At a joint press conference with visiting US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld on July 26, Kyrgystan's defence minister announced that his government would continue to allow Washington to station around 1000 US military personnel at an airport near
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Tony Dewberry
After years of struggle by asylum seekers and campaigning by the refugee-rights movement, the racist system of mandatory detention seems to be facing a crisis. Last week the federal government ordered the release from detention
Turkeysthanksgivingandthose yankee doodleswiththeir big toysboomand gloomthe new centurionscast asliberatorswithno-man's landgrowing larger every daywhilecorpses pile upmulti-culturallyallreeking of democracy's deceptionandonly the desertkeeping it
Sue Bolton
Quite a few places in the meat industry have AWAs. Some are in the retail services. Not a single AWA in the industry includes a rostered day off and the AWAs often allow the line to operate at a faster speed without increasing the amount
Marlene Obeid
A number of Afghan prisoners have begun a hunger strike, which they say they will pursue until death if their demands are not met, in the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
According to reports from the US Department of
Political science professor Kenneth Good, who has taught at the University of Botswana for 15 years, lost an appeal in the Botswana courts on July 27 over his deportation from the country. Good was deported on May 31 as a "threat to national
Eva Cheng
Chevron Corp, the second biggest US oil company, which is competing fiercely with China National Offshore Oil Corp to take over a smaller US oil concern, UNOCAL, has been found to have made big donations to vocal CNOOC critics, some of
On July 26, more than 1000 Afghans protested at the US military base in Bagram, chanting "Die America!" and throwing stones. The protesters attempted to break down an outer gate, demanding that eight detainees who were arrested without consultation
REVIEW BY SARAH STEPHEN
Code 46Directed by Michael WinterbottomStarring Samantha Morton and Tim RobbinsOpens nationally August 4
Code 46 is a love story, but it's not your usual love story. It has as a backdrop some fascinating and very
Sarah Stephen
Sam Watson, an Indigenous leader and spokesperson for Socialist Alliance, believes that the level of racist paranoia has increased following the London bombings, and he says the federal government is trying to drag us back to a past
James Balowski, Jakarta
Despite earlier opposition, leaders of Indonesia's parliament now appear to be willing to allow provincial-based political parties to be established in Aceh. This was a major sticking point in finalising the peace agreement
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