BY SIMON ROZ
ADELAIDE — A rally and march on March 17 attracted about 700 people supporting the call to ban genetically modified (GM) foods. After hearing speakers outside Parliament House, the protesters marched to the Central Market where they
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BY NORM DIXON
President Fidel Castro on March 18 announced that Cuba has produced versions of anti-AIDS medicines patented by US drug corporations. He said Cuba was prepared to help South Africa, Brazil and other Third World countries to produce
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Widow of the Revolution: the Anna Larina
BY NORM DIXON
South African President Thabo Mbeki on March 14 declined to declare South Africa's debilitating AIDS epidemic a national emergency. Such a declaration would have allowed Pretoria to immediately invoke World Trade Organisation
Sabotage of Fair Employment Bill
MELBOURNE On March 20, 150 people protested against attempts by the Liberal
and National parties to block the Fair Employment Bill from passing through
the Victorian parliaments upper house.
The
BY SEAN HEALY
The Argentinian government of President Fernando de la Rua is in crisis and its economic plans are in tatters, after protesters took to the streets in anger at a new austerity package which included savage cuts in government
BY PIP HINMAN
The Indonesian military is stepping up its war against the Acehnese people. Jakarta has declared a "limited military operation" to "rid" Aceh of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM). The Indonesian government has branded GAM a "separatist"
Rank and file soldiers of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force rebelled on March 23, giving PNG Prime Minister Sir Mekere Morauta until noon on March 26 to repudiate a cabinet decision to sack more than half of all PNGDF personnel.
The soldiers also
BY SARAH STEPHEN
PERTH Ali Abu Al Chabab, a 22-year-old Palestinian refugee from
Lebanon, will fly back to Beirut on April 4 after his three-year fight
for refugee status in Australia was unsuccessful. Chabab's partner Ana
Kailis will
BY SEAN HEALY
Anti-globalisation protesters demonstrated in their thousands on March 17 in the southern Italian city of Naples against the Global Forum, a meeting of government officials and representatives of the largest information technology
BY DAVID BACON
RIO BRAVO, TAMAULIPAS — Advocates of the North American Free Trade Agreement promised that free trade would bring a new era of respect for workers rights in all three countries — the United States, Canada and Mexico. Especially
BY JOHN GAUCI
SYDNEY — The large turnout of 230 people for a March 17 dinner and public meeting here on issue "Free Aceh, Referendum now!" is an indication of growing interest in the struggle in Aceh among the Australian public.
The event was
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