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Howard tipped to call election tomorrow
Seeded on Sat Oct 13, 2007 8:45 AM EDT (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Prime Minister John Howard has returned to Canberra tonight and is set to announced the federal election tomorrow. Mr Howard's flight from Sydney to Canberra tonight signals he will end weeks of speculation tomorrow and visit the Governor-General in the morning.
Presidential candidates scramble for last-minute cash
Seeded on Sun Sep 30, 2007 4:38 AM EDT (CNN)
With the third-quarter fundraising deadline coming up in the next couple of days, presidential candidates are trying to get as many donations as possible to boost their totals. There's significant speculation over which candidates will pull the most.
Video: Easy to Understand Analysis of World Economies from 1960s to 2003.
Tue Apr 10, 2007 12:29 AM EDT
This is a fascinating presentation by Hans Rosling at TEDTalks that discusses global economic and health development. YouTube: Debunking myths about the "Third World" Some of the more fascinating things I learned:
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Michael Costello: Preferred PM status carries no guarantees
Seeded on Thu Feb 22, 2007 10:53 PM EST (Australian News Network)
Some things are so predictable. The sun rises in the east. Collingwood promises much but delivers little to its ever-loyal fans (who quite frankly are getting sick of all the money and talk - how about winning, guys!).
Psychic museum closes due to unforseen circumstances: didn't see that coming
Seeded on Fri Feb 9, 2007 7:11 AM EST (The Register)
York Psychic Museum has shut due to unforeseen circumstances, the York Press reports.
Boozy bear drinks 36 cans of campers' beer
Seeded on Sun Feb 4, 2007 10:02 PM EST (BBC News)
A black bear went on a binge at a campsite in the US state of Washington - guzzling down some 36 cans of beer. Campground workers were stunned to come across the bear sleeping off the effects in their grounds, surrounded by dozens of empty beer cans.
NZ Minister decries 'cheap shots' at Australia, US
Seeded on Tue Jan 30, 2007 7:48 PM EST (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
The New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister has taken a swipe at critics of Australia and the United States. Minister Winston Peters says New Zealand's media has turned Australian and American-bashing into a national sport.
Bloggers unite mistakenly to advance cause of lobbyists on Section 220
Seeded on Mon Jan 29, 2007 10:04 PM EST (The Register)
The bill made no direct mention of bloggers, but Fitzgibbons had the vision to recognize in the blogosphere's endemic paranoia and aversion to fact-checking a perfect means of spreading opposition to section 220.
Security scare at Sydney airport forces evacuation
Seeded on Sun Jan 28, 2007 6:38 AM EST (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
One of the domestic passenger terminals at Sydney Airport has been evacuated because of a security scare.
Fears after '200 tonne' oil leak off UK coast
Seeded on Sun Jan 21, 2007 6:18 PM EST (BBC News)
Some 200 tonnes of oil have leaked from a fuel tank on the stricken cargo ship MSC Napoli, beached off the Devon coast, coastguards have confirmed. The ship has also lost some 200 containers overboard and an anti-pollution operation is under way.
Divorcing couple build wall through home
Seeded on Sat Jan 20, 2007 8:26 AM EST (BBC News)
A bickering New York couple have had a dividing wall constructed inside their home as part of an acrimonious divorce. Chana and Simon Taub, both 57, have endured two years of divorce negotiations, but neither is prepared to give up their Brooklyn home.
Debnam says union protesters elbowed wife
Seeded on Fri Jan 19, 2007 10:56 PM EST (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
New South Wales Opposition Leader Peter Debnam is demanding the Premier Morris Iemma rein-in union members who jostled his wife today at a media conference.
Satire: Area Family's Trip To New Hampshire Sparks Rumors Of Presidential Bid
Seeded on Fri Jan 19, 2007 9:15 AM EST (The Onion)
Experts are already debating how the Pattersons stack up against early front-runners John McCain, Barack Obama, and Hillary Clinton. All agree that it will depend on how New Hampshirites respond to their visit.
