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At Sydney Town Hall on January 28, 50 people rallied against the militarisation of Haiti and highlighted that Haiti is suffering from a human-made disaster as much as a natural one. The rally was organised by the Latin American Social Forum (LASF).
Howard Zinn, an activist and author for half a century and probably the best-known voice of the US left, died on January 27 at the age of 87.
鈥淲e have three priorities鈥, United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon told a January 21 media conference on Haiti with former US President Bill Clinton.
Alistair Hulett died at the Southern General Hospital in Glasgow on January 28. The obituary published below was complied by . More information on Hulett and his career can be found at .
The article below is abridged from a statement by the South African Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers Union (SACCAWU) on the ending of its seven-week industrial dispute with hotel and gambling company Sun International.
On January 14, two days after the catastrophe in Haiti, which destroyed that neighbouring sister nation, I wrote: 鈥淚n the area of healthcare and others, the Haitian people have received the cooperation of Cuba, even though this is a small and blockaded country.
You鈥檝e got to love Fox News. It鈥檚 like the saying on the t-shirt: 鈥淚s that the truth or did you see it on Fox鈥?
Incumbent and Sri Lanka Freedom Party candidate Mahinda Rajapaksa has won the January 26 presidential election, receiving 58% of votes cast.
Despite rumours of a council ban, the annual January 26 Invasion Day rally and march from Parliament House to Musgrave Park went ahead, as it has done for more than 30 years.
Sri Lanka was guilty of crimes against humanity for their war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) that concluded last May, a People鈥檚 Tribunal in Dublin on January 14-16 found.
Rail commuters are the latest victims of the Anna Bligh state Labor government鈥檚 asset sale madness.
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