By Eva Cheng
Early this year, Beijing's international investment arm — China International Trust and Investment Corporation (CITIC) — sold 15.5% of its Hong Kong-listed Citic Pacific to the latter's chairman, Larry Yung Chi-kin, and senior
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By Farooq Sulehria
LAHORE — Jeddojuhd Inqilabi Tehrik (Struggle Revolutionary Movement) was formed in 1994 in Lahore by trade union and Marxist activists around the monthly magazine Mazdoor Jeddojuhd (Workers Struggle) as a movement to
Strike threat at Olympic site
By Shane Bentley
SYDNEY — Members of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union at the Olympic site at Homebush Bay have threatened to take industrial action if their concerns over workplace safety
By Dave Riley
BRISBANE — State education in Queensland has traditionally been one of the lowest funded in Australia. With the election of the Goss Labor government in 1989, some of this disparity was addressed. But Labor veered away from its
By Adam Hanieh
JERUSALEM — Well-known political commentator Noam Chomsky spoke to a packed lecture theatre on June 7 at Bir Zeit University, near the Palestinian town of Ramallah. Chomsky has been a consistent critic of US policy in the Middle
Brisbane's Solstice Festival
By Nick Everett
BRISBANE — The city's third Winter Solstice Festival took place over the June 6-9 long weekend. The festival is described by its organisers, the Queensland Folk Federation, as demonstrating a
In-expressways
"Things introduced by decadent capitalism have made inroads into our country, penetrating all sectors in the party and society." — Hou Zongbin, vice-chairperson of the Chinese Communist Party's discipline commission, in an
Pagans at Brendan Behan
@box text intro = SYDNEY — The Born Again Pagans will be launching a new CD on Thursday, June 26, from 8 to 10pm, at the Brendan Behan Hotel (formerly the Britannia) in Cleveland Street, Chippendale. An occasion not to
Stonewall anniversary
BRISBANE — The pinnacle event of the annual Lesbian and Gay Pride Festival, the Stonewall rally and march, will be held on June 29. The rally will begin at King George Square at 11am and march to Musgrave Park for a
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