Jim McIlroy &Coral Wynter, Caracas On February 2, the Latin American TV channel Telesur and the Arabic channel Al Jazeera signed an agreement to exchange information and technology, formalising a growing link that was initiated when Telesur began
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The NSW Labor premier, Morris Iemma, seems to be on a scapegoating rampage.
In recent times he has set up a police task force specifically designed to harass people from Middle Eastern backgrounds, made it easier for the state to seize the children
SYDNEY — "Captain Cook's a crook" yelled members of the Maritime Union of Australia as 50 people picketed Captain Cook Cruises at Circular Quay on February 7 to protest against the company's decision to sack an employee simply for his union
Michael Karadjis
Beginning late last year, tens of thousands of Vietnamese workers downed tools at dozens of foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) in southern industrial zones around Ho Chi Minh City, demanding implementation of a 40-48% wage rise
Zoe Kenny, Sydney
The day after a special sub-committee meeting of the NSW cabinet on February 7, ALP Premier Morris Iemma released the 2006 Progress Report on the Metropolitan Water Plan, which contained the announcement to "shelve" the plan to
Halliburton subsidiary Kellog Brown & Root has been awarded a contract worth up to US$385 million to build temporary immigration detention centres in the US. According to the February 4 New York Times, KBR executives said the centres would be built
Greens MLC Sylvia Hale and feminist doctor Kamala Emanuel were among speakers at a February 6 action in Sydney to protest against politicians denying women their right to choose to use the abortion drug RU486. On February 9, the Senate passed a
Pip Hinman
Around the globe, anti-war activists are gearing up for the protest rallies to mark the third anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. Across Australia, activists are doing the same, spurred on by the oil-for-food scandal, the new terror
Dale Mills
Ciaron O'Reilly, a Catholic peace activist, says he was treated in a heavy-handed way by two Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) officers when he was detained at Brisbane Airport on February 3.
O'Reilly, an Australian
Stuart Munckton
The February 2 expulsion from Venezuela of the US embassy's naval attache Captain John Correa has sparked a significant increase in US aggression against the government of socialist President Hugo Chavez. In response, up to 2.5
Seven activists who blockaded the British distribution centre of Israel's biggest state-owned agricultural export company Agrexco in November 2004 were acquitted of all charges on January 26. The activists had been charged with "aggravated trespass
Kamala Emanuel
Pro-choice forces registered a victory when the Senate voted on February 9 in favour of a private members' bill removing the health minister's veto over the availability of the abortion drug RU486.
The bill, which is yet to pass
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