SWEDEN: Parliament acknowledges Armenian genocide
SWEDEN: Parliament acknowledges Armenian genocide
Sweden's parliament on March 29 formally acknowledged the Armenian and Assyrian genocide, committed by the Ottoman Empire in 1915. During World
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War crimes
The Genocide Convention Act 1949, which came into force in Australia on January 12, 1951, makes it clear that Australia had a mandatory obligation to prevent and punish the genocide unleashed against East Timor by the Indonesian military
Business as usual
"It's a question of taking care during the recovery phase of the relationship to ensure that everything is going to promote a speedy recovery." — Prime Menzies John Howard on Australia's relationship with Indonesia, April 6.
Fill it
I am gone into the fields
To take what this sweet hour yields
Reflection, you may come tomorrow,
Sit by the fireside with sorrow.
You with the unpaid bill, Despair
You, tiresome verser-reciter, Care
I will pay you in the
New threat to Fraser Island
BY CAM WALKER
Fraser Island, off Queensland's central coast, was "saved" in the early 1990s, when the federal government intervened to stop logging on the island following a concerted campaign by many environment
'We need a bit of a blue'
The incumbent leadership of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) is in for a bit of a shock over the next few weeks. The militant Workers First team is contesting the position of national secretary, the first
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Tasmania Uni cuts provoke anger
BY ROHAN PEARCE
HOBART — Official attempts to transform the University of Tasmania into a "business-friendly" institution have provoked anger from students whose departments are being de-funded. Thirty-five
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