Armed Israeli settlers who went on a rampage throughout Hebron on July
28 shot dead Nevine Musa Jamjoum, a 14-year-old Palestinian from the town.
Tens of armed settlers went on a violent rampage, attacking Palestinians,
breaking into houses
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and ain't i a woman?: Another present for the fanatics
"Women and children will die because of this decision." That was the response of Thoraya Obaid, executive director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), to the Bush
BY SARAH STEPHEN
Alamdar Baktiyari and his uncle, Mahzer, were among a number of detainees caught up in disturbances inside the Woomera detention centre on July 28. Detainees told the August 1 Sydney Morning Herald that an Afghan man required
BY NORM DIXON
US soldiers removed vital evidence from the scene of the July 1 wedding massacre in Oruzgan province, Afghanistan, according to a preliminary United Nations report leaked to the London Times.
The details were published in the Times
EmpireBy Michael Hardt andAntonio NegriHarvard University Press, 2000480 pages, $47 (pb)
REVIEW BY ZANNY BEGG
Since being published almost two years ago, Michael Hardt and Toni Negri's Empire has continued to create waves.
The popularity of the
BY SARAH STEPHEN
On July 24, the Australian government voted against the adoption of an optional protocol to strengthen the United Nations convention against torture. The government claimed its decision had nothing to do with preventing
BY PETER ROBSON
NEWCASTLE — Students at campuses across the country are organising
referendums calling for their universities to be declared “refugee safe
havens”.
“We want students to think about this question”, said campus refugee
BY SARAH STEPHEN
British Home Secretary David Blunkett and his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy agreed on July 12 to a timetable for the closure of the Sangatte Red Cross Centre. Sangatte has become a gathering point for asylum seekers attempting
BY TONY ILTIS
MELBOURNE — The Refugee Action Collective promoted its "no detention" model for processing refugees at a public meeting attended by more than 150 people at Brunswick Town Hall on July 30. The racism and inhumanity of Australia's
BY KATELYN MOUNTFORD
SYDNEY — Plans
for a week of on-campus activity around Tampa Day (August 26) on Sydney
University are well underway after a hugely successful inaugural Refugee
Collective meeting August 1. The 60-strong meeting was
BY EWAN SAUNDERS
BRISBANE — Around 250 students at the University of Queensland successfully blockaded the university's senate meeting on August 1, preventing a vote that would have seen course places sold to wealthy students with lower entry
REVIEW BY MARGARET ALLUM
All About My FatherDirected by Even BenestadScreened at the 49th Sydney Film Festival in June
Even Benestad made documentary film about his father, but both had very different ideas about what the film would achieve.
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