Venezuela鈥檚 foreign minister, Nicolas Maduro, has dismissed the authenticity of documents that the Colombian government claims were found in a computer that belonged to Raul Reyes, a leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
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On March 20, Victorian Supreme Court judge Bernard Bongiorno found that the conditions of incarceration and transportation of 12 Melbourne men charged with terrorism-related offences were so harsh that a fair trial could not be guaranteed.
At 11pm on April 7, 1998, Patrick Stevedores locked 2000 waterside workers out of their jobs. Following months of speculation, the 鈥渓easing鈥 of Webb dock in Melbourne to the National Farmers Federation in late January and the abortive 鈥淒ubai affair鈥 鈥 where former soldiers were trained in secret in Dubai as strike-breaking scabs 鈥 Patrick opted for a frontal assault on the workers and their union.
On April 2, after much dialogue with the Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner government, agricultural producers suspended for 30 days a strike that began on March 11.
The Venezuelan national oil company PDVSA has closed deals with several European cities to deliver cheap fuel to socially deprived areas, Lenin Medina of the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry told a European Left conference in Paris on March 29. The
According to media reports, the federal ALP government intends to proceed with plans to extend uranium mining. The Uranium Industry Framework (UIF), which was set up by the previous government of John Howard and has never been disbanded, has been given a new lease of life. Resources minister Martin Ferguson was quoted in the April 2 Age newspaper as saying: 鈥淪ome countries see nuclear as part of their commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions鈥.
Damning the Flood: Haiti, Aristide & the Politics
of Containment
By Peter Hallward
Verso, 2008
442p, US$29.95
By Peter Hallward
Verso, 2008
442p, US$29.95
Journalists, communications specialists and other participants in a Caracas conference during the March 29-30 weekend demanded that political leaders in the region put the issue of 鈥渕edia terrorism鈥 on the agenda of all international forums and meetings in which they participate.
As part of a global day of action in solidarity with Tibetan protesters, 65 actions took place across Australia on March 31.
Richistan, A Journey through the 21st Century Wealth Boom & the Lives of the New Rich
By Robert Frank
Piatkus, 2007
263 pp.
By Robert Frank
Piatkus, 2007
263 pp.
Canterbury-Bankstown public school teachers will demonstrate outside Premier Morris Iemma鈥檚 Lakemba office on April 10 to express their outrage at the state Labor government鈥檚 refusal to re-negotiate a state-wide schools staffing agreement.
Fridge Magnets are Bastards: An A-Z Rant About Annoying People & Useless Things in the Modern World
By Mark Dapin
HarperCollins, 2007, 262 pp, $24.99 (pb)
By Mark Dapin
HarperCollins, 2007, 262 pp, $24.99 (pb)
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