Fundamentalist Christian and NSW police commissioner Andrew Scipione has made possible the introduction of a specially created 鈥淧olice Bible鈥 for the state's serving police officers.
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Since being evicted from their homes in the East Jerusalem community of Sheikh Jarrah on August 2 in a pre-dawn raid, the Hannoun and al-Ghawe families, both Palestinian, have been living on the street.
On August 19, about 170 people skipped dinner and found someone to care for the kids so they could attend the High School for Coburg (HSC) forum at Coburg Town Hall.
Community Public Sector Union (CPSU) members of the University of New South Wales (UNSW) launched a 鈥淟ove Our Leave Campaign鈥 to build support for a strong enterprise agreement.
The British Fire Brigades Union (FBU), which represents 85% of firefighters and support staff in Britain, plans to move motions at the Trade Union Congress鈥檚 (TUC) annual congress in September for the British trade union to work to increase Israel鈥檚 international isolation.
Dare the ALP gaol Adelaide building worker, Ark Tribe? Tribe鈥檚 refusal to attend a secret hearing of the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC 鈥 aka the 鈥淐onstruction Stasi鈥 because of its secret police-type powers) renders him liable to six months in prison or a fine of $22,000.
A typically dusty drive 25 kilometres south of central Australia鈥檚 Alice Springs brings you to an unlocked gate beside the old Ghan railway line.
Afghanistan held presidential elections on August 20 amid a major offensive by US and NATO troops and counter-attacks by a resurgent Taliban. The results are not expected until September.
The article below was published the day before Afghanstan鈥檚 presidential election by Malalai Joya, who was the youngest member of the Afghan Parliament elected in the 2005 elections. Joya was subsequently suspended from parliament for labelling it full of warlords. Joya鈥檚 memoir, A Woman Among Warlords (Scribner), will be released in October. This article is abridged from .
The military coup carried out by masked soldiers in the early hours of June 28 against the democratically elected president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, was a bandit act with differing messages for different audiences.
The 鈥渢ransparent government鈥 that President Barack Obama guaranteed during his electoral campaign has become yet another broken promise. The August 14 Huffington Post revealed a memo containing details of 鈥渢he deal鈥 Obama cut with health care mega-corporations in secret White House meetings.
Recent events in Honduras 鈥 where a Washington-backed military coup deposed President Manuel Zelaya on June 28 鈥 conform to the historic pattern of United States involvement in Latin American affairs.
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