"An objectively grave matter has been reduced to a question of the mother's convenience... To a pregnant 14-year-old struggling to grasp what's happening, a senior student with a whole life mapped out or a mother already failing to cope under
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Afghan community discusses women's rights
SYDNEY — Most women in Afghanistan are no better off since the country was "liberated" by the United States two years ago, Afghan academic Dr Nazir Gul told a packed hall on March 20.
The
Dale T. McKinley, Johannesburg
In his introductory remarks to the ANC's recently released election manifesto, President Thabo Mbeki confidently asserts that the ANC, as a political party and as government, has made much progress since 1994 in
Walt Disney: Hollywood's Dark PrinceBy Marc ElliotAndre Deutsch, 2003305 pages, $30 (pb)
Review by Phil Shannon
"Who's afraid of the Big Bad Walt?", read the placards of striking Disney cartoonists in 1941, mocking the popular lyric from Walt
Emma Murphy, Adelaide
The South Australian state government has been embroiled in controversy and condemnation since deputy premier Kevin Foley's March 15 announcement about the fate of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Lands. "This government has lost
Jon Lamb, Darwin
On March 18, East Timorese dock worker Pedro Henrique was crushed to death by a container at Dili wharf, while working for Darwin-based Perkins Shipping.
Union officials in East Timor and Darwin claim that Henrique was fatally
Lou Plummer, Fayetteville, North Carolina
On the day after his 19th birthday in 1966, my father received his commission as an officer in the same North Carolina National Guard unit that took his father to Europe in World War Two. By 1969, having
Murray Smith, Paris
The verdict in the first round of the French regional elections on March 21 was unambiguous. The electorate massively rejected the right-wing government led by Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin.
Parties supporting the
George Samuel
While university students fight the introduction of voluntary student unionism, the effect of management-controlled student organisations has hit home at Ultimo TAFE.
The annual general meeting and board elections for the TAFEs
John Tomlinson
Beyond the New Paternalism: Basic Security as EqualityBy Guy StandingVerso, London, 2002320 pages
In early December, I finally got around to reading Philippe Van Parijs' 1997 book Real Freedom for All. I needed to read it before
For eight months, Tom Mann taught in one of Australia's desert prisons for asylum seekers. The experience turned him into a campaigner against mandatory detention.
Michael, an 11-year-old Iranian boy, arrived at Woomera detention centre at the end
Eva Cheng
Despite winning 50.11% of the votes cast in Taiwan's March 20 presidential election — a big improvement from the 39.3% that won him the presidency in 2000 — incumbent President Chen Shui-bian's re-election remains in doubt.
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