On September 10 a British jury acquitted six Greenpeace protesters who were on trial for trying to shut down a coal-fired power station on the grounds that they were trying to stop global warming.
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Friends of Cuba held actions in Perth and Canberra on September 14, kicking off an international campaign to win the release of five Cuban anti-terrorists sentenced to long prison terms in the United States on September 12, 10 years ago.
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The Socialist Alliance will stand two candidates for the City of Maribyrnong in the November council elections, on a platform of 聯community and environment before developers聮 profits聰.
Until last month聮s major party conventions, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama聮s victory was looking the pretty likely. With his message of 聯change聰, it isn聮t hard to see why.
Arriving at the Palacio Moneda in Santiago, Chile, on September 14, where close to 35 years ago to the day Chile鈥檚 left-wing president Salvador Allende was overthrow in a military coup, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez declared that 鈥渋n Bolivia a conspiracy is underway, an international conspiracy, financed and directed by US imperialism, just like that which occurred in Chile in 1973鈥欌.
My cows can鈥檛 swim!鈥, protested one farmer鈥檚 sign, with a marker to indicate just how high the water would rise. 鈥淎ct now or be dammed!鈥, advised another, echoing the overall theme of the 500-strong Save the Mary River rally on September 6 at the Traveston Crossing bridge in south-east Queensland.
On September 14, the Yungaba Action Group (YAG) protested at the Bligh Labor government鈥檚 community cabinet in Carindale as part of the campaign to save the historic migrant cultural centre from being sold off for private development.
The decision to make public a presidential order in July authorising US strikes inside Pakistan without seeking the approval of the Pakistani government ends a long debate within, and on the periphery of, the Bush administration.
Relative calm has returned to Bolivia following a three-week offensive of violence and terrorism launched by the US-backed right-wing opposition denounced by Bolivian President Evo Morales as a 鈥渃ivil coup鈥.
Union Solidarity activists blockaded the Dandenong mail distribution centre overnight on September 19 in response to Australia Post鈥檚 proposed transfer of a union delegate who took strike action three months ago.
The Victorian Abortion Law Reform bill was passed by the parliament聮s lower house on September 12 after more than 70 hours of debate. This may finally mean that abortion is removed from the state聮s Crimes Act dating back to 1958. Until the bill is passed, abortion remains a crime.
On September 17, the Thai parliament elected a candidate from the People聮s Power Party (PPP), Somchai Wongsawat, to be the next prime minister.
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