Iraq pre-elect violence
Coalition forces, national guardsmen and party political leaders in IRAQ have suffered a week of violence, assassinations and political uncertainty, with their landmark election fast approaching.
Stay Away
In conversation with former Grok editor Adam Connors
Adam Connors finds a quiet corner of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) offices in Perth to speak to Grok briefly about his formative years as a Curtin University student, back in the early-to-mid 1990s, when he wrote for Grok Magazine and worked on his Honours in English.
No regrets over Sandline affair: Sir Julius
Papua New Guinea’s former prime minister Sir Julius Chan says that if he had been allowed to continue with the infamous Sandline operation to put down the Bougainville civil war in 1997, he would have been able to bring the island under control.
HK umbrella movement one year on
One year on from the pro-democracy protests that brought Hong Kong to a standstill, organisers admit that China’s Communist leadership shows no sign of budging on reform, but a spark could reignite the movement.
Australian TV current affairs program grills Fiji leader
The region’s largest meeting of the year, the Pacific Islands Forum, kicks-off next week in Cairns and will be without official representation from Fiji or its interim prime minister and coup leader Commodore Frank Bainimarama.
Insights into Burmese icon Suu Kyi
Burma’s recently released democracy leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has given more insight into the affects upon her and her family after 15 years of incarceration.
The Branch Davidians and the Waco Media 1993-2003
From WorldWide Religious News.
Mental Notes: April 2007
TOKYO–What a blast. This will be short… though it’s my fifth trip here to Japan it still blows me away. Tonight Sue and I are staying directly above the Shibuya intersection that typifies this place. Many more stories soon. Will be in Hong Kong April 29 about 3pm.
Mental Notes: December 2004
Hi there I just wanted everyone to know that Richard and I are safe and well and were fortunate enough to be in Goa, on the SW coast of India when the tidal waves hit parts of the country yesterday morning.
Mental Notes: May 2004
SYDNEY–Just completed the final The Bridge, Sydney Album Show, so the final entry and tracklists of the show’s page on fbi.org.au follows. Sydneyfolk, listen this Sunday 7-10am when I do Weekend Overhang, the Sunday brekky show for one week only. Streaming MP3s of previous WOs here. WHO.com lives! Soft-launched, awaiting hardening :P WABS–In Melbourne Thurs … Continue reading “Mental Notes: May 2004”
