The people's champion is laid to rest, by the rank and file your soul is blessed, your casket draped with the flag of stars, for you did not break behind those bars, and behind those bars you served your time, for the workingman's gain is
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Doug Lorimer On September 3, Iraqi national security adviser Mouwafak al Rubaie told journalists that the alleged second-in-command of the tiny al Qaeda in Iraq group, Hamed Jumaa Farid al Saeedi, had been arrested a few days earlier in north-east
Rachel Evans Homosexuality is illegal in Lebanon, but queers are organising to eradicate this discrimination. Chadi Sankary, an Australian-Lebanese communications student, told 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly that Helem, an organisation of Lebanese lesbians, gay
Matt Bunn & Niko Leka Four of the "Pine Gap 6" will stand trial in Alice Springs on October 3 for attempting to inspect the secretive US-Australian military installation at Pine Gap in the Northern Territory on December 9. Bryan Law from Cairns and
Dale Mills, Sydney NSW Labor Premier Morris Iemma announced on September 5 that he plans to introduce legislation later this month to abolish the "double jeopardy" common-law principle for criminal trials. The principle states that people who have
Sue Bolton The Western Australian branch of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union is organising a solidarity protest in Perth on September 28, when 40 metalworkers first face the federal court to fight fines of up to $28,600 each. The AMWU is
On August 31 Ghana's government banned an international conference for gay men and lesbians that was due to take place on September 4. Information minister Kwame Bartels said: "Unnatural carnal knowledge is illegal under our criminal code.
Roxana Fuentes, Sydney On September 6, the Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union (LHMU) announced that the ISS office cleaning company had agreed to sign on to the principles of the union's Clean Start: Fair Deal for Cleaners campaign. "Today
Jim McIlroy & Coral Wynter, Caracas "It is not possible [to accept] the continued massacre of our campesinos [peasants]", Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez declared during the August 6 edition of Alo Presidente, his weekly TV program. "They [attack]
Sue Bolton A New Zealand subsidiary of Australian retailing giant Woolworths responded to a 48-hour strike by its employees at distribution centres in Auckland, Palmerston North and Christchurch on August 25 by locking them out. The sudden lockout
Doug Lorimer On August 28, UN secretary-general Kofi Annan told journalists that Israel had committed 70 violations of the UN-ordered truce that ended the assault on Lebanon, compared to four by Hezbollah. Israeli officials argue that their
Leo Zeilig The July 30 elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo were the first national elections in the country for more than four decades. In the first round, the sitting president Joseph Kabila took a 45% share of the vote, while his nearest
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