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By Irina Glushchenko MOSCOW — Russians travellers are mostly still obliged to cover the huge distances in our country by rail. While no-one would expect the Russian railways to be an oasis of order and efficiency within the current general
In Cuba with the Southern Cross Brigade 'All they asked us to do was tell the truth' By Bernie Brian In 1959 Fred Huntley, as a young British merchant seaman, made a brief stopover in Cuba. Over 30 years later, he made a return visit as
By Peter Boyle MELBOURNE — "While Liberal and Labor state governments around the country are retreating on election promises to safeguard our environment, the federal government must step in and play a progressive role in maintaining and
'Youth Against Hewson' campaign announced SYDNEY — Liberal leader John Hewson faces an interesting challenge in his electorate of Wentworth with the announcement of a "Youth Against Hewson" campaign. The campaign, to be run by the
Mick Houlbrook Unions and the ALP On February 6 Western Australian workers joined their brothers and sisters in other states between the rock and the hard thing after the Coalition state election victory. On the one hand they can expect
Austrians demonstrate against racism By Catherine Brown In the biggest demonstration in Vienna for 50 years, more than 250,000 people at the end of January demonstrated their anger at a racist "Austria First" petition organised by the
Glengarry Glen Ross Written by David Mamet, directed by James Foley With Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin, Ed Harris, Alan Arkin, Kevin Spacey, Jonathon Pryce Showing at Village Cinemas Reviewed by Norm Dixon Based on the Pulitzer
It's time: for the third wave Paul Keating was visibly annoyed at a gaffe by consumer affairs minister Jeanette McHugh at the launch of the federal government's "New National Agenda for Women" last week. Keating had pulled his most
Peace protest planned at Nurrungar By Chris Hannaford A national peace demonstration and desert festival will take place at Nurrungar during Easter, April 9-12. Nurrungar is a US Star Wars base near Woomera in South Australia's far
Picton arrests HOBART — Around 60 protesters blockaded the Picton road in Southern Tasmania on February 9 in an effort to prevent vehicles travelling to the five major logging sites in the area. The blockade is part of the Wilderness
From politics to music, or vice versa By Karen Fredericks Luke Shaw, engineering student, Young National and "Friend of Sir Joh" is in for a rough time this week, when his activities as foreman of "Joh's Jury" are depicted on the ABC.
Environment the top issue ADELAIDE — A survey of southern Adelaide high schools has found that the environment is still the most important social issue for young people. The questionnaire, put out in conjunction with Unley City Council