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"Why, I wondered, did no-one ask, 'Will the justice system survive?' after an all-White jury set free the White policemen who beat Rodney King? — Larry Conley Recently I read the well-crafted essay of a very brave man. It was published in the
The following is an abridged message sent by women from the East Timorese resistance to the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing on September 6. In the middle of the night amidst a great silence in Dili, I'm thinking of you all, and I imagine
By Bernie Brian DARWIN — Two students from the University of East Timor, currently imprisoned in Dili's Becora prison, have written to Northern Territory University students requesting help in their campaign for release. The letter, dated June
SYDNEY — Now in its third year, the NSW Writers' Centre Spring Writing Literary Festival on September 16-17 is shaping up to be an exciting combination of innovative programming, professional organising and imaginative use of the heritage venue.
Stop press "I ceased being a democratic socialist long ago." — His Excellency the Governor General Bill Hayden, in a speech to the Stock Exchange. Careless driving "While we may wish to applaud this effort [to achieve "sustained economic
The militant response by the people of Papeete to the French government's first nuclear detonation in its current round of tests has forcefully refocussed attention on the key role that the Tahitian people, led by that country's independence
Based on highly reliable international contacts, leaked documents and horoscopes from several TV magazines, Nostradamus' Media Watch presents a highly accurate forecast of political events across the globe. Disney admits subliminal sex messages
By Tim Gooden CANBERRA — The ACT government offered voluntary redundancies to workers in the Health Department, with bonuses for early exits, on September 7, in the wake of a consultancy report that recommends trading 300 jobs for $48 million
By Matthew Abud So far, the reactions to the Demidenko-Darville hoax have been polarised: those who don't know what they're arguing for, becoming tangled in all their own contradictions, and those who do. For its supporters, The Hand that Signed
By Jorge Jorquera Days after the bombing of the presidential house, La Moneda, on September 11, 1973, we still waited for parents and family to return. Tens of thousands of workers had remained in their factories to defend the Salvador Allende

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