At its July 5 meeting, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), an alliance that groups Russia and China with the former Soviet Central Asian republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, called on the US and its NATO allies to
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On July 1, the Vietnamese government introduced a new health insurance policy under which the Vietnam Social Insurance agency (VSI) will cover all medical costs for insured patients. Previously, insured patients had to pay 20% of medical treatment
Was it on the day when my father was executed in front of our house?Was it when they beat my mum because she went to a male doctor? Or was it when the Mullah's son said that he must have me for himself?When did I become a refugee?Was it when the boy
Boy OverboardAdapted by Patricia Cornelius from Morris Gleitzman's novelAustralian Theatre for Young PeopleJuly 19-23, Lennox Theatre, Riverside Theatres, corner of Church and Market streets, Parramatta, Sydney$21.65/$16.65, members $11.65Bookings,
Sarah Stephen
July 1 marked two years since the last refugee boat reached Australian waters. The arrival of the Hao Kiet in 2003, carrying 53 Vietnamese asylum seekers, came 18 months after the last boatload of asylum seekers from the Middle East.
Linda Seaborn
For several years now, there has been a general theme espoused by a marginalised group of angry fathers that "women" are to blame for their lack of access to children they are separated from, their financial woes, "false" accusations
London bombings
How ironic that an interview with Ruben Linares, vice-president of the Venezuelan United Transport Federation, while he was touring Britain was just published at <http://www.handsoffvenezuela.org> today: here Venezuelan
Three months after Chile's passage of a law on sexual harassment, officials report a big jump in the number of complaints. One woman's testimony and lawsuit helped spur the law, which had been stuck in parliamentary debate for 14 years.
Giovanna
July 13
1925: NSW Premier reinstates workers dismissed during a railways strike eight years earlier.
1985: Live Aid rock concerts held in London and other venues.
July 14
1789: The storming of the Bastille in Paris, France.
July 16
1893:
Marcus Greville, London
The US-led invasion of Iraq had as its central aim the installation of a pro-US Iraqi regime that would give international legitimacy to the takeover of Iraq's nationalised oil industry by the big Western, particularly US,
The news reports that have appeared in the mainstream media about recent counter-terrorism raids conducted by state and federal police and ASIO in Sydney and Melbourne mirror to some extent the manipulation of information that occurred during the
Roberto Jorquera, Caracas
On June 26, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez hosted his weekly TV show from the city of Coro, about six hours west of Caracas on the Caribbean coast. The 226th episode of Hello President was dedicated to the launching of
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