By Stephen Robson
NEW DELHI — Bhutan, a tiny country in the north-eastern part of the Himalayas, has a population now estimated at around 1.3 million. Since 1988, some 125,000 have become refugees from the brutal regime.
Bhutan is ruled
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Waterland
Directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal
Nova Cinema, Melbourne
Reviewed by Peter Boyle
"What's the point of studying history, when the world is about to end?", a high school student asks of teacher-on-the-verge-of-a-nervous-breakdown Tom
Officials 'ignored' illegal sewer dumps
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — Brisbane City Council staff have turned a blind eye to the dumping of huge amounts of illegal liquid waste into the city's sewerage system, a Criminal Justice Commission
Fishermen Fed Up With Exxon
Alaskan fishers, frustrated by the lingering effects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989 and Exxon's attitude, blockaded oil tanker lanes for three days during September.
The flotilla of 100 boats turned back
Groups oppose cable car in rainforest
CAIRNS — The Cairns and Far North Environment Centre (CAFNEC) and People Against Kuranda Sky-Rail (PAKS) on November 5 announced a campaign against a proposed cable-car development through listed World
Tess McKenna album
Make Me Wonder
Tess McKenna
ABC
Reviewed by Melanie Sjoberg
I first heard Tess McKenna perform in one of the many little bars in Melbourne's Fitzroy; she struck me then as really talented woman. Her style is
Triumph clothing strike ends
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — More than 350 women at Triumph International women's underwear factories at Ipswich and Wynnum ended a nine-day strike on November 3, after gaining some improvement in the redundancy
By Anthony Brown
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities may be included in a scientific project to collect genetic material from the world's endangered indigenous peoples.
The Human Genome Diversity Project is a five-year plan to
By Ana Kailis
AUCKLAND — New Zealanders have sent a clear message to the two major parties that neither is trusted to govern in its own right. The November 6 election has resulted in neither Labour nor National having a majority in the new
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
SBS Television
November 19, 8.30 p.m. (8 in Adelaide)
Reviewed by Ignatius Kim
One of the most fascinating, yet little-known, phases in US history is the period of Radical Reconstruction, which began two
By Peter Boyle
The establishment press celebrated "middle Australia" on October 30. The Australian Institute of Family Studies, they happily reported, had confirmed that "middle Australia" was alive and well and quite happy with its lot.
QUITO — Schools throughout Ecuador have been closed since October 4 by a strike of more than 100,000 teachers.
The teachers, one of the largest groups of public sector employees, are asking for a 50% pay rise, which the government of Sixto
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