BY STEPHEN O'BRIEN
NEWCASTLE — The Che Guevara sign, which hangs at the front of Newcastle's new Resistance Centre, was formally switched on on September 22.
Abelardo Cueto Sosa, a member of the International Relations Department of the Central
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BY SARAH THIRDEETUTH
DARWIN — The NT News reported on September 7 that Oenpelli, an Aboriginal community of 1200 people in western Arnhem Land, had been without water for three days. It is the end of the dry season, with no rain in sight, and the
BY GRAHAM WILLIAMS
GEELONG — Production workers at the Godfrey Hirst carpet factory here have voted to accept a company offer of a 5% pay rise over 11 months, after a successful industrial campaign involving work bans, 24- and 48-hour strikes and
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MANILA — More than 13,000 people attended two mass rallies here on September 21 to commemorate the declaration of martial law by former Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos in 1972. The main demand was for an end to the government of President
BY RICHARD PITHOUSE
Tracks, Bruce Springsteen's most recent release, is a beautifully packaged four CD collection. Although 56 of the 66 songs have never before been released in any form, such was the faith of loyal Springsteen fans that on the day
The raids on two houses by the Australian Federal Police, searching for information on who leaked secret files on East Timor, have shown yet again the real basis of Australian foreign policy: lying to the Australian people and to the world.
The
HYDERABAD — A rally on September 17 demanded the reinstatement of sacked workers at different sugar mills in Sind. The rally, organised by Labour Party Pakistan, started from Beldia Chouk and ended at the Hyderabad Press club building.
More than
BY SEAN HEALY
Victorian Premier Steve Bracks is under heavy fire over his enthusiastic support for the vicious assaults by the Victoria Police on S11 protesters. The uproar has caused him to cancel a planned barbecue to thank police for their
MELBOURNE — On September 13, a peaceful demonstration by people with disabilities stopped the city's trams for two hours. Eighty people who use wheelchairs and their allies, supporters and advocates were there. The blockade was organised by the
PRAGUE — More than 11,000 police, mostly in riot units, will be deployed on city streets during the IMF and World Bank meeting. They will be assisted in their tasks by more than 1600 troops.
The Czech troops will deploy six armoured personnel
The US-led forces deliberately destroyed Iraq's water supply system during the 1991 Gulf War — flagrantly breaking the Geneva Convention and causing thousands of civilian deaths — reported the Glasgow Sunday Herald on September 17. Since the war
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