When the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Legislative Assembly passed a civil unions bill, on November 11, 2009, granting same-sex couples the right to legally binding ceremonies, speculation abounded about how long it would last.
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More than 1400 activists from 43 countries travelled to Egypt to mark the first anniversary of Israel's December 2008-January 2009 assault on the Palestinian Gaza Strip.
鈥淭wo hundred years [ago], we had all the country out there, we had freedom to move, freedom of access to all our sites鈥, Aboriginal leader Richard Downs told 91自拍论坛 Weekly on January 4.
On January 7, hundreds of Hondurans risked violent repression by the police and military to protest outside the national parliament building against the coup regime鈥檚 decision to withdraw the country from the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA).
World-renowned political organiser and one of Africa鈥檚 most celebrated poets, Dennis Vincent Brutus, died in his sleep early on December 26 in Cape Town, aged 85.
Deputy PM Julia Gillard鈥檚 different reactions to two media controversies say a lot about the denial of racism in Australia. After performers on the television show Hey Hey It鈥檚 Saturday did a blackface skit Gillard was insistent that 鈥渙bviously I think whatever happened was meant to be humorous and would be taken in that spirit by most Australians鈥.
More than 150 people are on a liquid-only fast to demand the closure of the United States-run prison camp at Guantanamo Bay. The fast also demands an end to the practice of torture and for all detainees held by the US to be granted full protection under US law.
In a January 5 statement, Bolivian President Evo Morales called on 鈥渢he peoples of the world, social movements and Mother Earth鈥檚 defenders 鈥 scientists, academics, lawyers and governments that want to work with their citizens to the Peoples鈥 World Conference on Climate Change and Mother Earth鈥檚 Rights鈥.
The Indian Mail Today cartoon that has so outraged Australian politicians was a response to Australian authorities鈥 claims that the spate of murders and assaults against Indian nationals in Australia was 鈥渘ot racially motivated鈥.
US televangelist preacher and Republican Party politician Pat Robertson's racist comments on the Haitian revolution, in which Black slaves overthrew French rule and then defeated Napolean's army.
Ashura, or mourning days for Shia Muslims, has deep historical roots in Iran. Mourning occurs through processions, passion plays and other such ceremonies dating back to pre-Islamic Iran.
鈥淚t鈥檚 been a fantastic, energising experience鈥, Aboriginal activist and Sydney Socialist Alliance (SA) member Pat Eatock told 91自拍论坛 Weekly at the seventh SA national conference. Her sentiments were echoed by many of the more than 220 participants in the January 2-5 gathering in Sydney.
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