Table of Contents - 17 Mar 2007

• COVER STORY: East Timor elections: Australia's role (Peter Westmore)
• EDITORIAL: East Timor's democratic alternative (Peter Westmore)
• CANBERRA OBSERVED: Can Kevin Rudd handle the heat?
• OVERSEAS TRADE: Wheat's single selling-desk under threat (Colin Teese)
• QUARANTINE: Parliament must not shirk its responsibility (Patrick J. Byrne)
• STRAWS IN THE WIND: He knew not what he done, guv ... / Bring back our demonstrators - official! / Inspector Rex meets Robert Mugabe / The Balibo Five (Max Teichmann)
• MERCHANTS OF SLEAZE: Destroying our daughters' innocence (Bill Muehlenberg)
• ABORTION: Winning over women one at a time (Tim Cannon)
• OPINION: Freedom of speech under threat (Charles Francis QC)
• GOOD READING: We still need tales of bravery and heroism (Micheal Flaherty)
• WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Rare mineral's use in miniaturised gadgets (Joe Poprzeczny)
• FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Angling for a greater role on the world stage (Sharif Shuja)
• Anti-Americanism (letter) (Frank Bellet)
• Green radicalism (letter) (Kevin Cains)
• Green hoaxes (letter) (Greg O'Regan)
• BOOKS: AMERICA ALONE: The end of the world as we know it, by Mark Steyn (Joe Poprzeczny (reviewer))
• BOOKS: THE GREAT WAR, by Les Carlyon (Bill James (reviewer))
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