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Paris wow
We're in Paris and loving it! Holly has been raving about how much she loves the place all afternoon. Of course, as with entry into any country, there were some hassles. We breezed through baggage cla…
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Back in Hanoi
Well we got back to Hanoi tonight after six days travelling around the North West of Vietnam. We've seen a lot of minority hill tribe villages and had a hell of a lot of fun. We also have sore bums fr…
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Hanoi and onwards to Sapa
We've been in Hanoi the last two days. Beautiful old city, although the traffic is more hectic than Saigon! We managed one sunny day today but I managed to spend most of the day in bed with the runs a…
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Clothes!
We're still in Hoi An, it's still raining but we have some fantastic clothes. We've been hanging out with a couple of poms and Irish people which has been fun. Not much else to do in the rain. We trie…
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Hue and on to Hanoi
Not much to report. We spent the day on the bus from Hoi An to Hue. It's still raining (sounding like a scratched record). Tomorrow we'll try and get onto a boat ride on the Perfume River to see the t…
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Look here for updates
Keep watching this page for updates about where Holly, Michael and Simon are and to hear about their adventures.
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Anti-semitism on the rise in Europe?
There have been recent press reports about an unreleased report on anti-semitism in Europe claiming it is on the rise. I'm not sure it every went away. On that note, you may have been on the receiving…
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Free State Project: Amerikkka's lead plumbing?
The Free State Project is an interesting idea run by a bunch of no-government, libertarian, gun freak nutjobs. The plan is to get 20,000 people who share their paranoid world - view to move to one spa…
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Put it back in the ground!
"History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exchausted all other alternatives." - Abba Eban The great news is that ERA have abandoned the Jabiluka mine in possibly the most i…
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When will Carr make his move?
Recently there's been speculation about Bob Carr making the move to Federal politics in Australia. But when will he make his move? He'll let Crean stumble through the next election, handing another vi…
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Poor Pauline
Today started rather inauspiciously. Yawn. Bash alarm off. Crawl out of bed. Grunt at girlfriend. Remember it's a weekday and (ugh) I have to go to work. Then when I got to work, one of my colleagues…
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Apple miss the point
Looks like Apple and the music industry have worked out that the music industry is over. So they've mounted a rear-guard assault to try and claw it back. Let's go through the problems, shall we. To st…
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There's goes the voice of reason
I used to be incredibly impressed by Claire Short's principled stance on issued of development and peace. She had the balls to put her cabinet post on the line over important issues. But I always had…
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An idea whose time has come?
Looks like I'm not the only one to come up with the idea of compulsory licensing to pay musicians. Fred von Lohmann is a senior staff attorney at the EFF and has this article talking about the issue.…
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The music "industry" is over
I've talked about it before and it seems to be in the final death spiral. That's right, the music "industry" is terminal. "The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallwa…
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Chirac est un ver
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/gallery/image/0,9353,-10104389507,00.html) Of course the French are finding this all a bit odd. And of course they see right through it to the three things that are real…
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Getting at the heart of the matter
This war has seen even more of a control freak approach to news dissemination. That, coupled with purposefully inaccurate releases of information from both sides has made it very interesting to watch.…
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Anti-war marches go global
The world has started the massive protests against war on Iraq, which Melbourne sporting up to 250,000 demonstrators, depending on who you talk to. London is expecting half a million or more tomorrow.…
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So that's what a million people looks like
Wow the anti-war marches were absolutely amazing. Melbourne had 250,000 people, Sydney had 200,000 or more, even Terrigal had a small turnout. London was amazing with at least a million. It's hard to…
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Critical Mass rides again
Wow what a ride! That's right I'm talking about the monthly Critical Mass rides in Sydney. Every last Friday of the month, hundreds and even thousands of cyclists head for Hyde Park and ride around th…