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"It's a fine sentiment, but a woolly one. It's an attempt to reduce unemployment solely at employers' expense." — Media commentator Ross Gittins arguing against a 36-hour work week (Age, April 12).
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Martial law was declared in Bolivia in the early hours of April 8 by President Hugo Banzer. The drastic move came at the end of a week of protests, general strikes and transportation blockades that brought large parts of the Latin American country to
BRITAIN: Punch-drunk British Nuclear floored again
British Nuclear Fuels Limited (BNFL), already punch-drunk from a series of scandals in recent months, faced another crisis on April 13 after a large number of confidential memos were leaked. One
Russia: After Putin's coronation
By Boris Kagarlitsky
MOSCOW — In the Russian drama, a new act is beginning. Since the
financial collapse of 1998, the “oligarchs” have recognised that the system
they have created cannot survive
ACI workers appeal for support
MELBOURNE — Workers at the ACI glass mould manufacturing plant in Box Hill have been locked out for four months. Below are extracts from an appeal issued by the workers, who are members of the Australian
US blocks global warming treaty deadline
Environment ministers from the industrialised capitalist powers on April 9 failed to agree to a deadline for the ratification of the agreement on global warming reached in Kyoto three years ago. Ministers
Howard and Burke's dirty deal
While the compromise on mandatory sentencing struck between Prime Minister
John Howard and Northern Territory chief minister Denis Burke may have
been sufficient to quell disquiet from the Liberal
BY ALEX BAINBRIDGE
HOBART — A range of allegations have been made concerning the privatisation of the Trust Bank by the state Labor government last year. Months after the privatisation was heralded as a "win for Tasmania", it has been revealed
"The slave trade in women for sexual purposes is growing ... Smuggling in humans is much less risky than smuggling drugs and it is highly profitable", Commissioner Anita Gradin told the European Commission's Conference on Trafficking in Women held by
How they work
The World Bank
The World Bank is a group of four banks: the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (which most call the "World Bank"), which offers loans for infrastructure-building and other "social" projects (such
Mining company won't compensate PNG villagers
BY JIM GREEN
Dome Resources, the Australian mining company responsible for a spill of 100 to 150 kilograms of sodium cyanide in Papua New Guinea on March 21, says it does not plan to pay compensation
Racism: Howard's re-election strategy
Leading right-wing columnists and journalists in the daily newspapers are debating how the government should manage growing popular discontent — without getting diverted from the path of economic
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