Headlines at 18 January 2009
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 17 January 2009
“We want to believe we are safe here … but the bottom line is that I’ve lost confidence in the Israeli side and that needs to be restored urgently, and it is their duty to restore this confidence”, United National Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) head John Ging told AP on January 13. »
History of Indigenous resistance
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 17 January 2009
AUSTRALIA: January 26 is the first Invasion Day (Australia Day) since the federal Labor government made the official apology recognising the wrongs suffered by the Stolen Generations - the Aboriginal children forcibly removed from their families and lands. »
Fifty years of the Cuban Revolution
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 17 January 2009
On January 1, 2009, the small island nation of Cuba celebrated the 50th anniversary of a revolution that overthrew a brutal dictatorship and set Cuba on its long and often complicated road towards socialism. »
Venezuela, Bolivia break relations with Israel
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 17 January 2009
The statement below was issued on January 15 by the Australia Venezuela Solidarity Network (AVSN). For more information, visit http://www.venezuelasolidarity.org. Since this statement was released, the Ecuadorian government of President Rafael Correa has condemned Israel's "crimes against humanity" and advocated sanctions be applied. In the Arab world, Qatar and Mauritania have suspended diplomatic and economic ties with Israel. »
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