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Students arrested as Suharto accepts Try Forty students demonstrated outside the Indonesian parliament on March 10 to protest against the nomination and election of ex-general Suharto as president. The demonstrators, carrying placards
By Nick Johnson PHNOM PENH — The United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) recently made public the presence in Cambodia of three former Vietnamese soldiers. One is an ethnic Khmer from southern Vietnam now in the Cambodian
Two Interpretations From Central Park By Graeme Merry Visions and Voices Publications Reviewed by Peter Salisbury It will probably not be very long before the death of poetry is announced, in the same way as the death of the novel was
Hoffa Written by David Mamet Directed by Danny DeVito With Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Armand Assante Showing in Hoyts city and suburban cinemas Reviewed by Max Lane Hoffa is a disappointing film — annoyingly so, given the
Following bilateral discussions between the African National Congress and the National Party government in February, a multiparty preparatory conference was held on the weekend of March 6-7. The 26 political organisations present agreed to open
By Sean Malloy The release of February labour force figures on March 11 showed unemployment still rising. The Australian Bureau of Statistics put the seasonally adjusted figure at 11.1%. This was a rise of .1% on the January figure, which the
By Dave Riley Food irradiation is back on the menu. Australia's three-year moratorium on it expired on December 12. The National Food Authority will soon develop "standards on the process of treating food with ionising radiation to increase
Nuclear reactor plan under fire By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Conservationists have condemned a proposal by mining giant MIM to build a nuclear reactor at Mount Isa, capable not only of conducting research but of generating 20 to 50
Cuba solidarity conference in Mexico Ciudad Juarez — Cuba solidarity groups from Mexico, the USA and Canada are planning a new drive to send $180,000 of donations to Cuba. The decision came out of a trilateral solidarity conference held in
By Dave Riley The youth radicalisation that swept the world in the '60s bore with it a confidence and an experimental imagination that invigorated all areas of creativity. This was especially true of theatre. The staid old forms were found
Greenhouse over Sweden By Greg Peters STOCKHOLM — A series of dramatic shipping accidents and near misses has occurred in the Baltic region since the Shetlands disaster. It is apparent that the north European transport infrastructure
South Korean socialist jailed Ilbung Choe, a South Korean socialist, publisher and political prisoner since October 1992, was not among thousands of people granted amnesty by the South Korean government last month. Choe, who had published