2008 Backlash Watch: Wonkette on why we'll be sick of Obama and Edwards by May
Seeded on Fri Jan 19, 2007 8:12 AM EST (Wonkette » top)
It is still, last we checked, January of 2007. The next Presidential election is scheduled for November of 2008, barring radioactive rain or martial law.
German fried in mole-electrocution experiment
Seeded on Wed Jan 17, 2007 5:56 AM EST (The Register)
A retired German construction foreman who tried to electrocute moles in the garden of his weekend house ended up frying himself, Reuters reports.
Pink backflips on Australian wool boycott
Seeded on Tue Jan 16, 2007 10:47 PM EST (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
The wool industry has welcomed an admission by US singer Pink that she failed to properly research the practice of sheep mulesing before she made a video condemning the practice.
Sources: Obama to take first steps on road to presidential bid
Seeded on Tue Jan 16, 2007 7:36 AM EST (CNN)
Sen. Barack Obama is preparing to file the necessary paperwork to create a committee to explore a bid for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, according to a source close to Obama and a local Chicago broadcast news report.
Australian faces drug charges in Singapore
Seeded on Tue Jan 16, 2007 7:08 AM EST (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
A 38-year-old South Australian man has been arrested on drug charges in Singapore. Michael Karras was arrested last week and charged with possessing 495 grams of cannabis. He faces at least five years' imprisonment and a minimum five strokes of the cane if convicted.
Harry Reid: The Democrats' Inside Man
Seeded on Tue Jan 16, 2007 3:52 AM EST (TIME)
It's easy to understand why people underestimate Harry Reid. He doesn't leave much of an impression, and in all the hoopla over the ascension of Nancy Pelosi on the other side of the Capitol, the new Senate majority leader has been pretty much invisible.
How to Bring Our Schools Out of the 20th Century
Seeded on Tue Jan 16, 2007 3:11 AM EST (TIME)
American schools aren't exactly frozen in time, but considering the pace of change in other areas of life, our public schools tend to feel like throwbacks.
Newly released papers reveal France planned union with Britain in 1956
Seeded on Sun Jan 14, 2007 11:55 PM EST (BBC News)
Formerly secret documents unearthed from the National Archives have showed Britain and France considered a "union" in the 1950s. On 10 September 1956 French Prime Minister Guy Mollet arrived in London for talks with his British counterpart, Anthony Eden.
Revolutionary Struggle: Background to the terrorist group behind the Athens embassy attack
Seeded on Sat Jan 13, 2007 4:04 AM EST (CFR.org - Daily Analysis)
Revolutionary Struggle - the group behind the bombing of the US embassy in Athens - appears to be an offshoot of two disbanded Greek terrorist groups - November 17 and Revolutionary People's Struggle.
Why Chávez wins: a critical analysis of Venezuelan economics and politics
Seeded on Sat Jan 13, 2007 1:42 AM EST (Foreign Policy)
Anti-American autocrat Hugo Chávez was sworn in for a third term as Venezuelan president on Wednesday, after promising to nationalize "strategic" sectors of the economy and bring "21st Century Socialism" to the masses. But his appeal among Venezuela's poor is based on a lie.
EU should fill leadership void on human rights: Human Rights Watch
Seeded on Sat Jan 13, 2007 12:48 AM EST (Human Rights Watch)
With US credibility undermined by the Bush administration's use of torture and detention without trial, the European Union must fill the leadership void on human rights, Human Rights Watch said today in releasing its World Report 2007.
Al-Zawraa channel: a televised version of a Jihadist website
Seeded on Sat Jan 13, 2007 12:29 AM EST (The Daily Star)
Al-Zawraa's fare includes programs such as "Juba: Baghdad Sniper," chilling footage of unsuspecting US soldiers caught by the camera in the seconds before - and during - their assassination, complete with slow-motion, instant replay of the blood-spray at the moment of impact; mon …
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