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Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair has, for the moment at least, escaped becoming a victim of his pre-war deceptions about Iraq's alleged possession of weapons of mass destruction.
On January 28, an inquiry headed by James Hutton
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Doug Lorimer
"Today our coalition is working ... with Iraqis and the United Nations to prepare for a transition to full Iraqi sovereignty by the end of June", US President George Bush dishonestly declared in his January 21 State of the Union
The American Civil Liberties Union has congratulated six gay students who were awarded US$1.1 million compensation, after a California school failed to stop homophobic bullying.
The students had been fighting for five years. The school took the
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Kev Carmody has been much missed since his last original album release, 1995's Images and Illusions. While his
Sarah Stephen
Federal Labor leader Mark Latham won endorsement for his "tough but fair" policy towards refugees when the ALP's 2004 national conference voted on January 30 to reject the amendments put forward by supporters of Labor for Refugees.
Dale Mills
David Hicks has been held without charge in the US military camp at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba for more than two years. In November, US Major Michael Mori was appointed as his military "defence counsel".
On January 21, Mori launched an
Elizabeth Stewart, Brisbane
Adrian Skerritt, the Socialist Alliance's candidate for the seat of Inala in the February 7 Queensland elections, has called a "public auction" of the electoral office of local Labor MP and primary industries minister
Anne Picot, Sydney
Socialist Alliance activists joined unionists, students and community education activists on January 31 to picket the national ALP conference. Chanting "No fees for TAFE" and "No fees and no job cuts", we leafleted conference
Indonesian trade unionist Dita Indah Sari, chairperson of the Indonesian National Front for Labour struggle, addressed 6000 people at the World Social Forum on January 17. On returning, she wrote the following comment on the conference.
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Kathy Newnam, Mumbai
One of the largest contingents to the World Social Forum (WSF) in Mumbai was from the Pakistan Social Forum (PSF). With nearly 400 delegates, it was the largest delegation of Pakistanis that has been to India for a specific
Don Monkerud
High suicide rates among soldiers in Iraq should come as no surprise. Anyone who remembers America's last colonial-style war or who walks the nation's streets knows how Vietnam War veterans continue to suffer long after the last shot
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