By Norm Dixon South Africa is facing a health crisis of massive proportions if the spread of AIDS is not bought under control. Estimates from three recent studies agree that a post-apartheid South Africa may find itself losing between 150,000
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Comment by Scott MacWilliam There are currently two matters which draw media attention to politics in Papua New Guinea. The first is the revolt on Bougainville and the second the impending national election. Central to both is the political
By Poul Funder Larsen CHELYABINSK — After picketing the city administration building for 10 days, health workers in this city in the Urals region of Russia went on strike on April 20. There were predictions that their stoppage, called in
Timor book launched By Maurice Sibelle BRISBANE — "The Western world has a moral and political obligation to tell the truth," East Timor community representative Lucia Corte-real told a gathering here to launch a new book, East Timor: A
The Away Game em = By David McCartney Thank God the match is over. Long drawn out batting ... Like England playing for a draw, What a bore. All aboard! Back on the bus, home again, yes. Whoever left behind will have to clean up all the
Resistance Is Defence Mzwakhe Mbuli Virgin Earthworks through Larrikin Records Available on CD and cassette Reviewed by Norm Dixon Through the mid-'80s South African police were constantly embarrassed and infuriated by the phantom-like
By Paul Adams MELBOURNE — There are many problems with relocating Coode Island's hazardous chemicals facilities to the west side of relatively remote Point Wilson, as recommended by the official investigators. The government is yet to
Comment by Steve Painter As the German trade union movement unleashes a powerful strike wave over declining living standards — an approach dismissed as old-fashioned by most Australian union officials — most local unions are sinking deeper
Ethnic vote I am a researcher in Arabic and teach Arab history at Deakin University's Toorak campus. Your sympathetic attitudes on Afro-Asian causes are building up an increasing readership for GL among Arab Australians, who combine political
Irish women campaign against treaty By Mary Ruddy The Galway Repeal the Eighth Amendment Campaign has launched a campaign for a No vote to the Maastricht Treaty on European Union. Ann Lyons, spokesperson for the Campaign, said "The decision
Earth Summit notes MADRID — Greenpeace Spain says the Earth Summit is in danger of becoming a carnival used by some governments to "greenwash" their image on environmental questions. Spokesperson Marie Luisa Toribio accused transnational
East Timor — A Western Made Tragedy By Mark Aarons and Robert Domm Left Book Club. $5.95 Reviewed by Tony Iltis The November 12 massacre of a funeral procession in the Timorese capital, Dili, put the Indonesian occupation of East Timor, now
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