These are the photos of Jenin:There are housesin ruinsready-made mausoleumsfor the bodies within.There are facesof familiesfamilies in ruinsa son half in a pita body in a pool, human reda daughter unrecognisedthe open-mouthed faces of newly widowed
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BY JIM McILROY
BRISBANE — Protesters picketed the initial stage of construction of the food irradiation plant at Narangba on June 13, forcing four trucks to turn back. The protesters have vowed to continue to picket the site, north of the city,
The British radical band CHUMBAWAMBA has written a scathing song — "Her Majesty" — to "celebrate" Betty Windsor's Golden Jubilee on the British throne. London was subjected to four days of stage-managed "festivities" beginning June 1, culminating
BATHURST Communications students at Charles Sturt University's campus
here are being taught too well this is the university administration's
justification for course and staff funding cuts. Students occupied the
university's media centre on
SYDNEY — Once again, the screens of the State Theatre and Dendy Opera Quays have come alive with a feast of cinema from across the globe. The 49th Sydney Film Festival continues until June 21, with the theme "Small world, big screen".
A number of
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The June 9 email newsletter of Children Out of Detention (ChilOut) reports that immigration minister Philip Ruddock's email address has recently been disabled. This makes him Australia's only parliamentarian who cannot be contacted
BY ALEX BAINBRIDGE
HOBART — Public sector nurses are maintaining a work-to-rule campaign to win safer staffing levels in hospitals. Nurses are refusing to do unreasonable overtime and are making sure that meal breaks are claimed. They are also
Museworthy: Our Face
I leave peace for thosewho find their way homeand love for the dogswho know how to use it
For today the continentsare cracking from the seasand all times are rushingtoward the zenith of understanding
This is how cells
BY SARAH STEPHEN
An interim ruling by New Zealand's High Court has found that the Labour-Alliance coalition government's policy of routinely detaining asylum seekers who arrive without authorisation is in violation of the United Nations refugee
GUJARAT - The Indian government's Narmada Control Authority (NCA) on May 17 arbitrarily decided to raise the height of the controversial Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada River, in the western Indian state of Gujarat, from 90 to 95 metres. This will
BY NICK BRAUN
The right-wing majority on the executive of the 283,000-strong Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) has declared the election of Socialist Alliance supporter Mark Serwotka as PCS general secretary "invalid" and that the
BY MARCEL CAMERON
BRISBANE — Maintenance workers at the Caltex oil refinery won an important victory against their employer, Transfield Services, on May 21 after nine weeks of industrial action.
The dispute centred on the expiry date for the
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