It’s been an emotional week for the Australian Defence Force and its 14-hundred personnel in Iraq.
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Three years after ‘Mission Accomplished’
Three years ago this week, the President of the United States, George W. Bush, stood upon the deck of a large aircraft carrier and declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended.
Chequebook diplomacy and the South Pacific
Last week, directly following the announcement of a new prime minister in the Solomon Islands, a mob moved upon and attacked the Chinatown district in Honiara.
The world has since been asking why the ethnic Chinese were targeted in such mob violence, and down such ethnic lines.
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Worldview media wrap 18/2/2005
British newspaper The Times has revealed that a civilian nuclear installation in north-west ENGLAND cannot account for 30 kilograms of plutonium, enough for seven or eight nuclear bombs.
Teacher education b’grounder
Following some harsh criticism from the chair of the NEW SOUTH WALES Board of Study, the federal Education Minister, (mr) BRENDAN NELSON, has launched a new inquiry into teacher education.
The new enquiry, examining how universities prepare future teachers and the philosophies behind their teaching methods, also follows criticism that recommendations from a 2003 inquiry were not followed-up.
NKorea nukes feature
Is it fact or bluff, and what are the implications for regional and world security?
They are the questions being asked now that NORTH KOREA has stated for the first time that it possesses nuclear weapons.
Rules prohibit Havana cigar
In a country that derives a third of its nation’s export dollars from tobacco, the Cuban haze of old and its cigars of distinction are heading for extinction, or extinguishin’, as the case may be.
New anti-smoking laws imposed Monday are finally framing the fact that leader Fidel Castro, he of the two fingers and large cigar angled pointedly at the US, actually gave up the weed nearly twenty years ago.
How nations can better push cultural diversity
Governments in many parts of the world are starting to realise protecting cultural heritage, in various forms, is as important as any national flag or fireworks display.
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Bush speech reaction: ‘Be very afraid’
Analysis: “Presidential inauguration speeches, especially in time of war, spark intense personal and political passions,” says the Christian Science Monitor, one of thousands of media outlets reporting US President George W Bush’s inaugural speech.
Latham as leader leaves Labor open to attack
With the release of a vague statement concerning his health, the leader of the opposition, (mr) MARK LATHAM, continues to leave himself open to criticism from both the public and his Labor Party colleagues.
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