tech.yahoo.com - 12/27/2008
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SYDNEY, Australia - A proposed Internet filter dubbed the "Great Aussie Firewall" is promising to make Australia one of the strictest Internet regulators among democratic countries. Consumers, civil-rights activists, engineers, Internet providers and politicians from opposition parties are ...
msnbc.msn.com - 12/24/2008
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand - The price of beer
is likely to rise in coming decades because climate...
change will hamper the production of a key grain needed for the brew — especially in Australia, a scientist warned Tuesday. Jim Salinger, a climate ...
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Beer lovers beware of global warming - Climate Change- ...
themoderatevoice.com - 1/1/2009
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themoderatevoice.com —
Sydney’s Bondy Beach is among a few designated
beaches in Australia where top-less bathers are permitted to...
enjoy the sun, sand and the sea. In fact such beaches are a major draw for tourists too!!! But as Australians begin their long summer ...
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Australia: To Bare Or Not To Bare
arguewitheveryone.com - 12/28/2008
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The woman at Queensland Police HQ, Missing Persons
told me over the phone her name was Clair,...
then got bitchy and hung up, ringing back she got even more bitchy and hung up again, in Police HQ the next day the police at the desk told me to get out ...he was with a gym rat the night he disappeared!
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Murder in Australia... the disappearance of Steven ...
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Dumb, dumb, dumb. I think the Australian government officials have spent too much time doing business with the Beijing government. A proposed Internet filter dubbed the "Great Aussie Firewall" is promising to make Australia one of the strictest Internet regulators among democratic countries. Consumers, civil-rights activists, engineers, Internet providers and politicians from opposition parties are among the critics of a mandatory Internet filter that would block at least 1,300 Web sites prohibited by the government — mostly child pornography, excessive ...
BuzzFlash Mailbag for December 29, 2008
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... or supporting BuzzFlash? Fight Ignorance, my ass! Kathleen Groody Davis, CA [BuzzFlash Note: We have 8 stories currently on the conflict, which isn't being "silent" in our view. Why not share your knowledge of the issues here, instead of second-guessing us?] Subject: THAT woman from Alaska Would you please stop displaying pictures of THAT woman from Alaska. I have seen enough of her to last a lifetime. A BuzzFlash Reader Subject: Internet filter ALERT... should tag this story http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20081226... Uproar in Australia over plan to block Web sites (AP) ...
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