By Francisco T. Sobrino
BUENOS AIRES — Paraguay, as a result of long periods of political turbulence and war, has remained socially and economically backward. Only 1% of the population of 5 million owns 80% of the land. Nearly 10 million
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By Tony Hastings
NSW native forests are currently facing an unnecessary crisis. Logging areas are to be extended without proper environmental studies.
According to Tom McLoughlin of the Wilderness Society, there are 250,000 hectares of
An All Consuming Passion: Origins, Modernity, and the Australian Life of Georgiana Molloy
By William J. Lines
Allen and Unwin. 332 pp.
Reviewed by Geraldine McKenzie
Georgiana Molloy discovered no rivers, opened up no large tracts of land,
by Craig Cormick
Based on highly reliably international contacts, leaked documents and horoscopes from several TV magazines, Nostradamus' Media Watch presents a highly accurate forecast of political events across the globe.
Mexican
In defence of self-defence
Clean out your kitchen cupboards! Your bathrooms too! Did you know a spray can is a dangerous weapon? Especially when it's in the hands of a woman.
This appears to be the conclusion drawn by the NSW Court of
On March 27, the Italian right-wing Freedom Alliance, led by billionaire media magnate Silvio Berlusconi, won a big majority in the country's parliament. LUCIANA CASTELLINA, a member of the European parliament for the Italian Party of Communist
By John Nebauer
BRISBANE — The Criminal Justice Commission released its report on the death in police custody of Daniel Yock on April 5. Yock, who died on November 7, was arrested with another Murri youth in Bereton Street after being tailed
Sinn Fein member denied visa
By Frank Enright
SYDNEY — County Tyrone councillor and Sinn Fein member Barry McElduff was denied a visa to visit Sydney and thus prevented, amongst other things, from addressing the International 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳
By Norm Dixon
JOHANNESBURG — The impression created by the media here that on March 28 a "peaceful Zulu march" came under attack by "ANC gunmen", causing as many as 53 deaths, has been proven thoroughly false. The identity of the snipers who
Regional authority for Torres Strait
Following recent council elections, Torres Strait islands' elected chairpersons, who currently make up the Island Coordinating Council (ICC), will automatically become councillors on the Torres Strait
By Diana Evans
[This article is a response to "What is an Ecologically Sustainable Population?" by Emma Webb, in our March 23 issue.]
In the debate on the causes and solutions to our rapidly deteriorating global environment and social
By Frank Enright
SYDNEY — "It is a fantastic ideal to introduce people to the fact that you're not a working stiff, but you are a person that has talents you probably don't know you have, or you've got an appreciation of all sorts of other
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