Doug Lorimer
On June 8, the UN Security Council unanimously voted to recognise the sovereignty of the gang of collaborators selected by Coalition Provision Authority (CPA) head Paul Bremer to be Iraq's "interim government".
On May 31, the members
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Norman Brewer, Auckland
In elections on May 9 in New Caledonia (Kanaky) and on May 23 in French Polynesia (Te Ao Maohi, also known by the name of its main island, Tahiti), both pro-French ruling parties unexpectedly found themselves unseated. In
SYDNEY — Residents on Howard Avenue in Dee Why and Howard Street in Lindfield have shown their support for asylum seekers by displaying hearts in the windows of their homes.
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Janet Burstall
Mitsubishi announced on May 21 that the engine assembly plant at Lonsdale, employing nearly 700 workers, will close in 18 months' time. This is part of a $5.7 billion global restructure. Mitsubishi will invest $600 million in the
Sue Bolton
Newcastle members of the Community and Public Sector Union picketed the national office of the union in Sydney on June 9 to protest against a May 5 CPSU national management committee (NMC) decision to close down the union's Newcastle
John Anderson
The Sunbeam Corporation factory in Palmerston North is closing after more than 20 years production there. The seasonal staff will finish their season on June 25, and the plant will close shortly after, costing 122 workers their jobs,
Roberto Jorquera
On June 12, Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE) announced that there would be a recall referendum against President Hugo Chavez on August 15.
Voters will be asked: "Do you agree to leave without effect for the current
Tim Stewart
With one foot firmly on the accelerator and a gearstick stuck in reverse, Prime Minister John Howard released an energy white paper on June 15 the central plank of which is a tax cut on greenhouse-gas generating fossil fuels while
War on Terror
"I was standing there depicting the iconic picture of the tortured Iraqi prisoner." — Comment by Joseph Previtera, a 21-year-old Boston student, after he was arrested on charges of disturbing the peace, making a false bomb threat,
Monica Hill, New York
Radicals representing divergent opinions and various tendencies and groups crowded into Freedom Hall in Harlem on June 2 to take part in a forum entitled "Is it time for a US socialist alliance?"
The 70 people present
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