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Arrests at Beverley uranium mine

ADELAIDE — Three people were arrested on March 3 during a peaceful protest at the Beverley uranium mine in the far north of South Australia.

Arabunna Going Home camp to be re-established

Arabunna Going Home camp to be re-established By Bronwen Beechey ADELAIDE — Anti-uranium and land rights activists will travel to Lake Eyre on March 26 to re-establish the Arabunna Going Home camp, which was forced to close by Western Mining

Save Otways old-growth forests!

Save Otways old-growth forests! GEELONG — People from across Victoria joined Geelong residents on March 4 to condemn a regional forest agreement which permits the woodchipping of old-growth forests in the nearby Otway Ranges. The 250-strong rally

IWD: East Timorese women reflect on 1999

East Timorese women reflect on 1999 By Vannessa Hearman DILI — Activities to mark International Women's Day on March 8 here included performance art and a public forum on the place of women in the rebuilding process in East Timor. Held in a

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Web site against mandatory sentencing Territorians for Effective Sentencing launched their new web site on March 5 at <http://ms.dcls.org.au>. Go there now, it's mandatory! One Nation ordered to repay $500,000 BRISBANE — Pauline

Street artists v Sydney City Council

Street artists v Sydney City Council By Bruce White SYDNEY — The Ombudsman has replied evasively to a complaint about council treatment of street artists but has, in passing, testified to how deliberate council's policy is. Sydney City Council

Resistance to Hindu fundamentalists' 'coup' in Bihar

By Eva Cheng The Hindu-fundamentalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the leading party in the 24-party coalition that has ruled India since October, has seized power through the back door in the country's second most populous state of Bihar despite

Palestinian Authority forced to release students

Students at Birzeit University celebrated the unconditional release of those imprisoned by the Palestinian Authority (PA) in the widespread crackdown that followed the February 26 demonstration against France's Prime Minister Lionel Jospin.

and ain't i a woman?: Back to normal?

Back to normal? Had enough of the special women's editions or episodes that have been on the screens, pages and airwaves for the past week? Then don't despair — with International Women's Day out of the way, you won't see them for another

IWD celebrated in Cambodia

By Allen Myers PHNOM PENH — Hundreds of women and men gathered in the main square here on March 8 to mark International Women's Day. The activities were organised by the OXFAM organisations and their Cambodian counterparts. The program extended

The death of reconciliation?

The death of reconciliation? By Sue Boland It's a wonder that Prime Minister John Howard didn't choke on his insincerity on the night of the Coalition government's re-election in 1998 when he said, "I want to commit myself very genuinely to the

India: Deepa Mehta's latest feminist film disrupted

Deepa Mehta's latest feminist film disrupted By Eva Cheng Progressive Indian film-maker Deepa Mehta's latest production, Water, has been disrupted by violent attacks from Hindu fundamentalists in Varanasi, attacks supported by the Bharatiya