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ARTS AND CULTURE

Film of the week
- Tim Kroenert
- 07 August 2008
Undercover female soldiers are sent into enemy territory during World War II to protect one of the Allies' best-kept secrets. The women must subject themselves to being exploited in order that they might exploit their opponent.
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AUSTRALIA

'Bumbling' Karadzic faces political justice
- Binoy Kampmark
- 24 July 2008
One of the vices of nationalism is the symptom of long memory. Punishing accused war criminal Radovan Karadzic will do little to convince those who are set in their positions — Bosnia's Muslims will feel vindicated, but Bosnian Serbs are simply weary.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Aussie bloke's exotic love
- Tim Kroenert
- 19 June 2008
2 Comments
Unfinished Sky succeeds as a sweetly observed, cross-cultural love story. Themes regarding human trafficking and sexual slavery are exploited, not, it seems, from genuine concern, but in a misguided attempt to lend the film social clout.
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AUSTRALIA

Terrorist fear exposes Dutch intolerance
- Ashlea Scicluna
- 20 May 2008
19 Comments
The popular perception of the Netherlands as a tolerant country is only a half-truth. Most Dutch rarely mix with the Islamic population, fearing Islam will encroach upon the traditional values of Dutch identity. The nation has failed to understand and accept its Muslim population.
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AUSTRALIA

National pride revives Russian soul
- Ben Coleridge
- 05 March 2008
1 Comment
When it comes to political debate, being a foreigner can be difficult. Former president Vladimir Putin's recent State of the Nation address, made on the eve of his departure from the presidency, called for national unity and 'stable development' to the exclusion of foreign influence.
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AUSTRALIA

The trouble with welfare reform miracles
- Frank Quinlan
- 16 December 2007
1 Comment
If Australians want their government to move single parents off welfare and reduce child poverty at the same time then it’s going to cost money.
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INTERNATIONAL

Urban planning threatens Jakarta’s river dwellers
- Ben Fraser
- 08 August 2007
More than 300,000 Jakarta residents were displaced following the floods in January. Preparedness for the next flood is compromised by the river dwellers' unlawful status, and the government’s desire to clear these slum areas from the riverbank.
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AUSTRALIA

JI's Al Qaeda link a myth
- Dewi Anggraeni
- 11 July 2007
There may be ideological sympathy on the part of Indonesia's Jemaah Islamiyah for Al Qaeda, but there has been no direct affiliation between between the two groups since 2003. Al Qaeda, it seems, has dismissed JI as ineffectual—they keep getting caught.
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INFORMATION

Morag Fraser's response to Allan Gordon's letter
- Morag Fraser
- 18 April 2007
Morag Fraser's writes in to respond to Allan Gordon's letter.
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INFORMATION

On Catholicism, Alan Jones, Morag Fraser, the ABC, and Hans Küng
- 18 April 2007
1 Comment
Allan Gordon writes in with some thoughts on Morag Fraser's piece on Alan Jones.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Explaining anti-Chinese sentiment in Indonesia
- Dewi Anggraeni
- 27 February 2007
In the 1990s, Soeharto and his ministers were renting their power to business-savvy ethnic Chinese. The masses, unable to vent their anger at corrupt officials, shifted their targets to those associated with them, knowing that they could do that with impunity.
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AUSTRALIA

Becoming native to this large place
- Terry Monagle
- 11 December 2006
2 Comments
White Australians are slow to invent a language which matches this continent and mutes the shock-horror reaction to drought. While politicians talk about Australian values, "little" people are working at a much deeper study of what it means to be native.
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