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Ali Abunimah: Trump playing with fire in Jerusalem

Donald Trump’s announcement that his adminstration would recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital will end decades of US policy that such recognition could come only after the status of the city is settled in negotiations.

Last month, US lawmakers  to promote recognising Jerusalem and moving the embassy that only heard from members of the Israel lobby, and completely excluded Palestinians.

Fly after sundown

By Phil Anderson "Fly Buys. The all new way to earn free air travel." Seductive marketing: simply by doing everyday things like shopping, buying fuel and using your credit cards you can earn free travel. So says the new colourful brochure.

Boycott Beijing campaign

Boycott Beijing campaign Women internationally are organising to protest at the location of the 1995 United Nations Fourth International Conference on Women, to be held in Beijing. A Boycott Beijing campaign was initiated by women in

Destructive logging spreads in Solomons

By Simon Heath Multinational logging is now creeping in to destroy the rainforests of the south-west Pacific after timber supplies elsewhere in the world are exhausted or becoming protected. A particularly horrifying example of

Gunbalanya Open Day

By Deb Sorensen Arnhem Land: The name conjures up images of a majestic landscape, remote wilderness with special places known only by the descendants of peoples who have dwelt there for tens of thousands of years. Many of us have seen

The seesaw system

The seesaw system The federal Liberal Party is marking a half century since its founding. "Celebrating" would be far too strong a term to describe the party's attitude towards its birthday. Their mood suggests that the Liberal leaders have

News briefs

ADELAIDE — South Australian Police Commissioner David Hunt is pushing for increased police powers under the guise of a crackdown on bikie gangs. Labelling bikies "marauding people", Hunt said the police would demand legislation to: lower the level

Censorship in Russia — with bombs and brass knuckles

By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — Did officials of Russia's Federal Counter-Intelligence Service and of the Defence Ministry organise the murder of a crime-fighting journalist? This is the suggestion — backed by a disturbing volume of

The embroidery that speaks

By Liliana Marambio The technique of embroidering feelings on pieces of sackcloth was born in Chile at the end of the '80s, when the voices of the relatives of prisoners and the "disappeared" of the military regime — the majority of them

Write on

Telephone typewriter There has been a drastic reduction in the service of the TTY (telephone typewriter) relay. This was previously a 24 hour service providing deaf people and people with speech impediments a constant communication service

Kill first, ask questions later

Kill first, ask questions later By Stephen Robson PERTH — Police action toward armed persons has become an issue again following the shooting of Ray Gould by the tactical response group (TRG) early on October 26.

Kuranda skyrail dispute escalates

By Kate Minnett and Sean Purcell CAIRNS — Despite the threat of legal injunctions, activists opposed to the building of a private 7.5 kilometre tourist cable car in World Heritage-listed national park between Cairns and Kuranda, north of