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SylviaDirected by Christine JeffsWritten by John BrownlowWith Gwyneth Paltrow and Daniel CraigNow showing nationally. REVIEW BY JESS MELVIN If Sylvia Plath was a death-glorifying, dull, domesticated homeworker whose suicide epitomised her life,
Gold Warriors: America's Secret Recovery of Yamashita's GoldBy Sterling and Peggy SeagraveVerso, 2003332 pages, $49.95 (hb) REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON In June 1945, with US tanks less than 30 kilometres away, General Yamashita, head of the Japanese
Great strides I "The Coalition Provisional Authority and the Iraqi Governing Council have made great strides in the security, economic stability and growth, and democratisation of Iraq." — US Secretary of State Colin Powell, in testimony to the
Jenny Long, Sydney As Sydney enters its third week of massive disruption to commuter rail services — with up to 121 daily commuter services having been cancelled — some astonishing facts have been emerging from this remarkable dispute. One is
David Glanz The unambiguously good news from the January 16-21 World Social Forum in Mumbai, India, is that the global movement against capitalist globalisation is not just alive and well, but extending deeper into civil society. The immediate
The electoral fortunes of the ALP seem to have turned around since its national conference. Recent polls have the two major parties level, and the Liberals behind on a two-party preferred basis. The intelligence justifying the Iraq war is being

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