Three days of talks between India and Pakistan in February sought to find a "roadmap to peace" in the disputed territory of Kashmir, but Kashmiri representatives are yet to be involved. Iqbal Khan, a Kashmiri living in Canberra, spoke to Â鶹´«Ã½
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Sue Bolton, Melbourne
More unionists are adding their names to the campaign to defend Craig Johnston, the former secretary of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union's Victorian branch. Johnston is facing serious charges resulting from the
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Public sector shuts down
ADELAIDE — Historic strike action closed down most of the South Australian public service on March 26. For the first time in more than 20 years, members of the Public Service Association walked out en masse in
Pip Hinman
Mark Latham's March 23 promise that an ALP government would bring Australian troops out of Iraq — preferably by Christmas — has been welcomed by the peace movement. However, just three days later, in the face of pressure from the US
Robyn Marshall & Alison Dellit
On March 23, the constitutional chamber of Venezuela's Supreme Court overturned a ruling of the court's electoral chamber regarding the validity of 876,017 signatures submitted as part of a campaign to unseat
Chris Slee
The Tamil National Alliance will contest the April 2 Sri Lankan parliamentary elections on a platform calling for the creation of an interim self-governing authority for the north-eastern part of the island. The TNA, an alliance of four
At the beginning of March, there were 153 children in Australian-run immigration detention centres. In addition, there are up to 98 asylum seeker children in foster care, hospital or motel detention.
Most of them, however, are no longer kept in
By Dale T. McKinley, Johannesburg
On the morning of March 21, South African police opened fire with stun grenades on members of the Gauteng Anti-Privatisation Forum who were protesting against water privatisation and the installation of pre-paid
Paul Oboohov, Canberra
The campaign to save the O'Connor and Bruce Ridge from the Gungahlin Drive extension escalated on March 22, when up to 100 protesters blockaded the work site. Nine people were arrested over two days of protests, organised by
Simon Tayler, Sydney
Sydney's community TV channel, Channel 31, will remain on air for now, after a win in the courtroom for the many supporters of the station's current broadcasters.
On March 18, the Australian Broadcasting Authority announced
Barry Weisleder & Ahmed Nimer, Toronto
As the reports are collated, it has become clear that millions of people worldwide joined the March 20 protests against the occupation of Iraq.
Doug Nesbitt of the British Stop the War Coalition has collated
Kerry Nettle
On March 22, following the Greens call to have Australian troops out of Iraq by the end of June, I asked the following question of defence minister Robert Hill:
"Is the minister aware of evidence that General Peter Schoomaker, the
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