The Rainy Season: Haiti Since Duvalier
By Amy Wilentz
Vintage. 427 pp., $17.95 (pb)
Reviewed by Phil Shannon
Is there light at the end of Haiti's 500-year long tunnel, which that country entered following its first contact
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True Stories: Boys and Balls
Director Sue Thompson
ABC, Sunday, September 25, 8.30pm
Reviewed by Frank Enright
In Boys and Balls, Sue Thompson set out to be quite cruel about men's fixation with balls but ended up producing
MELBOURNE — In February 1991, Anthony Krog died after he was sent by his employer, Denbo Pty Ltd, to drive a truck with serious brake problems on the Western Ring Road project. When the case went to court in June, the company was fined $10,000 for
The Disorderly House of Windsor — Finally, a documentary that sees further than Prince Charles' sex life. With the cost of the monarchy estimated at over Lstg100 million per year, the obvious question arises, "Is it worth it?". With contributions
By Boris Kagarlitsky
MOSCOW — "After the parade of sovereignties, the parade of infections will begin!" This sombre prediction by Mikhail Narkevich, a leading Russian specialist in the field of sanitary inspection, was made in 1991. His
By Pip Hinman and Zanny Begg
She's been called the diva of world hip-hop and Afro-funk dance and the new international voice of Africa. But however you choose to describe Angelique Kidjo's music and song, her performance on September 15,
Looking out: Deals and incompetence
By Brandon Astor Jones
"They don't try to prove you innocent even if you is innocent. All they wanna do is make a deal that they think will keep 'em from fryin' you. They couldn't even do that
I Was A Teenage Fascist
By David Greason
McPhee Gribble. 311 pp., $16.95
Reviewed By Sean Lennon
Having spent six years as a member of various far right groups, David Greason offers an insider's account of these groups and
Criminals and criminals
"He was a genius at extracting money out of people. He would understand the psychology of people — bankers, brokers, analysts — and give them exactly what they wanted to hear ... Skase's trappings oozed
Wollongong march
By Freya Pinney
WOLLONGONG — 250 people met at the Trade Union Centre on September 16 to protest against all forms of privatisation. City council workers struck for three hours to attend.
Protesters
The Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), long considered South Africa's most important liberation movement after the African National Congress (ANC), surprised many with its massive electoral failure in the April elections. The PAC won 1.3% of the national
Strange bedfellows
By Bernie Brian
DARWIN — The Country-Liberal Party government of the Northern Territory has lent ALP leader Brian Ede the use of one of its most senior public servants to try to convince the Labor Party
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