In possible signs of a renewed attack on file sharing, on May 25 FBI agents simultaneously executed 10 search warrants across nine states to shut down Elitetorrents.org, a free members-only BitTorrent aggregate site hosted in the Netherlands.
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Doug Lorimer
On May 21 human-rights activists in Lahore finally succeeded in holding a mixed-sex marathon after the authorities decided against intervening or stopping the event by force. An earlier mixed marathon, on May 14, was stopped by police,
Sarah Stephen
The May 31 Australian's editorial, titled "Rau and Alvarez cases not race-based", launched a vicious attack on "opportunists who want to exploit these two dreadful incidents as examples of a racist government's racist policies".
The
Jack Smit
In a quiet corner of the often-deserted Merwehaven in Rotterdam, the Netherlands — a much quieter harbour than the high-tech Maashaven — two flat barges are moored. Not that this in itself is something to carry on about — for
Jon Lamb, Darwin
Media hype over agreement between the East Timor and Australian governments on the disputed maritime boundary between the two countries has been clouded by a series of contradictory claims since the conclusion of the most recent
Behind the LinesNational Museum of Australia, Canberra, until June 13Constitutional Centre of WA, Perth, July 1 to August 31Free admission
REVIEW BY ANA HANSON
Whether it be three embellished warmongering leaders pitched against an intense battle
Karen Fletcher
Bespectacled anthropology professors may not fit the militant unionist stereotype, but they and their comrade faculty administrators, research scientists, sessional tutors and IT help-desk jockeys are becoming an increasingly
Sarah Stephen
At least 10,000 unauthorised arrivals have been through Australia's immigration detention centres since July 1999, including 3899 children. Thirteen people have died in detention. At least four asylum seekers have been killed upon
Alison Dellit & Federico Fuentes
Monday May 23
On Monday May 23, around 10,000 coca growers, marched into El Alto, the capital of Bolivia, ending a 200-kilometre, four-day march led by the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS), and its leader Evo
On May 23, a federal cabinet meeting finalised the Coalition government's planned "reform" of Australia's industrial relations laws. The "reforms" were publicly unveiled by Prime Minister John Howard in parliament on May 26.
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