The most successful world fair in history is due to close this weekend as Chinese citizens continue to queue for hours to see the world.
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Californians to vote on who’s more ethnic
The main issues for most Americans in this year’s mid-term elections are the economy, government spending and jobs, but in California its become a fight about much more as the two candidates are dragging the race down to race.
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Ban Ki-moon fires back over Khmer court
The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says it will be up to the the UN-backed war crimes court to decide whether to pursue more former Khmer Rouge leaders.
Cambodian PM stuns UN chief with demands
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has demanded that the United Nations Secretary General remove his local representative.
Mental Notes September 2010
MELBOURNE–Following three months of intensive analysis with Bowie I’m finally seeing a narrative in The Night Garden. Phew.
Mental Notes July 2010
MELBOURNE–We’ve just had a bit of a live cross to Liam at the World Cup final on our morning edition of Radio Australia’s Pacific Beat program which went down a treat. Here’s what happened…
Breaking news is hard to do
Source: Media Watch, 28 June 2010
Welcome to Media Watch, I’m Jonathan Holmes. And tonight, I’ll be picking over just one evening’s entrails – the coverage of one of the most extraordinary nights in Australia’s political history.
Transcript at http://abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s2939110.htm
Karzai pleas to Kandahar chiefs for help
The Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, has spoken to community leaders of Kandahar Province to shore-up support for its accelerating security campaign in the Taliban heartland.
Mental Notes June 2010
MELBOURNE–Midwinter madness has well and truly set in. Am more than excited by the Talisman board game and soup tourney I’ve set up with mates next month. Is that wrong?
The unique Japanese taste of umami
For more than 100 years, Japan has claimed the edge over other national cuisines due to a rather unfair advantage. While the rest of the world’s meals rely on the four taste variations of sweet, salty, sour and bitter, Japan claims a unique fifth element which it calls umami.
