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• History

  America’s Hidden Role in Hamas’s Rise to Power

  In the U.S., the claim that the actions of Hamas forced Israel to launch a massive assault on the impoverished population of...

• Politics

  Myanmar (Burma) travel boycott: Lonely Planet Position

  There is no question that the military dictatorship in Myanmar (Burma) is among the most brutal and oppressive regimes in the world....

• Coroner & Legal

  Falls defined by police intimidation

  Clearly, the aim was not safety. What is safe about forcing thousands of tired, dehydrated people to sit in cars in a...

• Article

  A Real Tragedy

  The following bit of humour has no Christmas message but it fits my mood of relief that the sitting President of the...

• History

  Afghanistan, Another Untold Story

  Michael Parenti Interestingly enough, neither the Clinton nor Bush administrations ever placed Afghanistan on the official State Department list of states charged...

• History

  Afghanistan in Crisis

  Robert Fisk This is not the democratic, peaceful, resurgent, “gender-sensitive” Afghanistan that the world promised to create after the overthrow of the...

• Environment

  Uncle Ho’s Forests

  Heidi Douglas For a country with more motorbikes than people the carbon reduction Vietnam’s forests make to air quality could be key...

• Politics

  Green-slide puts ACT Labor govt in doubt

  A new Greens MP who snatched a fourth seat for the party in the ACT election says it is not a foregone...

• Environment

  Urban Mining

  The Zabaleen (which roughly translates as “garbage collectors”) in Cairo’s Moqqatam suburb are said to be the world’s greatest waste recyclers. Peter...

• Economy

  Time to invest in nature’s capital

  Andrew Mitchell Amid the global financial crisis, it is time to recognise the wealth we enjoy from nature’s capital, says Andrew Mitchell,...