By Greg Ogle
While Paul Keating was holding his November 24-25 national strategies conference, there was another economic forum addressing the problems confronting Australia. This was, literally, The Other Economic Summit (TOES), a people's
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Rwanda inaugurated its new parliament during the last week of November. The parliament is a broad-based legislature similar to that outlined in the Arusha Peace Accord of 1993. The government is led by the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) but includes
It will come as no surprise to anyone that Christmas is on its way again. Every shop, it seems, is advertising the fact that there are only so many shopping days until Christmas, almost as hard as they're advertising the presents you can buy.
By Herbert Beauchamp
Australia has the dubious honour of having the highest incidence of asthma in the world. Twenty-five per cent of children in Australia have asthma, and the rate has doubled over the last 10 years.
To the well-known
Rally to defend community services
By Chris Spindler
ADELAIDE — Protests over cutbacks by the state Liberal government continue as the December 10 rally to "Defend Community Services" nears.
More than 100 parents and students
By Gary Cohen
Ten years ago, on December 3, 1984, the Union Carbide Corporation leaked a poisonous gas into a slum neighbourhood beside its Bhopal, India, pesticide factory. As a result of the company's criminal negligence, more than 4000 people
Bougainville: cease-fire fails
By Frank Enright
The Bougainville Revolutionary Army (BRA) has declared an end to the cease-fire between itself and the Papua New Guinea Defence Forces signed in September before the abortive peace talks held
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Nativity in Black: A tribute to Black Sabbath
Various artists
Columbia Records
Reviewed by Nick Fredman
Before Metallica, before Soundgarden, before Spinal Tap even, there was Black Sabbath. With the insipid and
Manyu Wana — A unique Aboriginal children's program incorporating music, magic and stories. SBS, 10.30am, Saturday, December 10.
The Comic Strip Presents — Bringing together the best of British comedians. In this week's episode, Jennifer
Looking out: Parts of the rainbow are violent
By Brandon Astor Jones
"In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress." — Booker Taliaferro
ADELAIDE — On November 26, 120 people attended a protest rally over the privatisation of Modbury Hospital. Speakers, led by local residents, called for an ongoing campaign to save the hospital, the most efficient in the state. Lea Stevens from the
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — Amid bitter protests from miners, teachers and other sections of organised labour, Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma has begun implementing a program of "reform" designed to wipe the last traces of socialism from the
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