The Sri Lankan government聮s war against the Tamil people is intensifying.
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Violent attacks on police officers, roadblocks, civic stoppages enforced by armed fascist youth groups and threats to cut off meat supplies and take over gas fields have all been part of what left-wing Bolivian President Evo Morales has denounced as an attempted 鈥渃ivil coup鈥 by 鈥渄esperate people鈥 following his August 10 recall referendum victory.
When you see the line-up of candidates running for Newcastle council in the September 13 elections, you notice the average demographic is seriously out of whack with that of the region.
On August 18, former Guantanamo Bay detainee Mamdouh Habib was fined $400 in the Ryde Local Court for offensive language and behaviour towards police. The ruling will be appealed in the Parramatta District Court on September 11.
The admission by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) that it knows the location of loyalist paramilitary weapons dumps, is no surprise considering the involvement of police in the six counties that make up Northern Ireland with loyalist killer gangs over the years, according to Sinn Fein聮s Alex Maskey.
Thousands across Pakistan celebrated the humiliating departure of dictator Pervez Musharraf on August 18.
November 11 is Remembrance Day, marked each year to commemorate those who have died in war.
Low-income tenants in community housing will face greater hardship following a recent NSW government policy decision that means tenants will lose their rent assistance.
This month the federal Labor government announced a pilot seasonal worker scheme in the horticulture industry. Under the trial, up to 2500 visas will be available over three years for workers from Kiribati, Tonga, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea to work in Australia for up to seven out of any 12 months. Swan Hill in Victoria and Griffith in NSW, among other horticultural districts, are being considered for the pilot.
On November 22 this year, the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders聮 meeting will convene in Lima, Peru.
On July 28, the Sydney Morning Herald revealed internal state government documents stating that even if prices for petrol, parking and road tolls increased massively, Sydney聮s car use would still climb beyond NSW government targets by 2016.
For four months following the historic elections for a constituent assembly 聴 which formally ended the monarchy and established a republic 聴 the small Himalayan nation was in a state of limbo as right-wing forces disrupted attempts to establish a national consensus government.
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