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There will be ‘no truce with the criminals’ pledges Mexico’s newly-elected President Enrique Peña Nieto. He has slick shiny black hair which he combs into a small mountain at the front of his head, a nugget of gold for political cartoonists. But …

Once thought to be the stuff of nightmares, organ trafficking is a threat that just became more real by (officially) landing on our doorstep. Miranda Farrell finds out if we’re prepared. On 28 July 2011, news broke that an elderly Sydney woman …

As Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono arrives in Australia for talks with Prime Minister Julia Gillard,  there is speculation that the increased US presence in Australia’s north, announced during President Barack Obama’s visit in November, may be another item up for discussion during the two-day leaders’ …

The personally controlled electronic health record system will go live tomorrow, but medical and security experts are voicing their unease. Brittany Cooper examines the privacy issues at stake for health consumers. There was an elderly customer in the pharmacy where I used to work …

They say a picture paints a thousand words. But as I fixed my gaze upon Kamalesh’s harrowing oil painting, I began to wonder whether the age-old idiom did this work enough justice, writes Anusha Menon. We’d talked about his time at Villawood …

The NSW Land and Environment Court on May 22 overruled Blacktown Council’s refusal of the mobile tower Telstra proposed to build at Quakers Hill. Court Commissioner Sue Morris ruled that there was no reason to reject the tower based on health risks …

Africa is a continent, not a country. The 54 African countries are unfailingly either ignored in our media or the stories that we see are negative. Africa has positive stories to tell but editors in Australia choose not to let us hear …

The internet is playing an increasing role in converting people to atheism according to the Australian Atheist Foundation, writes Vanessa Schlenert. Atheist forums are extremely popular online and are becoming a large factor in getting religious people to question their faith. The …

The Sydney music community does exist. It may be quiet but there is a steady push of alternative music back into the mainstream, writes Elizabeth New. If we believe recent portrayals in the media, Sydney’s music scene is in irretrievable ruins. The focus …

THERE was a feeling of change in the air at the Mabo Day celebrations on Thursday Island,writes Mark Roy. While the Federal Government is talking about changes to the Native Title Act, 20 years after the historic High Court decision on land …