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"Jodee [Rich], Bradley [Keeling] and their team have achieved enviable results in a very short time ..." One.Tel chairperson John Greaves, defending bonuses of $6.9 million each to the joint managing directors in a year in which the
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In this excerpt from the first Frantz Fanon Memorial Lecture, delivered on August 17 at the University of Durban-Westville School of Governance, PATRICK BOND debates Pretoria's global strategies, tactics and alliances.
In a formidable speech on
A National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) spectrometer has detected an Antarctic ozone hole three times larger than the land mass of the United States, the largest such hole ever observed.
The hole expanded to a record size of
More than 150 deaths around the world have been linked to defective Firestone tyres fitted to Ford motor vehicles. The deadly problem involves the tread separating from the tyre.
According to Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman, writing in their
BY ALEX ROBINSON
PERTH — There was so much community support for the S11 demonstration here that about 300 people joined the protest along the march route. The breadth of support was also reflected in the topics covered by speakers.
Roberto
MANILA — "Fight for ILO 167!" was the main chant taken up by some 5000 building workers here on September 10 as they marched to the Cultural Centre near the Manila Bay foreshore.
The march was to demand the immediate implementation by the
BY SIMON BUTLER & BRONWEN BEECHEY
Ten Iraqi asylum seekers, charged with inciting the desperate riots at the Woomera detention centre in August, are now being systematically denied even their most basic rights as prisoners, according to lawyers
BY KARL MILLER
"Quake" is a phenomenally popular shoot 'em up computer game. The designers included the capability for users to create "mods" or modified versions of the game. "Political Arena" is a satirical mod written specifically for the US
BY SUE BOLAND
Queensland Premier Peter Beattie created a media furore on August 20 when he called for an inquiry into the impact of the GST on petrol price rises. With petrol prices having leapt to over $1 a litre in places, Beattie's comments
The United Nations has selected Havana, the capital of Cuba, to host next year's World Environment Day. The choice acknowledges revolutionary Cuba's outstanding achievements in the protection of the environment.
The announcement was made on