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Media reporting of the Boston bombing is hypocritical
Western media were quick to link the Boston bombers to Islam. Source: commons.wikimedia.org MOHAMAD ABDALLA: Western media was quick to associate the Boston murders to the fallacious fact that the...
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Labor – the party for women?
JAMES DREW: The Prime Minister’s Women for Gillard campaign should be called out for what it is: a shameless, hypocritical stunt. In a feat of logic-defying verbal acrobatics, the PM recently claimed...
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Los Angeles – the city full of contradictions and paradoxes
ANGELA RANKE: “Lose weight, take diet pills!” the TV screams. But they’ll serve you a meal that could feed a family and pack everything full of sugar. The same loud mouthed woman who leaves you...
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New Orleans – The food, the music, the culture
ANGELA RANKE: New Orleans – they call it the Big Easy – and you can see why. It’s 6 o’clock on a Sunday evening and Bourbon St is rocking. Swinging to the beat like only a city with attitude can. The...
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Forget the weights, embrace your inner fatty
JAMES DREW: The inner city fitness buff is an odd beast. He lifts weights and chugs protein shakes like a champion in order to look like the Terminator, only to then drive to a desk job where he sits...
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Simple ways to get the TV shows you want
Daniel Schultz: It’s time to vote but not in the way you think. As we all get ready to judge and play out our democratic role by selecting the next leader of the country, I thought I’d take a moment to...
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Tech-tick: The future of being heard
TONIA OSTBYE: There is no doubt that the realm of social media has changed the way we live. The fabric of communication has changed dramatically. To voice a point of view is to update a status....
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Remembering an atrocity forgotten in the wake of September 11
DAVID FORDE: At this time of year for the past 12 years, the world is reminded and remembers the horrendous attacks that were committed by Al Qeada on what is referred to as 9/11. Many will remember...
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The exploitation of women: How it still exists in Australia
SARAH BRIGDEN: The phrase “exploitation of women” conjures up images of sex slavery, poverty and misery – unfortunately, still the experience of many women in Third World countries. However, I want to...
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Wikileaks – investigative journalism or abuse of power?
CLAIRE FITZPATRICK: For the past year and a half, WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange has been granted political asylum in Ecuador’s London Embassy as he faces extradition to the US on charges...
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