BY AHMAD NIMER
RAMALLAH, West Bank — Israel's war against the Palestinian Intifada continues to escalate. On August 27, Israeli death squads assassinated a senior Palestinian political leader in his office in a residential neighbourhood.
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BY CHRIS SMITH
BEIT UMMAR, West Bank — As soon as the Israeli army jeep disappears around the bend, a dusty minivan emerges from the grape fields outside this farming town in southern West Bank. Revving the engine as he accelerates into the turn,
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REVIEW BY ANGELA LUVERA
Prime Minister John Howard's assertion that the family is the best welfare unit reflects his government's
BY ALEX BAINBRIDGE
HOBART — Potato farmers have accepted an increase of $36 per tonne, over three years, made by potato processor Simplot. The deal was struck on September 3 after negotiations that were, in the words of farmers' leader Richard
BY EVA CHENG
Hundreds of workers in Beijing and Shanxi province staged protests in August, seeking job security and payment of unpaid wages, while 10,000 miners in Jilin province blocked a major train line in July.
The Beijing workers alleged
BY DANI BARLEY
SYDNEY — Calling for an end to an alleged "significant disparity between public opinion and judicial sentencing conduct", NSW Premier Bob Carr has put forward new legislation that would enforce a maximum life sentence for gang
BY CHRISTOPHER PERKINS
WOLLONGONG — Illawarra Institute of TAFE management have agreed to negotiate with TAFE library staff representatives on September 10 in an effort to halt an escalating industrial dispute over job and budget cuts.
The
WOLLONGONG — The Socialist Alliance candidate for the federal seat of Cunningham, Dr Margaret Perrott, praised the young people who joined the high school walkout against the federal government's treatment of refugees on September 5.
"These
On average, almost six women die each day from unsafe abortions in Nepal and those that are lucky enough to survive back-alley procedures then risk life imprisonment.
Under current laws, abortion is prohibited even in cases of rape, incest or when
BY MARGARITA WINDISCH
MELBOURNE — A lively protest of about 30 anti-sweatshop activists targeted the headquarters of women's clothing retailer Sussan on September 5, parking a huge mobile billboard outside the building featuring a woman throwing
BY CHRIS SLEE
MELBOURNE — Community and Public Sector Union members in tax offices around Australia have voted to endorse a campaign against planned job cuts.
In the last budget the federal government cut Australian Taxation Office funding by
BY SEAN HEALY
Steel fences which barricade off city blocks, police baton charges, the use of tear gas and even live ammunition against protesters may be the most obvious signs of the authorities' attempts to repress, or at least contain, the rising
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