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Since President Hugo Chavez won five years ago a national election with an overwhelming majority, a revolution is developing in my country — a very original revolution is being made by peaceful and democratic means, without violence,
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Speaking on BBC Radio on May 20, foreign minister Alexander Downer attacked a statement by Oxfam, which pointed out that the 40% of East Timorese living in abject poverty have no hope of improving their lives while their oil and gas resources are
SYDNEY — On May 20, "Public Education Day", around 60 teachers and supporters of public education rallied outside federal education minister Brendan Nelson's office in Lindfield. The rally, organised by the Middle Harbour Teachers Association of
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One of the most important aspects of the leaking of pictures of tortured Iraqi prisoners in Abu Ghraib prison is that they are shifting mass attitudes in the West to the war in a particularly potent way.
The graphic pictures showing
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As a quick fix for China's worsening energy problems, in the first nine months of 2003 the country imported US$50 billion worth of energy resources and raw materials, mainly oil — 49% more than the same period in 2002 — according to
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Solidarity protests took place across Australia on May 20, the second anniversary of East Timor's independence. The actions condemned the Australian government for its refusal to negotiate a fair and just maritime boundary and for its
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"There has been so much toxic TV in the last few years and this is just more of it. It's like TV shows glamorising cigarette smoking. This is double standard".
Anthony Defraine & Tom Flanagan, Lismore
Students and staff held a spirited protest outside the Southern Cross University council meeting on May 21.
The council was initially expected to consider increasing HECS charges for 2005. Although a
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Medical care in detention centres is still substandard, and is not at all confined to the past, contrary to former immigration minister Philip Ruddock's allegations on ABC's AM program on May 6.
Project SafeCom has been able to confirm
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According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the proportion of workers classified as casuals has grown rapidly since the mid-1980s — from 13% in 1984 to more than 26% of the work force today.
That's a lot of workers who
Sam Pillay
Responsibility for the abuse of prisoners in Iraq reaches all the way to General Richard Myers, who is the chairperson of the joint chiefs of staff, and defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld, according to the United States Army Times online
[The following is abridged from a statement issued on May 20 by the Movement Against the Occupation of the Timor Sea (MKOTT).]
Dear Australian people,
Warm solidarity greetings from East Timor!
We hope you share our joy in celebrating the
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