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The decision of Moscow officials to place the image of Stalin on the posters dedicated to the 65th anniversary of Victory in World War II caused a lively discussion among the Russians. Additionally, it turned out that Stalin can be not only hated or admired, but may also serve as a good source of income.

Media Release - Monday August 30, 2010

"The arrival of his morning's asylum boat with 59 passengers off Christmas Island is by all accounts the 500th vessel arriving on our shores for the purpose of seeking protection under the terms of the UN Refugee Convention since April 1976," WA Human Rights group Project SafeCom said this morning...

WikiLeaks' Explosive Publications Masterminded by US Administration?WikiLeaks has published a new portion of previously classified military documents. This time, the controversial website has exposed the memo produced by the CIA's Red Cell think tank, which elaborates non-traditional approaches and shares alternative points of view to various issues. The document is titled "What if Foreigners See the United States as an 'Exporter of Terrorism'?"

For over two months members of the “Friends of The Pines Flora and Fauna Reserve” have staffed a community picket to stop the bulldozers destroying an irreplaceable piece of Heritage listed indigenous vegetation at the Westerfield property on the Mornington Peninsula.

Four people have been arrested on the 28th September as bulldozers and police started to move in. Read the story here

The property is slated for destruction to make way for the environmentally destructive and unnecessary Peninsula Link Freeway that has been rammed through without any scrutiny under the “Major Transports Projects Faciliation Act” by the authoritarian Brumby government. Community members have bravely blocked the bulldozers on this site to prevent it going the way of other indigenous vegetation remnants around Frankston that have already been destroyed to make way for another carbon spewing freeway. Please consider donating to the campaign or even better attending the Community Picket which is staffed dawn to dusk each day. For more details of how to get there, news about the picket and about the campaign itself visit http://savethepines.net or call Gillian Collins on 0414 309 960, picket organiser and coordinator Friends of The Pines Flora and Fauna Reserve

In return for the ALP "considering" policies such as a free dental system, fortnightly meetings with the PM and most ludicrously a committeee to "investigate" a carbon price the Federal Greens have entered into a formal partnership with the Gillard led ALP. Given the ALP has already stated it will not be introducing any price on carbon until after the next election, the Greens have sold their soul for less than crumbs!

IT must be ASIO's worst nightmare -- the meddlesome Greens finally are set to have a meaningful say in governing Australia.

Not just from a token MP or sympathiser in the House of Representatives but from next July 1 when the Greens take the balance of voting power in the Senate.

The spy industry in Australia was going from strength to strength until election weekend. Trying to stay in step with the huge expansion of the spying business in the United States.

The discovery of human bones this week in Belanglo Forest has reignited interest in the Backpacker Murders.

Ivan Milat continues to maintain his innocence and he and most of his family believe he was framed. There is much evidence to support this which can be found in various articles on this website:

http://indymedia.org.au/keywords/ivan-milat

The DNA of the killer which was found under the fingernails of the victims does not match either Ivan Milat or any member of his family.

The Senate Campaign – Brenda Kellaway

WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

WGAR Website: http://wgar.info/

- UN CERD's Report on Australia

Advance Unedited Version - 27 August 2010 - Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
[download] http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cerd/docs/co/CERD-C-AUS-CO-15_17.doc