First a bulletin of the latest world news.
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Category: Surrealpolitik
China linchpin in NKorea negotiations
The United States is finding that it has very little bargaining power left, even through the United Nations, to try to reign-in North Korea’s threat to test nuclear weapons.
NKorea, Iran recalls Israel nuke anniversary
Twenty years ago this week, a single man exposed Israel’s top secret nuclear facility where the nation had allegedly been developing nuclear weapons.
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Melbourne, Sydney beset by heathen hoards
In a re-match of last year’s Grand Final, the West Coast Eagles will face the reigning premiers Sydney.
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How the generations demonise video games
One of the most obvious examples of a generation gap is the difference between those who grew up with video and computer games, and those who didn’t.
Chavez garners home support
The outspoken President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, is about to head into his second presidential election with a country rife with crime, poverty and crippling corruption.
Not-so-United Nations
There is more than a little bitterness being expressed by world leaders in the United Nations General Assembly this week.
As our Washington correspondent Mike Kellerman reports, speaking with Adam Connors, the UN podium is being used more frequently as a forum for sniping, while some of the real issues are being neglected.
Anniversary of InterFET
With a sizable Australian peacekeeping force back in East Timor after riots in the capital in May, the Australian Defence Force finds itself patroling the same streets it did seven years ago this week.
Making hip-hop relevant again
The music style hip-hop was originally a voice and soundtrack of the dispossessed. These days though, it’s all bragging and booty.
Medical interpreters at front line in Victoria
When you seek medical advice, it goes without saying that being able to communicate your problem is pretty important.
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