The United States is losing its war on cancer, according to a long article in the January 1994 Scientific American. The basic measure of success or failure — the age-adjusted cancer death rate — continues to climb slowly
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SYDNEY — Thirty people gathered to protest against the war in Bosnia and the role of the United Nations on Friday, February 18, at Sydney Town Hall. The protest, organised by the Democratic Socialist Party, called on the United Nations to lift the
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The media have become fond of comparing university students today with their counterparts in the '60s and early '70s and concluding that students now are much more conservative. This is usually explained by the inane "the '60s were
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Based on highly reliably international contacts, leaked documents and horoscopes from several TV magazines, Nostradamus' Media Watch presents a highly accurate forecast of political events across the globe. Norfolk Island
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Students enrolling on Victorian campuses in recent weeks have been confronted by Liberal students asking them to sign petitions in support of voluntary student unionism (VSU). The Liberal students are trying to gain support for VSU
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Women-only facilities In recent years we've heard claims by men that facilities for the use of women only are discriminatory against men, and therefore should be stopped. In 1990 a senior officer in the Commonwealth Department of Health, Dr
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MELBOURNE — The campaign centred on the Richmond Secondary College was described by Frank Hardy before his death as one of the most inspiring working-class struggles in Australia since the 1890s strikes. The true
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What to do on a Saturday night in any major city in Australia? You could always sit in front of the TV and watch the winter Olympics. Perhaps a video is more your style. Anything to avoid mixing it with the crowds at the local pub band night.
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BougainvilleYellow Cake, Yellow Cake Where have you been? I've been asleep in the ground Not part of the scene. But now I'm awake, I can sing, I can shout, Innuendo, Crescendo, As to what it's all
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Open Learning — The New World Disorder — This program furthers the analysis of the "displacement of ideology" as the central organising principle of many communities and the rise of ethnic and nationalist-inspired strife. ABC Radio National,
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For years, death squads, generally disguised as civilians or in Arab dress, have vigorously carried out their lethal work of eliminating the "wanted" on their hit list of "hard-core activists" (many of them teenagers) — and anyone who gets in the
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"'All these years we've given our kids everything they've wanted. All of a sudden we felt like an insect that was going to get walked on — he hit the bottle. We fought, the kids got upset, I walked out with a black eye.' —
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Campus calendar Adelaide: Flinders University, Wednesday, March 2, 1 p.m., Art Gallery behind refectory. Visiting Filipino activist Sonny Melencio speaks about the left in the Philippines today. Brisbane: UQ, Thursday, February 24, 12-3
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Bobbit trial The Lorena Bobbit verdict certainly speaks for the place of women in the criminal justice system. But its message is one of exclusion, dangerous and nebulous alternative sanctions and the consequences for good little girls trying to
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Dick Nichols Solidarity with the Sydney wharfies! With the intervention of industrial relations and transport minister Laurie Brereton into the Sydney wharf dispute, the grounds are being laid for an outcome that would not only make it very
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PERTH — When nominations for the by-election in the federal seat of Fremantle closed on February 15, only four names were on the ballot, including candidates for the ALP, Liberals and the Greens (WA). The Australian Democrats
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A worker using a wooden stick presses plastic bundles into a hopper, where it melts into a grey mass. The plastic is mixed with a colouring agent and tipped into a moulding machine, where it is formed into coat hangers. Nearby,
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"The company's intention to extend the further utilisation of supplementaries [casuals] at the expense of permanent employees is yet a further example of the confrontationist tactics and policies within the stevedoring industry
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All relative "There is no democracy in preselection , and we need to democratise our party ... we need a more broad-based selection committee who will look at people not because they are someone's relative but because they deserve it." — NSW
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DSS heats staffing dispute BRISBANE — The Department of Social Service escalated a dispute with the Public Service Union on February 18, by taking the state PSU branch to the Industrial Relations Commission over alleged breaches of dispute
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Court government to close schoolsPERTH — Despite the "I'm not Jeff Kennett and this is not Victoria" rhetoric during the 1993 state election campaign from Liberal leader Richard Court, his school closure program has all
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Cuba solidarity nightBRISBANE — The Cuban people are facing the economic crisis confronting the revolution, known as the "special period", with strength and innovation, Roberto Jorquera, Latin American solidarity activist,
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Victorian teachers still waiting for awardMELBOURNE — At a branch delegates meeting on February 12, Victorian teachers voted for a campaign of industrial action in response to a delay in granting an interim federal
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Sewage flows into Sydney HarbourSYDNEY — Up to 30% of Sydney's sewage will never make it to a treatment plant during rainy weather, according to recent reports. During severe storms, Sydney's ageing pipe system is forced
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In response to pollution scandals and toxic disasters, in the 1980s the rich industrialised countries of the OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) adopted relatively strict regulations governing the disposal
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AdelaideNineteen waterside workers at Port Adelaide were sacked on March 17 after refusing to work "double header shifts" in protest over the sacking of 55 workers in Sydney. Daryl Grey, South Australian branch
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CANBERRA — Quarantine and food quality issues have been cast aside in the latest round of cuts to the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service. On February 14, management released a proposed structure to staff which chopped
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Coalition to save Adelaide Hills faceADELAIDE — "The hills face is not protected, but ordinary people think it is", Ben Carslake, secretary of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) told 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳
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Uranium scare in SAADELAIDE — Western Mining Corporation on February 14 revealed a contamination alert at its huge uranium and copper mine, Olympic Dam, in the north-west of the state. The alert was sparked by
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Cops mistreat logging protestersMELBOURNE — Police use of neck holds to remove protesters from an anti-logging picket on the February 11 has been condemned by medical experts as highly dangerous.
