Protests were held in some 30 of Nepal's 75 districts on July 26, organised by the Citizens Movement for Democracy and Peace, an umbrella body of non-party organisations. The protest in the capital, Kathmandu, reportedly attracted 2000-3000.
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Stuart Munckton According to a July 23 VHeadline.com report, campesino [peasant] leader Braulio Alvarez escaped with minor injuries after the car he was driving "came under a hail of bullets". Alvarez is a deputy in the National Assembly (AN) for
Rohan Pearce It's all about "Letting Israel Be Israel", according to the headline of an article in the July 31 neo-conservative Weekly Standard. The article by Fred Barnes, the executive editor of the Rupert Murdoch-owned magazine, endorsed "Bush's
Greg Adamson On August 6, 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on the historic Japanese city of Hiroshima. While this was a military triumph for the United States, for scientists, including Albert Einstein, it was a tragedy. A new weapon of immense
Annolies Truman, Perth The 107 Perth construction workers who have received writs from the secretive Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) will have their first federal court appearance in Perth on August 29. The Construction,
On July 23, defence minister Brendan Nelson announced that Canberra is willing to contribute armed Australian soldiers to a "robust" (meaning armed and prepared to carry out combat operations) international "peacekeeping" force to "stablise" Lebanon.
Suiting Themselves, How Corporations are Driving the Global AgendaBy Sharon BederEarthscan, London258 pages, $55.50available in Australia from <http://www.dadirect.com.au> Escaping the Matrix, How We the People Can change the WorldBy
On July 25, an Irish court acquitted five protesters, including Ciaran O'Reilly from Brisbane, of damaging a US war plane at Shannon airport to protest against the Iraq war. All are pacifists from the Catholic Worker Movement, and used hammers and an
Max Lane, Jakarta On July 23, 1500 people attended a rally at the National Library of Indonesia to publicly launch a new political party — the Preparatory Committee of the National Liberation Party of Unity (KP-Papernas) — for the 2009
Close relationship "I've reminded the prime minister ... over the past months that it was not always a given that the United States and America would have a close relationship." — Emperor George Bush II, June 29, at a joint White House press
Stalingrad — Anti-war drama made to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the pivotal WWII battle, Germany's worst defeat and the beginning of the end. SBS, Friday, August 4, 12.05am. Message Stick: Faith Thomas — Faith Thomas was the first
JindabyneDirected by Ray LawrenceScreenplay by Beatrix ChristianWith Laura Linney and Gabriel ByrneShowing at major cinemas REVIEW BY GRAHAM MATTHEWS Four men go on a weekend fishing trip into the high-country of the Snowy Mountains. It's an
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