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China’s Olympic angel and demonised traitor

devolved — Sat, 10 May 2008 13:45:10 +0000

As the Olympic flame continues its tumultuous journey, the lives of two young Chinese women have taken centre stage in the black and white world of Chinese public opinion, which views one as an angel and the other as a traitor.

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Chinese circle of steel around the Silk Road

devolved — Fri, 09 May 2008 10:30:16 +0000

Once on the fabled Silk Route and now the gateway to central Asian countries with which China has struck gas pipeline deals, Xinjiang has received heavy investment but the region’s indigenous Uygurs feel the Chinese are wiping out their culture.

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‘Captain Sniffy’ and Western Australia’s blokey blokes

devolved — Fri, 09 May 2008 10:16:20 +0000

The addition to a welter of oafish indiscretions of sexist overtone by Western Australia’s opposition leader Troy Buswell says plenty about the Liberal Party there, and adds to a lingering suspicions about the place that despite marketing itself as the State of Excitement is too often too willing to conduct itself as the State of Excess.

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Costa, New South Wales Labor’s good cop, bad cop or true blue?

devolved — Fri, 09 May 2008 10:04:44 +0000

New South Wales Treasurer Michael Costa’s bully-boy tactics may have hurt Labor but not the Premier or the state government plan’s to sell-off its power industry.

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Australian Climate Change Minister’s dose of shock therapy

devolved — Fri, 09 May 2008 09:42:24 +0000

As she draws up detailed plans to reduce carbon emissions, Penny Wong, the Australian Climate Change Minister, faces fierce arguments from fossil fuel companies that are on a collision course with the latest scientific predictions on global warming.

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Burma’s trail of destruction

devolved — Fri, 09 May 2008 08:56:30 +0000

They have a saying in Burma that if the roof is not sound, the whole house is prone to leaks - and the recent cyclone has blown the country’s roof right off, a catastrophe that could reach even greater proportions if the ruling junta keeps resisting foreign help.

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An aid worker’s selfless life

devolved — Fri, 09 May 2008 08:46:24 +0000

From women’s hospital nurse to wife of an Ethiopian clan leader, devoted aid worker Valerie Browning has published a memoir of her life, which she believes would have been no life at all without risk.

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Victorian Premier Brumby fades to brown

devolved — Fri, 09 May 2008 08:11:36 +0000

Premier John Brumby has a vision for Melbourne in a climate-changed age, but sustainability experts fear that it is too wedded to coal and cars to match the scale of the environmental problem.

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Australia’s great budget expectations

devolved — Fri, 09 May 2008 08:02:56 +0000

There’s a lot for the Wayne Swan to worry about, as getting his first budget right is vital for the Australian economy, crucial politically for the new Rudd Government and critical for the Treasurer personally.

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