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Rebecca Duffy is an Australian student studying in Indonesia. She witnessed first-hand the earthquake in Yogyakarta; this is her account.
It is a pity we need disasters to respond honorably to our world. The earthquake around Yogyakarta put into the right perspective Australian relationships with Indonesia. It put human beings first.
Peter Davis charts the success of a land-remapping project.
Letters from Helen Noakes, Frank Donovan, Alistair Pound and Frank Brennan.
Thoughts from around the nation.
In our January issue, we wrote facetiously about tsunamis. By the time you received Eureka Street in late December, it was in deplorable taste.
As the old saying goes, joy and sorrow are two faces of the one coin. Well, the coin certainly flipped quickly for us here in Sri Lanka.
The waves of generosity in response to victims of the recent tsunami bring to light a real strength in modern culture. We have high standards of compassion.
Peter Davis looks at the efforts of Sri Lanka to eradicate landmines.
Reviews of the books After the Fireworks: A life of David Ballantyne; When faiths collide; Classical literature: A concise history and In the shadow of ‘Just Wars’: Violence,politics and humanitarian action.
The Make Poverty History campaign has inspired global solidarity. The challenge of ending poverty has progressed from an idea of good intent to a global campaign, enthusiastically embraced.
Mathias Heng finds many Acehnese still suffering after the tsunami.