reasons why the federal Labor cabinet should reassess its position on East Timor. These reasons need to be placed within a historical context. If the