By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW, March 30 — Russians will have the chance on April 25 to vote in a referendum on President Boris Yeltsin's "shock therapy" economic policies. In other questions in the parliament-sponsored poll, voters will be asked
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On a recent visit to the Philippines, MAX LANE spoke to YUL CARINGAS, secretary general of the Katipunan Ng Mga Katutubang Mamamayan ng Pilipinas or KAMP (Federation of the Indigenous Peoples Association of the Philippines).
Could you explain
ADELAIDE — Indigenous artists and art professionals from Australia and the Pacific nations, North America and Europe will converge here from April 12 to 17 for an international symposium hosted by the South Australian Museum and Tandanya
By Melanie Sjoberg
ADELAIDE — The large radomes looming out of the desert in the far north of South Australia identify Nurrungar from a distance. They also symbolise the ongoing struggle against US bases and nuclear weapons. Over April
By Kristian Whittaker
The Eighth National People's Congress (NPC) opened on March 15 in Beijing. The NPC is China's constitutional equivalent to a "parliament".
The agenda includes the approval of a new government line-up and the passing
By Carla Gorton
SYDNEY — More than 100 young people have already registered for the Environmental Youth Alliance national conference, and new registrations are coming in every day.
This conference will be held on Friday and Saturday,
'No democracy in Tonga without a fight'
One of Tonga's royal-appointed ministers has warned that it is unrealistic to expect that the South Pacific island kingdom's nobles would hand over power to the people without a fight.
Minister
Dream trips from Havana to Brooklyn
Dreaming in Cuban
By Cristina Garcia
Flamingo Publications. 245 pp. $14.95
Reviewed by Kylie Budge
Set in Havana and Brooklyn, Dreaming in Cuban is a wonderful story which interweaves the lives of
Goss to end royal trappings in Qld
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — Queensland Premier Wayne Goss has entered the republican debate with plans to remove the oath of allegiance to the queen in state jurisdictions, and to remove references to the
French military cooperation with Fiji
Fiji and France have reached agreement on a military training exchange program, Pacnews News Service has reported.
Radio Fiji and Radio New Zealand, monitored by Pacnews, reported that the acting
She will not lose
More Ways Than One
By Arramaieda
An album of voice and percussion
Natural Symphonies
Available on cassette and CD
Reviewed by Karen Fredericks
This recording of 14 songs by Sydney-based a cappella group
By Norm Dixon
South African President F.W. de Klerk admission that South Africa developed six Hiroshima-sized nuclear bombs during the 1970s confirms charges made by the African National Congress and the anti-apartheid movement over the past
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