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Monday, November 29, 2010
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Telstra being Xenophobic?
The bill split to Telstra was passed 30 votes to 28 with the government securing the support of the Greens, Family First's Steve Fielding and independent senator Nick Xenophon.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Now they should never reopen that worthless pit
Now they should never reopen that worthless pit
They should just placed a marble stand in front of it
The media seemed to be fixated in NZ, on rescue and trapped as if we were following the Chile mine rescue again.
The media should have reported there were unaccounted for miners and search for missing miners.
The media raised unsupported expectations.
The relatives were misled.
Monday, November 22, 2010
Yuendumu erupts again
One Yuendumu resident said it was "just a continuation" of the two-month-old conflict between two family groups.
Gandangara "bloody awful development"
John Brunton, the director of environmental services at Sutherland Council believes the area will eventually see some form of development but he is dubious about a large residential project.
That's not a excuse! Michael J. "Crocodile" Dundee: [chuckling]
ACC drops Paul Hogan tax investigation
"It is the ACC's assessment that continuing with its investigation of Mr Hogan and (Mr Hogan's manager) Mr (John) Cornell is not justified in the public interest having regard to a range of factors," the statement said.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Most Afghans in southern states 'clueless' about 9/11-AFP
Most Afghans in southern states 'clueless' about 9/11:
(AFP) – 18 hours ago
KABUL — Most people in two key Afghan provinces that are witnessing the fiercest fighting between foreign forces and the Taliban have not heard of the September 11, 2001 attacks, according to a new survey.
Research conducted in the southern provinces of Helmand and Kandahar last month suggested 92 percent of the 1,000 respondents were unaware of the attacks on Washington and New York that prompted the US-led invasion of Afghanistan.
The findings, published late Friday by the International Council on Security and Development (ICOS) think tank, come as NATO leaders met in Lisbon to determine the transition of responsibility for security to Afghan forces.
But ICOS suggested that even after nine years of conflict, with military and civilian casualties at their highest, NATO still needs to do more to convince ordinary Afghans that their presence in the country is beneficial.
"We need to explain to the Afghan people why we are here and both show and convince them that their future is better with us than with the Taliban," ICOS president Norine MacDonald said in a statement.
A total of 42 percent of a further 500 men questioned in northern Parwan and Panjshir provinces were unable to name positive aspects of democracy.
The survey suggested that 40 percent of respondents in the south believe foreign troops are intent on destroying Islam or want to occupy or destroy the country.
A majority (61 percent) in Helmand and Kandahar were also pessimistic about the ability of the Afghan police and military to provide security after the transition.
And 81 percent said they believed Al-Qaeda -- which claimed responsibility for 9/11 from Afghanistan under Taliban protection -- would return if the militants regained power and would use Afghanistan to attack the West.
MacDonald said grassroots support was "critical" to the handover of powers.
"The international community must build an effective strategic collaboration with the local population that supports the military operation if we are to achieve a successful transition," she added.
"This would not only reformulate the security landscape but respects the sacrifices that Afghan people are making in the war."
Copyright © 2010 AFP. All rights reserved.
(AFP) – 18 hours ago
KABUL — Most people in two key Afghan provinces that are witnessing the fiercest fighting between foreign forces and the Taliban have not heard of the September 11, 2001 attacks, according to a new survey.
Research conducted in the southern provinces of Helmand and Kandahar last month suggested 92 percent of the 1,000 respondents were unaware of the attacks on Washington and New York that prompted the US-led invasion of Afghanistan.
The findings, published late Friday by the International Council on Security and Development (ICOS) think tank, come as NATO leaders met in Lisbon to determine the transition of responsibility for security to Afghan forces.
But ICOS suggested that even after nine years of conflict, with military and civilian casualties at their highest, NATO still needs to do more to convince ordinary Afghans that their presence in the country is beneficial.
"We need to explain to the Afghan people why we are here and both show and convince them that their future is better with us than with the Taliban," ICOS president Norine MacDonald said in a statement.
A total of 42 percent of a further 500 men questioned in northern Parwan and Panjshir provinces were unable to name positive aspects of democracy.
The survey suggested that 40 percent of respondents in the south believe foreign troops are intent on destroying Islam or want to occupy or destroy the country.
A majority (61 percent) in Helmand and Kandahar were also pessimistic about the ability of the Afghan police and military to provide security after the transition.
And 81 percent said they believed Al-Qaeda -- which claimed responsibility for 9/11 from Afghanistan under Taliban protection -- would return if the militants regained power and would use Afghanistan to attack the West.
MacDonald said grassroots support was "critical" to the handover of powers.
