| A Bob each way |
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The beat goes on: Bob Geldof will bring his music to Melbourne this week. He says playing live "feels like one warm bath after one day of physical labour in the freezing cold."
We know him today as Saint Bob, the slightly morose motormouth who crusades tirelessly for debt relief and the starving in Africa. But what matters most to Bob Geldof is the same as it's always been - playing music live. By Stephanie Bunbury. ... |
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| News Analysis: Internet a mixed blessing to Chinese government |
| Post on 16-04-2006. |
With 111 million Internet users -- 11 percent of the world's total and rising -- China is facing an unprecedented quandary on how to regulate the new medium and perceptions abroad of government controls.
Last week, China's central news websites, including People.com.cn, Xinhuanet and China.com.cn, backed one proposal by major Beijing-based portals for self-censorship and the eradication of pornographic and violent content. ... |
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| ‘FOR GOD’S SAKE, WHY DO WE NEED DEMOCRACY?’ A SILENT |
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Norzin Lam in Thimpu is what Durbar Marg is in Kathmandu. These two arteries that slice through the capitals of Bhutan and Nepal symbolise what’s right and wrong in the two reigning monarchies in Asia.
On one cold, drizzly morning last week, young couples, cloaked in gho _and _kira_, the Bhutanese traditional robe-like clothes for men and women, strolled through Norzin Lam, holding hands. On the Thimpu street, tranquillity reigned supreme — no posters, no slogans and no signs of the unrest the Kathmandu street is rocked by. ... |
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