BY ROHAN PEARCE
In a December 27 BBC radio interview, Ruud Lubbers, UN high commissioner for refugees, said that a war on Iraq "will be a disaster from a humanitarian perspective". This is confirmed by confidential draft UN report obtained by the
521
BY ROBIN TAUBENFELD
BRISBANE — Police have suggested that the wheels are "now in motion" to close down the Narangba protest camp. The protest camp, which has maintained a 24-hour peaceful vigil opposite the proposed Steritech nuclear irradiation
BY JONATHAN STRAUSS
SYDNEY — NSW police officers subjected the Mufti of Australia and Imam of the Lakemba mosque, Sheikh Taj el-Din al Hilaly, to demands for a body search on January 6.
According to al Hilaly's lawyer, Stephen Hopper, as a
BY DALE McKINLEY
JOHANNESBURG — In the words of South African President Thabo Mbeki, "the question cannot be avoided for too long", especially in light of the recently concluded 51st national congress of the ruling African National Congress
Around 30,000 people staged a candlelight rally at Gwanghwa Gate, Seoul,
on New Year's Eve to protest the killing of two high school students, Shin
Hyo-Soon and Shim Mi-Sun (inset), by US soldiers driving an armoured vehicle
in June. The
BY PETER ROBSON & LISA LINES
Refugees' rights protests organised at short notice in Adelaide and Newcastle helped to expose the media's lies about asylum seekers in the second week of January.
In Adelaide, 60 people attended a January 8 protest
BY JIM MCILROY
BRISBANE — I have recently experienced a serious operation within the public health system of Queensland. After a period of angina I was referred for cardiac investigation to the Prince Charles hospital in the northern suburbs of
BY EVA CHENG
In late December, two leaders who took part in organising a 17,000-strong workers' protest last March in Liaoyang, Liaoning province, and have been in detention ever since, were charged with "subversion". They could be executed if
BY ROHAN PEARCE
A report in the December 26 Washington Post has revealed that US forces are torturing Taliban and al Qaeda prisoners at its Bagram air base in Afghanistan.
According to the report, "Those who refuse to cooperate inside this secret
Our World is
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Songwriters Peter Hicks and Geoff Francis justifiably believe their
BY STUART MUNCKTON
Reading the mainstream press over the last month, one could be forgiven for believing that Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez has become so unpopular that his government is facing a revolt by the country's workers.
However, at
The following
resolution was unanimously adopted by the 20th Congress of the Democratic
Socialist Party, held in Sydney from December 28, 2002, to January 1, 2003.
This 20th Congress of the Democratic Socialist Party:
1. Reaffirms our
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