An article posted at RAWA.org on March 10 by Marc W. Herold said that on February 27, the US/NATO forces occupying Afghanistan 鈥渒illed three people, including two children, in Alasai district of Kapisa province鈥.
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鈥淪ince 2008, Cuba has begun footing the bill for the country鈥檚 transgender men and women to undergo gender reassignment surgery鈥, Baywindows.com said on March 10.
A Tasmanian opinion poll released on February 24 by EMRS has stunned political commentators throughout Australia, with headlines noting the surge in support for the Greens.
James Hansen, director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University鈥檚 Earth Institute, admits he鈥檇 prefer to spend his time out of the public eye, building on the decades of scientific research that has won him a reputation as the world鈥檚 top climate scientist.
Hundreds of anti-AIDS campaigners on March 1 urged Ugandan lawmakers to reject a proposed anti-gay law calling for tough penalties against homosexuality, including the death penalty, AFP said that day.
On February 25, the Senate rejected the Greens鈥 amendment to the marriage act that would have seen discrimination on the basis of gender and sexuality removed from the legislation.
Protests were held in London, Toronto, Auckland, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth on March 10 to mark the 150th day that about 250 Tamil asylum seekers have been stuck on a boat at Merak, Indonesia, waiting for resettlement in Australia.
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono visited Australia over March 9-11. Unsurprisingly, the issue of asylum seekers was the leading concern for the federal Labor government, the corporate media and refugee advocates alike.
On May 28, 2008, an elected constituent assembly declared Nepal鈥檚 centuries-old semi-feudal monarchy finished. As Nepalese people celebrated in the streets, the Himalayan country was declared a republic.
On March 7, Iraqi national elections were held. The results are not expected to be known for months. With 鈥渙nly鈥 43 people killed in related violence, the Western media hailed them as a step forward in developing a 鈥渄emocratic鈥 Iraq. Eric Ruder looks at the background to US plans to create a stable client state in the oil-rich nation. The article below is abridged from .
Slow Death By Rubber Duck: How the Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Life Affects Our Health
By Rick Smith & Bruce Lourie
University of Queensland Press, 2009
323 pages, $34.95 (pb)
By Rick Smith & Bruce Lourie
University of Queensland Press, 2009
323 pages, $34.95 (pb)
Leading anti-war campaigner Pip Hinman, who is currently helping organise protests that will meet the visit of US President Barack Obama, has been preselected as Socialist Alliance鈥檚 candidate for the federal seat of Grayndler in Sydney鈥檚 inner west.
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