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
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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
Pinochet awarded Oscar for 'Best Actor'
ON MARCH 8, the youth wing of Chile's Socialist Party held a mock ceremony in front of the army's offices in the capital, Santiago, to award a replica fake Oscar statue to a human rights activist wearing a
New anti-terrorism bill targets dissent
By Alec Smart
LONDON — Legislation allowing police increased powers of arrest and detention is being fast-tracked through the British parliament. "Anti-terrorist" laws, rehearsed and fine-tuned in
Exemplary
"This is a great example of what government can achieve when we work in partnership with the private sector to create greatly enhanced spaces and facilities for the community." — NSW Labor deputy premier Andrew Refshauge after
Rage against Wall Street
On a cold January day, militant rock band Rage Against the Machine took to the heart of the world financial system to film a video clip for "Sleep Now in the Fire", a track from the band's The Battle of Los Angeles. The
Workers hit out at ACI
By Chris Slee
MELBOURNE — Locked out workers from the ACI glass mould manufacturing plant in Box Hill halted production at the firm's bottle-making plant in Spotswood for almost 24 hours on March 6. Two days later, they
Inner-city bypass condemned
By Jim McIlroy
BRISBANE — "The ALP-controlled Brisbane City Council's planned inner-city bypass will cut a swathe through beautiful Victoria Park and spew traffic out into suburban streets already overloaded in
By Marina Carman
When thousands of people shut down the World Trade Organisation (WTO) summit in Seattle for three days last November, it was proof that people are increasingly angry about the blatant inequality and powerful corporate influence
Aboriginal communities face deregistration
By Linda Kaucher
Hundreds of remote Aboriginal communities face the loss of title to their land because of federal government enforcement of seriously flawed legislation. Federal law requires all
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