and ain't i a woman: Why there are more men than women in India
For the last two centuries, unlike most of the world, India's population has contained more men than women. Millions of women and girls have been killed — through situ (the
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SYDNEY The strike
at Dayson air conditioning remanufacturing plant in Sydney is now in its
10th week. Seven workers, including two union delegates, were sacked after
demanding union representation in negotiations with management. For
BY ALEX BAINBRIDGE
HOBART The Greens success in the July 20 Tasmanian elections
in which they won four seats has been warmly received in the lunchrooms
of many workplaces. By contrast the establishment is not comfortable with
the
The right to freedom of expression on the internet was dealt a blow on July 9 when a Paris judge ordered Greenpeace to stop using a parody of the Esso logo in its Stop Esso campaign in France, pending a full hearing. Oil giant ExxonMobil, which
BY CHRIS LATHAM
PERTH — Despite driving rain, 1200 construction workers protested on July 24 against the return to Western Australia of the royal commission into the construction industry.
Communication, Electrical and Plumbing Union organiser
The following advice for Australians travelling to Afghanistan was issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on July 4.
Safety and Security — Australians should defer all travel to Afghanistan until further notice. Australians in
BY DAVID BACON
SAN FRANCISCO — Bonita, the word for beautiful in Spanish, is not a bad description for the nearly flawless bananas available from fruit and vegetable markets across the United States. It is also the name printed on stickers
REVIEW BY KATRINA CHANNELLS& JIM MCILROY
Bend It Like BeckhamDirected by Gurinder ChadhaStarring Parminder Nagra and Keira KnightleyScreening at major cinemas
This film is excellent because it encourages young women to play soccer! It is a
BY SARAH STEPHEN
Twelve-year-old Montazar Baktiyari and 14-year-old Alamdar Baktiyari have put faces to the horrifying reality of children in detention. After asylum seekers have been dehumanised as "illegals" and "queue-jumpers" for so long, the
BY DALE T. McKINLEY
JOHANNESBURG — "SACP in clash with ANC" and "ANC warned not to follow path of ZANU-PF" were some of the headlines that have graced the pages of South African newspapers following the latest political spat between the ruling
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