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Burma's foul regime depends on Beijing. Christopher Hitchens points out the number of bad regimes that China supports, and it's very...

It's amusing to watch the catfight going on at Larvatus Prodeo about whether it is fair enough or not to say something so obvious to co...

Rudd vows to charge Iran leader | The Australian From the report: In a dramatic lift in diplomatic pressure on a bellicose and defiant Iran,...

Yesterday I took the day off to do something vaguely entertaining with the family for the school holidays. This turned out to be a trip to ...

Footy's over, back to politics. Glen Milne's article in the Australian this morning reports on a speech George Brandis gave, in whi...

Muslim dentist ‘made patient cover her head’ - Times Online From the story: A Muslim dentist insisted that a young woman wear an Islamic hea...

Bad science: Pinning down a remedy for backache | Science | The Guardian The apparent success of acupuncture for treating back pain this wee...

I started out to try to prove horses will be the end of civilisation, but the figures led me somewhere else. Follow the story: From this si...

Scientists propose 'plumbing' method to solve crisis of global warming - Times Online James Lovelock mentioned this idea while he wa...

Mike Steketee has made many posts critical of the Coalition this year, so it's good to see him making some pretty cutting remarks about...

Research team says extraterrestrial impact to blame for Ice Age extinctions From this report: No one has found a giant crater in the Earth t...

The Guardian has two items of interest about sexuality in Iran. The first story (which on the main page of The Guardian's website is gi...

Broadband beyond the grave offers web service for the dead Users of YouDeparted.com can issue posthumous instructions for everything from t...

Ill wind changes Rudd's course towards Gore | Herald Sun All of this article by Terry McCrann is worth reading, especially if the figure...

Ahmadinejad speaks; outrage and controversy follow - CNN.com: When pressed about the harsh treatment of women, homosexuals and academics wh...

Media Watch: Have We Met? (24/09/2007) People who read Catallaxy know the story that Phillip Adams claimed to have had a "chilling...

Taliban Allows Polio Vaccinations: Thousands of Afghan children have received polio vaccinations after the Taliban movement agreed to allow ...

The Times of India does report widely on domestic violence and the mistreatment of women, but also carries many advertisements for marriage ...

Tokyo sanctions an extended cull of Taiji dolphins | The Japan Times Online The Japan Times has taken a very front line position in running ...

In China, 190 children are snatched every day. It's an interesting article about another unintended consequence of China's one child...