Analysis
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Cognac for some, Claytons for others Porsche sales are up: evidence, surely, of the the much eulogised economic recovery. Good news too on profit margins: they are forecast to rise 20% this year. And by year's end unemployment is expected to ...
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Leoncio Sanic Simon is president of the Guatemalan peasant organisation People of Corn, or Achim Ixim. Achim Ixim was founded by Sanic and others in 1990 to help indigenous peasants who have been displaced from their homes by
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White workers join COSATU More than 1000 white workers in the transport giant Transnet — some of them members of the right-wing Conservative Party — have joined the COSATU [Council of South African Unions] affiliate, the SA Railways and
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Today Hanoi, tomorrow Havana?According to the February 17 San Francisco Chronicle, many US businesses are keen to open trade relations with Havana. The dollars-and-cents argument is gaining some momentum. In early
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PETER CAMEJO is chairperson of Earth Trade, a San Francisco-based import/export company specialising in environmentally sustainable development. He will be a featured guest speaker at the International 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Conference from March 31 to April 4
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On February 25 a delegation of five women will depart Australia to observe the Salvadoran elections. "We have been invited by the FMLN to join with other international representatives to observe the March 20 elections", explained
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Ruling against Colombian president BOGOTA — Colombian President Cesar Gaviria may have to stand trial for the unauthorised presence of US troops in Colombian territory. On February 9 Colombia's Council of State unanimously ruled that
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By mid-year the largest airline in the country, United Airlines, could be "controlled" by its union employees. Leaders of the machinists' and pilots' unions say an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) is the best
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The war against the people of Bougainville has been accepted on the agenda of the United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) for this year in Geneva. The Bougainville interim government representative to the UN, Mike
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MOSCOW — "'The Union of Labour' — that is the name chosen by a trade union social and political movement formed in Krasnoyarsk region. The founders include the trade unions of workers in education and science, culture and
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Speaking on Radio New Zealand's Morning Report program on February 15, Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Paias Wingti turned truth on its head. "Paias Wingti claimed that there was no blockade of Bougainville, that PNG troops
Culture
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Needing a few more cuts Fine cut: All out comedy SBS TV Monday, February 28, 11.15 p.m. (10.45 Adelaide) Reviewed by Lou Stanley Being gay doesn't mean that you're happy or for that matter funny. All out comedy is a reminder that
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The Boys in the Band Directed by Kevin Jackson New Theatre, Newtown, until March 19. $16/11 Reviewed by Tom Flanagan The Boys in the Band is a play dealing with gay issues that dates from the pre-Stonewall era. First performed in New York
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Black River Directed by Kevin Lucas Mercury Cinema, Adelaide Reviewed by Melanie Sjoberg Black River won the 1993 Grand Prix Opera Screen, Paris, and AFI nomination at the London, Hawaii, Melbourne and Brisbane international film
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East Timor 1942-1992: A Retrospective Photographic Exhibition Curated by Oliver Strewe and Jenny Groves Bondi Pavilion Gallery, Bondi Beach 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. until March 6 Reviewed by Jill Hickson This wonderful display, presented by
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8 Gang with MaoPERTH — Over the school holiday period, the Photography Gallery of Western Australia organised an introductory photography course for eight high school students. This led to the exhibition of the
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The Vibe hits AdelaideA highlight of this year's Adelaide Festival will be the presentation of three raves and a number of club nights by new rave travellers the Vibe Tribe. The Vibe Tribe, formed from the
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Zapata, Dead or Alive SBS TV Friday, March 4, 8.30 p.m. (8 Adelaide) Reviewed by Peter Boyle Even before the surprise Zapatista uprising in Mexico on New Year's Day, there were Mexicans who believed that the legendary revolutionary leader
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Schindler's List Directed by Steven Spielberg Screenplay by Steven Zaillian Reviewed by Jon Land This film traces the remarkable story of Oskar Schindler and his efforts to save some 1100 Polish Jews from the Nazi Holocaust. Adapted from
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4ZZZ needs a computer BRISBANE — 4ZZZ radio station is trying very hard. A ZZZ reporter was thrown out of PNG Prime Minister Paias Wingti's media conference for asking about Bougainville, and another was arrested over free speech in the Queen
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When the Compact Disc first emerged in the 1980s, it participated in the undermining of one of our most long-held assumptions. With the C.D., the whole distinction between Side A and Side B of the old vinyl
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Bertrand Russell By Caroline Moorehead Sinclair Stevenson, 1993. 596 pp. $26.95 (pb) Reviewed by Phil Shannon Though born in 1872, Bertrand Russell — philosopher and outspoken political dissenter — can still satisfy the sceptical and