Aborigine community leaders in a remote Northern Territory town set to receive the first police and army troops under an Australian federal government’s plan to combat a reported wave of domestic and sexual abuse are questioning the need for “military… Read moreAustralia: military occupies aboriginal communities
Mamdouh Habib, a “rendition” victim and former detainee at Guantanamo Bay, is running for a state parliamentary seat in New South Wales, Australia. He was picked up in Pakistan in October 2001, transferred to Egypt where he was tortured, then… Read moreEx-Gitmo detainee runs for office in Australia
Bush’s declaration of a national monument in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands is being hailed by world environmentalists, and certainly impresses by its sheer size—1,400 miles long and 100 miles wide. “To put this area in context, this national monument is… Read moreNew Hawaiian national monument: Bush’s strategic sacrifice
Anti-mining protests have made some international news from Mongolia and Indonesia. The latest entry is from the French colonial holding of New Caledonia. Note that protests causing “millions of dollars” in damages to the mine took place weeks ago with… Read moreAnti-mining protests rock New Caledonia
Australian authorities say they foiled a large-scale terrorist attack, arresting 15 people in raids in Sydney and Melbourne Nov. 7. Among the arrrested is Muslim cleric Abu Bakr, who had earlier this year stated his support for Osama bin Laden…. Read moreAustralia: one shot in mosque raids
