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All Tongues - Now It's Time For The Last Word

22 September 2007

The gears creak and crunch with every shift. The jeep is orange, partly from rust, partly from a 1960s paint job. Eight guys stand on the back, holding on as best we can. All around us the mountainous Colombian landscape is painted with a thousand shades of green. Giant banana leaves shade coffee plants beside the road, and mango trees droop with the weight of ripe fruit. A hot, humid breeze blows gently against our faces as the jeep rumbles along the road. We don't exceed 30 kilometres an hour ..... read full story

Workers To Strike Over Pay Dispute

13 September 2007

MORE than 100 Hunter mining and construction workers will walk off the job for a week-long strike from Wednesday over pay disputes with Sandvik Mining and Constructions... read full story

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