The January 15 bombing with white phosphorous of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency that housed hundreds of refugees and humanitarian aid was not an isolated incident.
Editorial
鈥淎n entire refugee family in one fell swoop was killed this morning as they took cover in their home, which took a direct hit from Israeli shells鈥, according to a diary direct from Palestine written by Laila El-Haddad and published on January 4 on Electronic Intifada.
There is no room for any doubt that Australia is suffering from an epidemic of domestic violence.
The first 12 months of Kevin Rudd鈥檚 federal Labor government have proved to be a continuation of the conservative, pro-war and anti-environmental politics of the Howard years.
After midnight on November 9, Imam Samudra, Amrozi Nurhasyim and Mukhlas Nurhasyim were executed by firing squad on the Indonesian prison island of Nusakambangan.
On May 1, International Workers Day, workers and unionists need to reflect on the greatest challenge facing humanity: global warming.
In a June 25 joint statement issued with his Australians All co-patron and former Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) chairperson Lowitja O聮Donoghue, former Coalition PM Malcolm Fraser attacked the Howard government聮s June 21 announcement that it was taking control of 60 Aboriginal communities in remote areas of the Northern Territory as a 聯throwback to past paternalism聰.
Describing the situation as 聯unprecedentedly dangerous聰, PM John Howard announced on April 19 that no water will be allocated to irrigators in the Murray-Darling basin after June 31, unless there is substantial rainfall and therefore water inflows to the basin in the next six weeks.
After five years of solitary confinement in a small metal cell, David Hicks pleaded guilty on March 26 to one of the two charges brought against him by US military prosecutors on March 1, to finally get out of the notoriously brutal US military prison at Guantanamo Bay. Hicks鈥檚 case has revealed just what a sham the US-led 鈥渨ar on terror鈥 really is.
PM John Howard is facing an election later this year and knows that his government聮s support for Washington聮s war in Iraq is highly unpopular 聴 hence his vituperative attacks on Labor leader Kevin Rudd聮s pledge to withdraw Australian troops.
Prime Minister John Howard鈥檚 January 25 announcement of plans to deal with the water crisis in the Murray-Darling Basin contains some measures that are small steps in the right direction, such as the replacement of open irrigation channels with covered pipes to reduce evaporation.
US President George Bush used a January 10 聯address to the nation聰 to declare that 2007 will be another year of war. His decision to send 21,500 more troops to Iraq 聴 despite opposition from the overwhelming majority of people in the US, including 91自拍论坛 of the military 聴 indicates his government聮s arrogance, and its unwillingness to learn any lessons from history.
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