Government UN vote exposes racist NT intervention

This article also applies to the United States for actively repressing Aboriginal rights in the U.S. and around the world.  The postion the United States has decided to take is nothing new.  The U.S....

Canadian PM rules out Afghan deployment boost

John Howard has held talks in Canberra with his Canadian counterpart, Stephen Harper, who also addressed a joint sitting of Parliament.It was a historic occasion for two countries. It's the first time a Canadian prime minister has addressed a joint sitting of Australia's...

George Bush: One Word, Gets a Thousand Looks.

You know, sometimes this stuff just writes itself.Perhaps proof Politicians Open Mouth, before engaging Brain.I think Bush should have just stated "Look, how about we start all over again okay"?  Hi, I'm...

Leaders Agree to Aspire to Stop Global Warming

At the APEC conference leaders of the Pacific Rim nations are huddled up in a well fortified section of Sydney where they have announced a sweeping new plan to address global warming in the form of ...

The sheriff comes to call on a deputy in trouble

"IT IS standing room only at an election rally in Bennelong, the Sydney constituency held by John Howard, Australia's prime minister. The audience of about 500 mainly middle-aged, middle-class people in the city's...

Vancouver BC. Violent High-risk Sex offender Escapes

The Province Newspaper neglected to post this Violent Sex Offenders photo, perhaps The Province needed the Advertising Space.  For Now Public Readers, I found a Photograph of this Violent Sex Offender, who...

APEC; Bush Wilts Over Iraq, Petraeus spins figures.

Its been a big day in Sydney for residents and world leaders, the day begun with the usual traffic chaos for Sydney workers but the city was more like a ghost town with the exception of the constant thump of the...

Australia's uranium mines The Indian exception

"WHAT Australia's outback deserts lack in water they make up for in uranium. They contain almost 40% of the world's known low-cost reserves of the nuclear fuel. It is big business for Australia: exploration...

Howard defends meeting the Exclusive Brethren

Is Australian politics influenced by a secretive sect? The Australian Prime Minister John Howard has caused an uproar by meeting the Exclusive Brethren. In New Zealand we've had the Exclusive Brethren's...

Update: Police shoot man dead during arrest

Sam Sullivans dream of safer streets seems a long way off.  Gunplay on our city streets in a major tourist destination is  not the attraction  Vancouver needs to be known for. A man was shot dead by...

Australia to provide Internet filters to thwart perverts

Sydney (ANTARA News) - Australia will provide a free Internet filtering service and access to a hotline in a bid to thwart perverts seeking to contact children, Prime Minister John Howard said Friday. In an...

Early Arrival In Sydney for Bush

"US President George W Bush will arrive in Sydney four days before the start of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting next month.  Mr Bush will arrive on Tuesday ahead of the weekend leaders meeting.  Prime Minister John Howard has told Southern Cross...

Judge Blocks Anna Nicole breast video

"A LOS Angeles judge has blocked the release of a 1994 video of a breast augmentation operation on Anna Nicole Smith. Superior Court Judge Mitchell L. Beckloff granted the temporary injunction last Friday at the request of Smith's former attorney, boyfriend and executor of...

User-generated site lands $10.6M in funding

Len revealed our plans to spend the cash on Canada AM today..."A Vancouver-based Internet company is aiming to become the world's largest news agency by leveraging the content created by regular people all over...

Brothers In Arms

Australia seems to be in a state of siege. A state of extreme paranoia about terrorism has prevailed for a number of years now. The nice attitude I used to know and enjoy whilst living there of "a fair go for all"...

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