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Every night of the year 100,000 Australians are homeless. Of these, 36,000 are homeless children. Domestic and family violence is the most common reason for people seeking emergency accommodation. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
The Non Aligned Movement — which draws together 115 Third World nations in opposition to domination by rich nations of the First World — will hold its 14th summit on September 14-15 in Havana. Cuba will assume for a second time the presidency of
Joyce Semaan Palestinians have hailed a decision handed down on July 9 by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that declared the apartheid wall that Israel is constructing in the West Bank illegal. The decision came after five months of
Roberto Jorquera On June 12, Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE) announced that there would be a recall referendum against President Hugo Chavez on August 15. Voters will be asked: "Do you agree to leave without effect for the current
Doug Lorimer "Fallujah will be their Stalingrad. The Euphrates will be a river of their blood. Now the resistance is spreading all over Iraq and everyone is coming to Fallujah to help us. It will not be conquered." These comments by Amar Abbas, a
Kim Bullimore, Tel Aviv As Israeli and international peace activists gathered outside of the David Intercontinental Hotel on Sunday night, the tune of Madonna's hit Holiday blared from the speakers, only the words had been changed. "Holiday,
Max Lane On April 5, the Papuan People's Assembly (MRP) issued a resolution calling for the closure of the huge Freeport mine, a demand that had been raised by student protesters at a March 15-16 demonstration and at protests earlier in the year in
KATHMANDU — Armed Police Force (APF) personnel arrested Madhav Kumar-Nepal, general-secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist-Leninist), on March 23. A team of APF officers took him to the APF barracks at Kakani, Kumar-Nepal's
Since September 29, up to 1200 Sudanese refugees have been holding a sit-in near the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) regional office in Cairo, demanding protection from forced repatriation and protesting poor conditions and human-rights
By Alex Chis On October 31 in Moscow, three television cameras and numerous radio and press reporters recorded the newly formed US Committee for Democratic and Human Rights in Russia read a statement condemning the attacks on civil liberties and
Barry Weisleder & John Riddell, Toronto "General jubilation" greeted the Bolivian government's move to take control of the country's hydrocarbon resources on May 1, according to the Cuban daily newspaper Granma. "An impressive multitude [that]
Rachel Evans, Merida On November 29, three of Venezuela's leading opposition parties announced they would not participate in the December 4 National Assembly elections. Late on November 30, a fourth party announced that it, too, would pull out. The