Tamworth, 595 kilometres north of Sydney, each year welcomes more than 50,000 people to its music festival. The town boasts it is the Australian equivalent of 鈥淣ashville鈥, albeit on a small scale.
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Late last year, 91自拍论坛 Weekly鈥檚 Kerryn Williams spoke to the assistant secretary of the Sudanese Communist Party (SCP), Suleman Hamid El Haj, in Khartoum about political developments in Sudan since the January 2005 signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). The CPA ended the two-decade-long war between Sudan鈥檚 central government in Khartoum and the south.
One-time Hunter & Collector, and now solo performer, MARK SEYMOUR has often taken part in political rallies, as well as performed on the stages of Australia鈥檚 premier rock venues. At times his music and ideological stance have seemed as one. Recently he spoke to 91自拍论坛 Weekly鈥檚 MIRIAM GRAVINO.
Science: A War on Science 鈥 The debate over "intelligent design" versus evolution, and a court case which puts it to the legal test. SBS, Sunday, January 28, 8.30pm.
Drug Trials: The Dark Side 鈥 Poor and illiterate patients in India are being
After months of pressure following the debacle of the July-August war in Lebanon, Israeli defence chief Lieutenant General Dan Halutz announced his resignation on January 16, prompting thousands of Lebanese to take to Beirut聮s streets in celebration.
Testifying to a January 12 US Senate hearing on President George Bush鈥檚 new Iraq war strategy, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned Nuri al Maliki, Washington鈥檚 puppet Iraqi prime minister, that he was 鈥渓iving on borrowed time鈥.
Around 200 pick-up trucks and cars comprised the long snake of a protest caravan making its way along Jakarta鈥檚 main thoroughfare, Jalan Thamrin, after a rally outside the Presidential Palace, where speakers called on the people to 鈥渨ithdraw the mandate鈥 of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. The occasion for the protest was the anniversary of the mass protests and riots against the Suharto government that took place on January 15, 1974.
The Bush administration鈥檚 decision to send more troops to Iraq in the face of rising opposition among ruling-class politicians and pundits, and against the wishes of the overwhelming majority of the US people, represents a desperate gamble.
When supporters of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez rallied in the Teresa Carrena theatre in Caracas on December 15 to celebrate their presidential election victory, 鈥渢here were cheers in the back half of the theatre鈥, wrote Caracas-based Marxist writer Michael Lebowitz in Venezuelanalysis.com, 鈥渂ut few in the high-priced seats鈥.
On December 29, 2006, the 176-member standing committee of the National People聮s Congress (NPC 聴 China聮s law-making body) lent its support to the draft of the proposed Property Law. Many fear this controversial law will help launder the enormous state wealth already appropriated illegitimately by corrupt Communist Party officials and their hangers-on, as well as encourage more such activities.
聯Venezuela聮s Leap Backwards聰 was the headline verdict of the January 10 Washington Post editorial, which attempted to throw doubt on the legitimacy of the December 3 presidential election in Venezuela that returned socialist President Hugo Chavez to office with a record 7.3 million votes (63% of the total vote cast)."Venezuela's Leap Backwards" was the headline verdict of the January 10 Washington Post editorial, which attempted to throw doubt on the legitimacy of the December 3 presidential election in Venezuela that returned socialist President Hugo Chavez to
As Used on the Famous Mandela: Underground Adventures in the Arms and Torture Trade
By Mark Thomas
Ebury Press, 2006
339 pages, $35 (pb)
By Mark Thomas
Ebury Press, 2006
339 pages, $35 (pb)
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