Wednesday, March 29, 2006

Films from graphic novels/comics

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The Australian: Return of people power [March 29, 2006] You know a film has touched a sensitive nerve when a writer for the Guardian wonders...
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Gerard Henderson on sedition

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Knowing the enemy makes leaders friends - Opinion - smh.com.au Yesterday's column by GH (above) notes that the Law Reform Commission is ...
Tuesday, March 28, 2006

A funny thing happened on the way to the verdict

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Moussaoui destroys his own defence - World - theage.com.au From the above: The prosecution is seeking the death penalty on the basis that Mo...
Monday, March 27, 2006

Child free Europe

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BBC NEWS | Europe | The EU's baby blues The BBC site above fills in some of the gaps in understanding the various reasons behind Europe...
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Fishy porker

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Britain, UK news from The Times and The Sunday Times - Times Online From the above story: The piglets have been enhanced with a gene from a ...

If volunteering for drug trials isn't fun enough for you...

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Guardian Unlimited Business | | Panicky scramble to evacuate A380 'a great success' Interesting story above about the somewhat dange...
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More dust is what we need

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Brighter sun adds to fears of climate change - Sunday Times - Times Online This report seems very significant: Wild said: “Sunshine levels h...

Another Australian win

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Australians top global ecstasy users. 27/03/2006. ABC News Online Its white, white, white for Australia.

Global warming and ocean levels

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news @ nature.com-Warnings rise over rising seas-Fresh predictions about climate change prompt news@nature.com to ask what we know about the...
Sunday, March 26, 2006

Ouch...

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news @ nature.com - Stem cells found in adult mouse testes -Procedure could yield an ethically sound source of stem cells. From the above st...

Howard's popularity

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The Australian: Howard love means never saying farewell [March 25, 2006] Matt Price's piece in this Weekend's Australian notes the P...
Friday, March 24, 2006

Paris in Spring

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International News Article | Reuters.com It's funny how Australia and France take industrial relations reform differently, isn't it....

Polygamy on HBO

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The New Yorker: The Critics: On Television So, the polygamous marriage show has started on HBO in America. As if you didn't suspect it ...

Just silly

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Hidden jobless figure may reach 17% - National - smh.com.au From the article: "There are about 2 million people who typically would hav...
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Thursday, March 23, 2006

Bingo

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Time to change tack on Howard: Gillard - National - smh.com.au Let's play "Labor Party self-analysis bingo" with Julia Gillard...
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Airline warning

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BBC NEWS | Europe | EU issues 'unsafe' airlines ban The EU has a list of unsafe airlines, most of which are in Congo, Sierra Leone a...

Litigation coming our way?

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Guardian Unlimited Technology | Technology | Landmark libel award for chatroom insults From the above: A landmark legal ruling ordering a wo...

Add the imbalance of boys to girls, they won't need it for much longer

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Beijing rules out changes to one-child policy - World - theage.com.au From the story: China's birth rate fell from 5.83 children per cou...
Wednesday, March 22, 2006

On Japan and immigration

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The Japan Times Online The article above is about how difficult it is to get Japanese to accept that they will need much bigger immigration ...

Porn wars in Indonesia

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Guardian Unlimited | World dispatch | Indonesia's pornagraphy troubles Interesting article on the Indonesia moves against "pornogra...