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Australian High Court prepares to hear Julian Moti appeal
By Patrick O’Connor, 30 July 2011
The High Court will next week hear the appeal of the former Solomon Islands attorney general, who has waged a five year battle against the Australian government’s attempt to prosecute him on what he alleges are “politically motivated” statutory rape allegations.
New moves by British parliament to shield the Murdochs
By Robert Stevens, 30 July 2011
On Friday, members of Parliament’s Commons Culture Select Committee voted against recalling News Corporation Chairman James Murdoch to give more evidence on phone hacking and police corruption.
Sri Lanka: University teachers union sells out wage campaign
By Kapila Fernando, 30 July 2011
The union leaders explicitly rejected any political struggle against the government, paving the way for their complete capitulation on the wage demands.
Sydney Film Festival 2011—Part 4: A conversation with Shelly Kraicer about Chinese independent cinema
By Richard Phillips, 30 July 2011
Beijing resident and film festival programmer Shelly Kraicer discusses developments in the Chinese independent cinema.
US economy stalls as growth rate drops to 1.3 percent
By Andre Damon, 30 July 2011
Commerce Department figures released Friday showed a further decline in the growth rate of US GDP.
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
30 July 2011
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
General's killing sparks crisis in Western-backed Libyan TNC
By Bill Van Auken, 30 July 2011
The assassination of a former Gaddafi official who became military chief of the Benghazi-based Transitional National Council has raised the specter of a civil war within the Western-backed Libyan "rebels."
The ideological roots of the Oslo atrocity
By Stefan Steinberg, 30 July 2011
The political and media reaction to the terrorist atrocity carried out in Oslo a week ago reflects a social order in a profound state of political and ideological decay.
US-backed forces launch military offensive in Somalia as aid is used as a weapon of war
By Susan Garth, 30 July 2011
The African Union is propping up the Transitional Federal Government that was installed in Somalia by the US-backed Ethiopian invasion of December 2006.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn accuser goes public
By David Walsh, 30 July 2011
The 32-year-old Guinean-born chambermaid who has accused French politician Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault at a New York City hotel has gone public with her charges over the past week.