ROME, Oct 10, 2012 (AFP) - The captain of an Italian luxury liner which crashed in January is taking ship owner Costa Crociere to court for firing him and is demanding his job back, Italy's Repubblica newspaper said Wednesday.

When the young and ambitious Richard Nixon was accused of accepting bribes, he wheeled out a trump card: a dog named Checkers, which he said was just another gift from a constituent.

from politicoz ….

When 2GB suspended advertising from Alan Jones' show, its flagship program, it signalled something major and new in the national public debate.

In it together: Australia and Indonesia since the Bali bombings

speech in support of wikileaks & against 11 years of war in Afghanistan ….

This month is the 11th an­niver­sary of the Afghan war, a dis­as­trous con­flict that has achieved noth­ing more than de­struc­tion for Afghans and for­eign­ers.

Does it really matter whether Tony Abbott, some 35 years ago, punched a wall on either side of the head of Barbara Ramjan? Well, yes, it must, because Tony Abbott himself has told us so.

Sydney University Liberal Club

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