HOBART 聴 A group of supporters gathered in Hobart on June 2 to celebrate the swearing-in of the new president of El Salvador, Mauricio Funes. Funes stood for the left-wing party Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front.
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As more US people become homeless and the recession deepens, The Guaranty Bank of Austin has decided to demolish 12 brand-new double story homes in Victorville, California.
Talking Stick: Health 鈥 Three dedicated people talk about closing the gap in health between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. ABC1, Friday, June 19, 6pm.
Message Stick: Intervention 鈥 Two years ago, the Howard Coalition Government
聯Say it loud, say it clear! Racists are not welcome here!聰 chanted protesters at the steps of Federation Square in Melbourne on June 10.
More than 200 people packed into the Brisbane city hall on June 1 for a public forum on why individual rights in Australia needed to be enshrined in a Human Rights Act.
A forum on human rights and media freedom in Sri Lanka attracted 200 people on June 6.
With some 375 million eligible voters from 27 countries electing 736 members of parliament, the European Parliament elections, from June 4-7, were the largest multi-country elections ever held.
Recent protests by Indian students in Australia have drawn global attention to a resurgence of racist violence in Australian cities. An Indian student lies in a Melbourne hospital recovering from serious stab wounds to his abdomen, while others live in terror.
Jean Hale (nee Heathcote) was born on July 29, 1912 in Brisbane. Her grandfather, Wyndham Selfe Heathcote, was an Anglican clergyman who opposed the Boer War. His opposition to the Anglican Church鈥檚 social policies and his opinions, such as this from one of his essays 鈥 鈥淭he death of Jesus, as a social reformer using direct action, has been transmuted into the death of a God dying for the world鈥 鈥 found him at loggerheads with the Church and resulted in his leaving to become a Unitarian Minister.
Premier Anna Bligh鈥檚 push to privatise Queensland鈥檚 public assets is just how former National Party premier Joh Bjelke Petersen ruled Queensland said state secretary of the Electrical Trades Union, Peter Simpson.
The Hezbollah-led opposition March 8 Coalition has conceded defeat in the June 7 Lebanese federal elections, which were marked by increasing US interference in the elections. For its part, the Israeli government raised fears a victory for the opposition would lead to war.
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