By Liliana Marambio
The technique of embroidering feelings on pieces of sackcloth was born in Chile at the end of the '80s, when the voices of the relatives of prisoners and the "disappeared" of the military regime — the majority of them
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CIA linked to FRAPH, coup
PORT-AU-PRINCE — The link between the US government and the founding and running of the Haitian army's death squad and front group, FRAPH (Front pour l'Avancement et le Progres Haitien), was finally exposed in
Kill first, ask questions later
By Stephen Robson
PERTH — Police action toward armed persons has become an issue again following the shooting of Ray Gould by the tactical response group (TRG) early on October 26.
Looking out: Deflecting shoddy conduct
By Brandon Astor Jones
"It's to impugn someone's integrity, to make it appear that we are soft on crime when the whole so-called criminal justice system in this country is flawed,
By Kate Minnett and Sean Purcell
CAIRNS — Despite the threat of legal injunctions, activists opposed to the building of a private 7.5 kilometre tourist cable car in World Heritage-listed national park between Cairns and Kuranda, north of
Pesticides found in milk in India
A seven-year study of pesticide residues in milk in 12 Indian states has attracted considerable public concern. The study by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), found that a high proportion of
General Sam Kauona
For peace in Bougainville
For more than 40,000 years we have been a part of our land. Without it we can not be whole; it is our culture, our religion, our life. Papua New Guinea and international interests
By John Pilger
Today, 40% of all British children live in poverty. It is a breathtaking claim, yet the evidence was produced on World in Action two weeks ago by York University. Although this figure is probably the highest since modern
CANBERRA — Forest Embassy organisers are angered that the National Capital Planning Authority (NCPA) has refused permission for the Forest Embassy to camp from November 4 to 8 on the lawns of Parliament House.
"The irony of the situation
Reports of Australian hit-squad for Bougainville
It has been alleged that Australia and Papua New Guinea have sent agents to hunt down leaders of the Bougainville Revolutionary Army (BRA) and the Bougainville Interim Government (BIG)
Depression hits Robinson Crusoe's island
By Dave Riley
"Friday", said Robinson Crusoe", I'm sorry, I fear I must lay you off."
"What do you mean, Master?"
"Why, you know there's a big surplus of last
Writing Dangerously: Mary McCarthy and her World
By Carol Brightman
Harvest, 1994. 714 pp., $29.95 (pb)
Reviewed by Phil Shannon
Mary McCarthy tends to be remembered, if at all, as the US author of a sexy novel from the
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