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East Timor: the coup the world missed 22 Jun 2006 In his latest column for the New Statesman, John Pilger describes the latest phase of East Timor's struggle for independence, which, in the 1990s, he went undercover to report. One of the world's newest and poorest states now faces the overweening power of its vast neighour, Australia. Once again, the prize is oil and gas. more | Palestine: A war on children 15 Jun 2006 In a cover piece for the New Statesman, John Pilger describes how the US and Israel have finally resolved the problem of the Palestinians, who voted for the "wrong" government. They are to starve them while missiles are fired at their homes and picnickers on a beach. more | John Pilger in Hay-on-Wye 10 June 2006 Having not long returned from filming high in the Andes, I'm looking forward to a gentle, summery weekend at the literary festival in Hay-on-Wye with my daughter Zoe. more |
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