Andrew Hall, Canberra
Multi-coloured hearts have been signed and decorated with refugee-rights slogans and images to create the "field of hearts".
This growing project provides a vehicle for people to symbolically "show their hearts for
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"NEW YORK — Adelphia Communications Corporation founder John Rigas and his two sons siphoned millions of dollars from the [now bankrupt] company as if it were a 'private piggy bank', for everything from 100 pairs of bedroom
Eva Cheng
Despite winning 50.11% of the votes cast in Taiwan's March 20 presidential election — a big improvement from the 39.3% that won him the presidency in 2000 — incumbent President Chen Shui-bian's re-election remains in doubt.
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James Balowski, Jakarta
The government of Megawati Sukarnoputri declared martial law in Indonesia's northern-most province of Aceh last May. It launched an "integrated operation" to smash the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) and restore "law and order".
Jim McIlroy, Brisbane
Socialist Alliance candidate Coral Wynter gained 3.5% (533 votes at the close of counting on polling night) in the Central ward in the March 27 Brisbane City Council election.
The Greens won 17.5% in the same inner-city
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ADELAIDE — Historic strike action closed down most of the South Australian public service on March 26. For the first time in more than 20 years, members of the Public Service Association walked out en masse in
John Pilger
Let us be clear on the facts of what happened one year ago on March 20. The United States, aided by Britain and Australia, attacked a sovereign country, unprovoked, and in breach of the most basic principles of international law.
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Jon Lamb, Darwin
Twelve workers at the Ranger uranium mine near Jabiru were sent home on March 24, after they were poisoned by uranium-contaminated water.
The workers complained of bad nausea and headaches after drinking "strange tasting" water.
At the beginning of March, there were 153 children in Australian-run immigration detention centres. In addition, there are up to 98 asylum seeker children in foster care, hospital or motel detention.
Most of them, however, are no longer kept in
Max Lane
On March 24, the Senate resumed debate of the Greater Sunrise Unitisation Bill 2004, a bill to allow for the implementation of the Greater Sunrise International Unitisation Agreement that the East Timorese government was pressured to sign
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