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Sacred sacrilege

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The Northern Territory Seafood council accused the Northern Land council, which represents Aboriginal land owners, of trying to gain exclusive control over rivers, creeks and seas by lodging 21 sacred site claims in Blue Mud Bay and offering fisherman the chance to buy exclusive access to fish within the sites. The Australian courts indicated that even a successful native title sea claim by the Aborigines would never give them exclusive control of the seas.

Australia, Management dynamics, Commercial Fishing, Fish hatcheries and preserves, Fishing, Hunting & Trapping, Fishing, Hunting and Trapping, Management, Powers and duties, Fish industry, Fisheries, Company business management, City councils

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Rebels, riot, and ruin

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Gastao Salsinha, who was a lieutenant in the East Timorese army (F-FDTL), and his 519 petitioner soldiers are protesting outside the government building in Dili, complaining that soldiers from the eastern part of the country are favored more for promotions than the west. The petitioners and protestors, armed with sticks, hatchets and machets, were repelled to the western outskirts of Dili, where sustained shooting continued.

Indonesia, Demonstrations and protests, Soldiers, East Timor, Dili, East Timor, Salsinha, Gastao

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