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Bali victim's dad hits out at PM
"Linking war against Iraq with the Bali tragedy was cynical and the prime minister should immediately withdraw his remarks, the father of Bali bomb victim Josh Deegan said today."

Another excellent weekend. I saw three films from the French Film Tour, and went to Fist.

The best film of the lot was Pot Luck (L'Auberge Espagnole). It made me want to run away and live as a student in Europe. The Man on the Train and Summer Things were also very good.

posted by minke @ 15:25 

Beans on toes puzzles police
"A female shop assistant had beans and other foodstuffs poured over her feet by a man who falsely claimed he was raising money for charity."

In the Netherlands, of course, he'd probably be making a tv show.

I quite like this surprisingly wide ranging (from the Archibald Prize to Louie the Fly to the quandong) 'dinkum Aussies' directory.

Multi-language reference: an excellent quick resource. Choose language/s and function/s, and it looks them up for you. Perfect if you program in a few different languages each day.

In any other council, it'd be modern art paid for with a Lottery grant. In Hackney, it's just rubbish someone dumped. I'm guessing the giant hand came from the film studio up the road. It's brought the art students and their cameras out in droves.

Australia made it 14 successive one-day victories over England when Michael Bevan hit the winning runs with just two balls left.

I'm getting referrers from an Open Diary, but I can't look to see what they've said. I hope it's something nice.

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Age:Compulsory cold turkey
"The Prime Minister's senior drug adviser has proposed new laws that would allow drug addicts to be detained against their will and forced to dry out."

Age: Business shifts tack on Kyoto
"Business support for the Federal Government's hardline position on climate change is crumbling, with the Business Council yesterday scrapping its outright opposition to the Kyoto Protocol."