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PERTH — One thousand people rallied in Perth on March 27 to demonstrate their outrage at the assassination of Hamas spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmad Yassin by the Israeli military. The rally, organised by the Muslim community, called for a peaceful
Stuart Munckton With Iggy Pop's "Lust for Life" booming from the sound system provided by the Reclaim the Streets collective, 700 students stormed into the main building of the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) on March 31. The protest was
Rohan Pearce Nine days after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, US President George Bush told a joint session of the US Congress: "Our war on terror begins with al Qaeda, but it does not end there. It will not end until every terrorist group of global
Jon Lamb, Darwin Ranger uranium mine workers, along with the residents of Jabiru and the traditional owners of Kakadu, remain deeply concerned about the recent contamination of drinking water and water systems surrounding the mine. The mine was
Eva Cheng After five decades of mostly military rule by the Nationalist Party (KMT), a former lawyer and member of the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) — Chen Shui-bian — won Taiwan's second ever presidential election by
From March 15 to March 27, workers at Colombia's Coca-Coca bottling plant went on hunger strike, in a desperate attempt to improve their working conditions. Carlene Wilson, a member of the Socialist Alliance and Workers Power, and an activist in