As the Israeli military launched its war on the Palestinian masses protesting against the killings of Palestinians following Israeli opposition leader Ariel Sharon's provocative visit to the al-Aqsa mosque on September 28, Arabs in Israel took to the
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PORT MORESBY — Human rights lawyer and Melanesian Solidarity (Melsol) activist Powes Parkop has warned that West Papua will soon erupt into a more explosive and bloodier war than East Timor.
The Papua New Guinea government must deal with the West
The Palestinian community and other supporters of Palestinians' right to peace and justice mobilised in rallies around Australia over the last week to demand that the Australian government call on Israel stop the killings of Palestinians.
Ray
A few days before the Olympic Games closing ceremony, a private party for many of the Olympic winners was held. After weeks of media reports on how sportswomen were given more respect in these games, reflected in particular during the opening
BY DANIEL KELLY
SYDNEY — Two hundred members of the Maritime Union of Australia's central NSW branch have backed a sacked union delegate at P&O Port Botany, Dave Hauser, and called on the union's national officials to support his unfair dismissal
BY RON BAKER
National conferences are usually the domain of well-established organisations with various reasons to hold a gathering of the faithful. Little on the agenda and a lot on the bill seems to be a common outcome.
Conferences claiming to
Realism
"When you see your soldiers being killed and injured one right after the other, it adds a sense of realism to the drill." — A Japanese army major on a computerised battle simulation.
Decades, sometimes
"It takes time to get troops to
Carnival of the oppressed
Some of us have got together to party. Taking our cue from the S11 protests in Melbourne, we now do theatre in the streets. Of course, you need to recognise that there are many types of theatre.
While we're keen on the
BY SUE BOLAND
"Shareholder activism" is promoted by many environment and human rights groups and trade unions as a new method for achieving social and environmental change. It involves organising an alliance of shareholders to ask questions and
Indonesians commemorate killings
BANDAR LAMPUNG — Students from campuses around the city rallied and marched on September 28 to mark the first anniversary of the murder of two students, Yusuf Rizal and Saidatul Fitria, by the military during a
BY SUE BULL
Federal education minister David Kemp unveiled his new funding scheme for private schools on September 28, a scheme which will give millions of extra dollars to elite education even as public education suffers.
Labor opposition
BY MAD COW
Imagine for a moment being a cow with many years of loyal service, owned by a tough but fair owner. Then the farmer unfortunately passes away. The ownership of the farm is then passed over to the son who looks at the farm and says, "We
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