"The international community must build an effective strategic collaboration with the local population that supports the military operation if we are to achieve a successful transition," she added.
"This would not only reformulate the security landscape but respects the sacrifices that Afghan people are making in the war."
Copyright © 2010 AFP. All rights reserved.
Friday, November 19, 2010
Police to flood bushfire arson hotspots
Victoria Police will today launch Operation Firesetter in response to recommendations from the Bushfires Royal Commission.
But the trees will die if they are underwater. And upset Brownose.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Oakeshot, Sykes and Rangel
Greens MP has stood up for Lyne Independent Rob Oakeshot and tributes flow for activist Roberta Sykes. While NY Gov. Paterson supports NY Rep. Charlie Rangel.
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Burma stage-managed affairs
Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi freed in Rangoon as crowds celebrate
Wednesday, November 03, 2010
Monday, November 01, 2010
Dark Felt wins the Melbourne Cup
Dark Felt wins the Melbourne Cup
And the crowd cheers:
A section of the huge crowd at the Flemington Racecourse for the 1943 Melbourne Cup. Australians could not be denied the thrill of racing even in wartime. Australian War Memorial photo.
And the crowd cheers:
A section of the huge crowd at the Flemington Racecourse for the 1943 Melbourne Cup. Australians could not be denied the thrill of racing even in wartime. Australian War Memorial photo.
Australians re-entered Kokoda.
314 OIVI-GORARI 2-3 Nov
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To the west the 25th Brigade was closing in. The 2/31st was still forward along the track, the other two battalions completing the circle of their wanderings with the 2/25th between Alola and Deniki and the 2/33rd at Alola.
On the eastern track, on the 2nd, the 2/3rd went forward to Kobara where the men began to prepare a dropping ground in an open kunai patch. One patrol quested as far as Pirivi - the area in which the 39th Battalion had fought to delay the Japanese approach on Kokoda on that 8th August, less than three months before. The whole brigade then camped in the Kobara region hungrily waiting for the food which would be dropped to them next day. Had it not been for the fruit and roots they had gathered from native gardens they would have fared badly. They made their evening meal from yams, paw paw, sweet potatoes, taro root and cucumber, all slightly green. But the going had been easier during the day - the track falling from Siga into the valley and, after passing through Fila, becoming well defined and level - so that, although the men were tired and hungry, they were not as distressed as they had been in the mountains.
There was good news from the western track. In the morning patrols of the 2/31st had been early astir. One, under Lieutenant Black, 1 entered Kokoda itself and found that the Japanese had been gone two days. By 11.30 a.m. the main 2/31st Battalion group was moving forward and had Kokoda firmly covered by the middle of the afternoon. By 4 p.m. Brigadier Eather was there with his advanced headquarters and the other two battalions were approaching. Preliminary engineer reconnaissance suggested that aircraft would be able to land after two days' work on the strip and dropping could go on from dawn of the 3rd.
So, quietly, the Australians re-entered Kokoda. Apart from its airfield its significance lay only in its name which would identify in history the evil track which passed across the Papuan mountains from the sea to the sea.
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To the west the 25th Brigade was closing in. The 2/31st was still forward along the track, the other two battalions completing the circle of their wanderings with the 2/25th between Alola and Deniki and the 2/33rd at Alola.
On the eastern track, on the 2nd, the 2/3rd went forward to Kobara where the men began to prepare a dropping ground in an open kunai patch. One patrol quested as far as Pirivi - the area in which the 39th Battalion had fought to delay the Japanese approach on Kokoda on that 8th August, less than three months before. The whole brigade then camped in the Kobara region hungrily waiting for the food which would be dropped to them next day. Had it not been for the fruit and roots they had gathered from native gardens they would have fared badly. They made their evening meal from yams, paw paw, sweet potatoes, taro root and cucumber, all slightly green. But the going had been easier during the day - the track falling from Siga into the valley and, after passing through Fila, becoming well defined and level - so that, although the men were tired and hungry, they were not as distressed as they had been in the mountains.
There was good news from the western track. In the morning patrols of the 2/31st had been early astir. One, under Lieutenant Black, 1 entered Kokoda itself and found that the Japanese had been gone two days. By 11.30 a.m. the main 2/31st Battalion group was moving forward and had Kokoda firmly covered by the middle of the afternoon. By 4 p.m. Brigadier Eather was there with his advanced headquarters and the other two battalions were approaching. Preliminary engineer reconnaissance suggested that aircraft would be able to land after two days' work on the strip and dropping could go on from dawn of the 3rd.
So, quietly, the Australians re-entered Kokoda. Apart from its airfield its significance lay only in its name which would identify in history the evil track which passed across the Papuan mountains from the sea to the sea.
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