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Hitwise ranked the website number eight for the six-month period to June 2010. 一品探花 was also in the top 10 in the previous six months, and has won several such awards in the past.
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If you are not at least a little bit scared about the Russian heatwave or the huge floods in Pakistan, then you really should be. Extreme and dangerous weather events will be far more common in a warmer world.
These devastating fires and floods are a taste of our future climate 鈥 unless we can force a political breakthrough on climate change and cut greenhouse gas emissions sharply.
The disasters of the past few weeks sound an unmistakable warning: we鈥檝e emitted so many greenhouse gases already that we are losing a safe climate.
Tony Blair must be prosecuted, not indulged like his mentor Peter Mandelson. Both have produced self-serving memoirs for which they have been paid fortunes. Blair鈥檚 will appear next month and earn him 拢4.6 million.
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鈥淚f you watch MTV for too long, it鈥檚 a bit like hell 鈥 there鈥檚 nothing of substance there鈥, said Jamie Hewlett, graphic artist and co-creator of 鈥渧irtual band鈥 Gorillaz, in 2005 . 鈥淪o we got this idea for a cartoon band, something that would be a comment on that.鈥
Immigration officials accept about 99% of claims for refugee status by people who have arrived by boats in Australia. But this hasn鈥檛 stopped mainstream politicians from punishing those seeking asylum in this way.
In April, the government announced it would temporarily freeze visa applications from newly arrived Sri Lankan and Afghan asylum seekers. In June, about 70% of Afghan (mostly Hazara) claims were rejected, according to the Refugee Action Coalition (RAC). Such rejection figures have never been seen before.
On August 13, nine leading British medical experts wrote an open letter to the Times calling for an inquiry into the alleged suicide of whistleblower Dr David Kelly in July 2003.
The 59-year-old scientist, the world鈥檚 leading expert in biological and chemical weapons, died shortly after being exposed as the source of a leak to the BBC suggesting that the British government had deliberately 鈥渟exed up鈥 military intelligence about Iraq鈥檚 alleged weapons of mass destruction.
The article 鈥淎boriginal embassy to appeal decision鈥听(GLW #848) included the sentence: 鈥淭he developer [Stockland] refused to consult the Aboriginal community about the development [at Sandon Point near Wollongong Illawarra], although it was a requirement in the preparation of the Sandon Point Environmental Assessment Report.鈥
The Decline are a punk band from Western Australia that formed in 2006. They 鈥渄eliver catchy, melodic speedy punk rock, with humorous and socially aware lyrics鈥, says. They have opened for groups such as Frenzal Rhomb, No Fun at All and the Flatliners.
The Decline released their first full-length album, I鈥檓 Not Gonna Lie To You, in September 2009. 一品探花 Weekly鈥檚 Chris Peterson spoke to The Decline about the album. You can find out more, and buy the album, at their website.
The Greens could have more power in the Australian parliament than ever before, after the federal election on August 21. Achieving the balance of power in the Senate is within reach for the Greens, meaning that the government would have to negotiate an agreement with either the opposition party or the Greens to pass legislation.
The Greens currently share balance of power with Family First Senator Steve Fielding and independent Nick Xenophon.
鈥淲e have shown a responsibility that the Coalition has shunned鈥, said Bob Brown, leader of the Australian Greens.
PERTH 鈥 Members of the Perth Burmese community held a commemoration on August 8 for the democratic uprising that took place in Burma exactly 22 years before.
Speakers at the commemoration called for a restoration of democracy in Burma, including freedom for pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, and for stronger action in support of democracy from the Australian government. A solidarity dinner for the Burmese struggle was also held on August 7.
This open letter to Elton John was released on July 30 by Alexander Billet. It is reprinted from . Billet鈥檚 blog on popular music can be read at .
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Dear Elton,
First of all, I hope you don鈥檛 mind that I refuse to call you 鈥淪ir鈥. Knights swing swords and ride horses. You play a piano.
The cover of the August 9 edition edition of Time magazine featured a shocking picture of Bibi Aisha, a young woman whose nose and ears had been cut off. The photo was accompanied by the headline: 鈥淲hat happens if we leave Afghanistan鈥. However, what happened to Aisha took place in Afghanistan under Western occupation.
In return for allowing Time to publish her photo, Aisha was flown to the US for reconstructive surgery. However, although Time ensured her mutilated face was seen worldwide, they appear less keen for her voice to be heard.
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