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    • Petraeus Trial Balloon in Australia: Surge Working?

      Posted by Jeff from The Australian

      General Petraeus told The Australian during a face-to-face interview at his Baghdad headquarters there had been a 75 per cent reduction in religious and ethnic killings since last year, a doubling in the seizure of insurgents' weapons caches between January and August, a rise in the number of al-Qa'ida "kills and captures" and a fall in the number of coalition deaths from roadside bombings.

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      Sydney split by fence to keep protesters away from world leaders at APEC

      Posted by VincebusEruptum from Scholarsandrogues.wordpress

      Apparently it's an honour for Sydney to be chosen to host the APEC summit in three weeks time, bringing together more than 20 world leaders, including President Bush. But most Sydneysiders are wondering why they couldn't have gone elsewhere, now that the full scope of staggering security measures are being made public. A 5k long, 3-metre high security fence will cut Sydney's central business district in half...

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    pater2five comments on:

    Australia apology to Aborigines

    For what?

    Medicine, agriculture, education?

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    5:49 pm 2/10/08
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    rwtaylor comments on:

    Spotted Owl AU: Tiny animals stop Australian mine

    For $10bn, I would kill all animals in Australia.

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    8:41 pm 5/31/07
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    Billbar comments on:

    Australian Prime Minister Howard's Address: "Reflections On The Situation In Iraq"

    I've seen some comments that say this speech was a hoax. Still don't know for sure.

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    3:12 pm 3/13/06
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    Jeff comments on:

    Santas fight and steal in the streets

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/hep/2117611/

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    devolved

    Member since Jul 2008

    Dropped out of the rat race, but possibly still a rat… Now viewing the world from Down Under.

    Melbourne


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    senselessthing

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    Melbourne