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Greenhouse over Sweden By Greg Peters STOCKHOLM — A series of dramatic shipping accidents and near misses has occurred in the Baltic region since the Shetlands disaster. It is apparent that the north European transport infrastructure
By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — Antinuclear activists in Russia plan a vigorous campaign against a new government program which would increase sharply the number of nuclear power reactors operating on Russian territory. The government's plans
South Korean socialist jailed Ilbung Choe, a South Korean socialist, publisher and political prisoner since October 1992, was not among thousands of people granted amnesty by the South Korean government last month. Choe, who had published
Handy reference on Indonesia A Dictionary of Indonesian History Since 1900 By G. B. Clancy Sydney: Sunda Publications. 236 pp. $15.00 Reviewed by Max Lane This is a modest but quite good publication. It will be particularly useful
The trophy wife It's well known that no warm, well-rounded human being would ever be a successful capitalist politician. You'd have to be a few sandwiches short of a picnic to get into the game in the first place. That's what makes it
A world of facts Third World Guide 1993/94 Instituto del Tercer Mundo 631 pp. $60. Reviewed by Sean Malloy "The World as seen by the Third World" notes the Third World Guide on the cover. The Third World Guide was first published
Comment by Teresa Dowding There was so much that frustrated and angered me in Susan Barley's article ("Child-care and promises", GLW March 10) that I felt compelled to answer some of her assertions. As a working mother of one child, I am
By Greg Peters STOCKHOLM — The Swedish government has landed in one of its biggest crises to date with plans to build a permanent road and rail link over the resund to Denmark. This engineering monsterpiece, intended as a symbol of new and
Black deaths protest By Sean Pybus HOBART — Groups including Support for Aboriginal Rights Tasmania (SART) gathered on March 2 at the opening ceremony of the state parliament. SART had planned a three-day vigil to pressure the
By Michael Rafferty The 1980s have been called the decade of the femocrat. In the 1980s, women began to move through the management ranks of government departments and many large companies. Quite apart from the new middle class of "sisters in
Abortion picket marks IWD By Freya Pinney BRISBANE — "This demonstrates how so-called pro-lifers value only the life of the foetus and devalue the lives of health workers and women", said Mary Barram, spokesperson for the Women's
Australians for Genocide Party? By Sarah Harris WOLLONGONG — The candidate of the Australians Against Further Immigration Party for the seat of Throsby, David Hughes, has made a novel contribution to the immigration debate. Hughes