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Protests against US President George Bush were staged in several cities across Indonesia on October 21, one day ahead of his brief visit to Bali. In Jakarta, about 300 protesters rallied outside the US embassy, burning an effigy of Bush, as well as
BY PAUL BENEDEK SYDNEY — In the most passionate display of anti-war sentiment seen on Sydney streets for months, more than 5000 people roared their opposition to US president George Bush on October 22, the day he arrived in Australia. Sydney
BY ORLANDO ORAMAS LEON HAVANA — They are not an image of terrorism, those weather-beaten faces of Bolivian miners and campesinos creased with premature yet ancient wrinkles who flooded the steep streets of La Paz in their rivers of rebellion. On
BY ROBYN MARSHALL TOOWOOMBA — I love gardens. The vast diversity of flowers, bushes and trees is a remarkable tribute to nature and its evolutionary development over millions of years. It is a continual source of wonder. You may not think
BY SHUA GARFIELD HOBART — "An attack on Medicare is an attack on the community itself", David O'Byrne, Tasmanian secretary of the Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union, told a "Save Medicare" rally on October 22. Delegations from
In most Australian cities, protesters came out to voice their anger at US President George Bush. Perth protests Four-hundred people rallied in Forrest Place on October 23, to protest Bush's visit to Australia. The protest, called by the NOWAR

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