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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-confessed architect of the 9/11 attack on the US which destroyed both of the twin towers of the world trade centre in New York could be set free without punishment. According to media reports Khalid has been assigned a Navy lawyer to defend him in the first US military courts assembled [...]

Ok, now links here but Chinese officials including the IOC (International Olympic Committee) are thinking of scrapping the torch run. In what appears harmful to Chinese politics at every single location people have protested against the uprising of citizens in Tibet.
It’s only natural that people want to be in power of their location. However China [...]

Following on from the UK model Australia is to offer up to 600 Iraqi citizens visa’s for permanent stay in Australia for helping out our armed forces. The UK recently gave the same offer for 2,000 Iraqi’s that had helped their forces.
I’ve only seen this reported on the channel nine news and haven’t found it [...]

In what may be the greatest loss of face ever experienced by a nation more than 1.5 million people have signed the Avaaz petition against human rights abuse in Tibet by the Chinese Communist Party.
It would seem there torch is doing a global protest tour rather than a global peace tour in an event which [...]

At the moment, no… the “great firewall of China” stops access to most articles on my blog. According to the latest media on the games China must allow access to the Internet for the duration of the games.
I’d be highly surprised if my blog is accessible for the duration of the Olympics. The deal made [...]

Straight from a Chinese website, sina.com has seen more than 1.19 million people rally together backing Chinese forces in Tibet, the majority of these people come from China itself. Being a fan of CCTV 9 (Chinese Communist Television), the english channel, I find this support ridiculous.
In fact all of China’s television comes from the government, [...]

It would appear that Brendan Nelson isn’t quite sure what he means. In recent media he’s come out saying Prime Minister Rudd’s overseas trip of seventeen days is too long. In the same message to media he said that PM Rudd should also be visiting Japan to talk about whaling.
In what appears to be a [...]

Tomorrow Monday the 31st there is a global protest against the recent human rights abuse which has taken place in Tibet by Chinese forces. This year is a big year for China, not only holding the Olympic games but also holding the event on the very auspicious date – 8/8/8.
China promised to clean up the [...]

In what appears to be another slap across the face for John Howard President Bush praised Prime Minister Kevin Rudd over his withdrawal from the war in Iraq.
Mr Bush also took the time to praise former PM Howard however the US involvement in Iraq looks set to see the Republican party lose control of the [...]

As reported in the media, Hillary Clinton’s campaign is not dead but waning. She’s rapidly losing the support of the super delegates and there is no question about the support Obama has from the general public.
Obama is running his campaign on individual donations and refusing donations from Washington lobbyists, yet he’s still able to bring [...]

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