Taliban's rule
@box text intro = A woman has been stoned to death by a Taliban court, after being found guilty of being outside in the company of a man who was not her husband or a relative. The man she was with was shot dead when he tried to
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By Eva Cheng
An estimated 50,000 to 100,000 angry protesters took to the streets in Taipei on May 4 calling on Prime Minister Lien Chan to resign and President Lee Teng-hui to apologise for the failure to check an increase of violent crime.
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I'm going to tell you something that may surprise, even shock, you. I'll be describing a frequent act that I'm not proud to own up to. It's sure to be the dirtiest thing you'll hear all day.
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NSW budget hides private profit push
By Jonathan Strauss
SYDNEY — "Every inch a Labor budget", NSW treasurer Michael Egan declared on May 7, when he delivered the state government's budget in parliament. Egan was trying to imply that this
By Norm Dixon
Police on May 5 and 6 raided the offices and homes of activists and organisations involved in the Port Moresby demonstrations in March against the Chan government's deployment of mercenaries on Bougainville. Three leading activists
Get Up, Stand Up: A History of ReggaeSBSMonday, May 19, 8.30pm (8pm in SA)
Review by Norm Dixon
Reggae is the world's favourite Caribbean music. It is Jamaica's most famous export. Between 1970 and the early 1980s, it ranked as one of the
Queensland teachers to begin rolling strikes
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — Queensland teachers are set to begin a major campaign of rolling 24-hour strikes from May 14 to May 22, to press home their demand for an increased pay offer and to
By James Vassilopoulos
LIVERPOOL — The Liverpool dockers, in the 20th month of their dispute with the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company (MDHC), are determined to fight on. Despite the obstacles and hardships — 90 dockers have had their houses
Slovo: The Unfinished AutobiographyBy Joe Slovo. Foreword by Nelson MandelaMelbourne: Ocean Press, 1997. 296 pp., $29.95 Review by Norm Dixon
The subtitle of this book is an understatement. As autobiography, it is little more than a collection
By Asger Strodl
Unocal, a US oil company, in partnership with Delta Oil of Saudi Arabia, has signed a contract with the Taliban rulers of most of Afghanistan to construct a gas and oil pipeline. It will go from Turkmenistan, through western
Anti-gay tirade in Queensland
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — The mayor of outer suburban Pine Rivers shire, Yvonne Chapman, has given local residents permission for bigotry and hatred against homosexuals, according to Gay and Lesbian Welfare
East Timorese writer visits Sydney
By Janet Parker
SYDNEY — Visiting East Timor activist and writer Naldo Rai and Sister Kath O'Connor from Christians in Solidarity with East Timor addressed a meeting of Action in Solidarity with
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