The Law
The Californian supreme court has this week handed down a ruling prohibiting the trade in kangaroo skin. Animal rights activists...
Social Justice
The United States’ congress has voted overnight to continue the ban on imports of products from Burma, in recognition of...
Politics & Economy
They were among the worst kept secrets in the history of the American central intelligence agency. Recently a series of...
Wilma Mankiller is the first woman in recorded history to lead an Indian nation. She spent 12 years as the...
We all know Australia has a rather cosy relationship with America – that’s why we signed the Free Trade Agreement....
Twenty years ago the UN convention against Torture came into effect, but today two thirds of all countries continue to...
The outbreak of what is effectively civil war between the Fatah and Hamas factions in the Palestinian Territories has sent...
In America you can get a Barbie Doll called Ms President Barbie – a no-nonsense, business suit clad doll designed...
US plans for a missile defence system in Europe are facing political deadlock because of Russian president Vladimir Putin. Putin...
Communications & Culture
Janet Turner Hospital’s latest novel Orpheus Lost, is an ambitious and compelling tale of terrorism, deception, love, music and mathematics....
