By Laura Borghouts

 Melbourne - The screening of the Movie “Balibo” has resurrected painful memories of the events of October 1975 when five Australian journalists were killed during the Indonesian invasion of East Timor.

Balibo is a small village in the Bonabaro region of East Timor, just 10 kilometers from the Indonesian border. It was there that the five newsmen and technicians from Channel 7 and Channel 9 TV networks planned to capture footage of Indonesian troops setting foot in the former Portuguese territory.

By Setyo Budi

MELBOURNE -- Non-Government Organisations in East Timor are awaiting a reply from donor countries to their appeal for aid to allow the Dili government to push ahead with development plans to tackle the long-term causes of poverty and conflict in that country, according to reports reaching here.

By Jennifer Henderson

 MELBOURNE - Australians tourists to Bali who show too much skin could be targets of new laws passed in an Anti-Pornography bill. The bill, which was originally drafted in 1999, contains definitions of pornography and restrictions on clothing and behaviour.

Hardline Islamic parties such as KAMMI and The Justice Party have pressured the government to pass the bill. A day before the law was passed hundreds of Muslim Indonesians rallied for its support in Jakarta. They claimed that the bill was vital to protect women and children from sexual attacks.

By Lisa Williams
 Melbourne - Chocolate lovers are being urged to write to manufacturers to ensure there is no dark side to their favourite sweet.

By Frank Lin*

 Melbourne - A new satellite TV installation at the Atherton Gardens Public Housing Estate in Melbourne means many migrant residents now enjoy television in their mother tongue.

 Melbourne - Members of the public can record personal messages to those affected by the bushfires in a condolence book available in the foyer of the State Library in Swanston Street.

 Melbourne - An Indian student group has criticised reports that Indian students are being warned to keep a low profile in public to avoid attacks.

By Rachel Flaherty

 MELBOURNE - Akoch Manheim did not want to kill people and he did not want to be killed.  Although just eight-years-old, he saw a chance to escape from the murderous war around his village in southern Sudan and he took it.

That was in 1990.  Today, Manheim is completing the first year of a degree in International studies at RMIT University while working as Director of the Sudanese Lost Boys Association of Australia (SLBAA) based in Melbourne.

  Melbourne -A groundbreaking online news service featuring stories from young multicultural Australia was launched in Melbourne on Friday 12^th December.