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Students protest against Nelson PERTH — Around 100 students rallied outside a meeting to discuss federal minister for education Brendan Nelson's proposed changes to higher education. The meeting on August 20 was billed as a "public
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BY ALFREDO CASTRO BOGOTA — Although it has gone unreported in the mainstream media, paramilitary death squads working with the Colombian security forces have continued assassinating hundreds of civilians in recent weeks. Among the dead
BY JEFF HALPER BEER SHEVA — For the past six years, the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) has been working on the issue of house demolitions. Every time we think: "OK, we've exhausted the subject, let's go on to other, perhaps
BY KATIE NEVILLE & ADAM BOTTOMLEY MELBOURNE — Sydney Afghan temporary protection visa holder Riz Wakil spoke to an audience of 120 people at an August 14 campus meeting organised by the La Trobe University Refugee Action Collective.
Museworthy: Life, Related to 'Nest' I had thought this nestwas mine,now they tell meit is leavesand bits of rubbishcollectedwith enough care onlyto protect a lifetime. BY MTC CRONIN MTC Cronin has had seven books of poetry published, the
On November 14-15, Sydney will host a meeting of World Trade Organisation (WTO) trade ministers from some 25 countries to discuss the Doha round of multilateral trade negotiations. The meeting will evaluate the progress that has been made since
Bastardry Every so often there occurs an act of political bastardy so transparent that it fair takes your breath away. Such an act is the decision to exclude Greens Senator Bob Brown from the Australian delegation of 50 to the Johannesburg
JOHANNESBURG — On August 17, about 100 members of the Soldiers Forum (SF), an affiliate of the Anti-Privatisation Forum (APF), were arrested and thrown into jail, where they still remain, for no other reason than the fact that they wanted to
No Toxic Dump By Paul Strangio Pluto Press Australia, 2001 $24.95 (pb) REVIEWED BY BEN COURTICE Paul Strangio introduces No Toxic Dump by comparing the two buzzwords “globalisation” and “community”. While “the revival of community
BY SARAH STEPHEN The Murdoch family's Australian newspaper and the Fairfax's Melbourne Age have spent a number of weeks helping the government in its campaign to destroy the credibility of the Baktiyaris, a Hazara family who are seeking asylum in
BY LUISA ARA & MARCUS FELSMAN SYDNEY — In a clear indication that students are beginning to organise against further privatisation of higher education, 500 students marched through Sydney's streets in protest against the higher education review