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ARTS AND CULTURE

Ricky Ponting's homilies
- Barry Gittins and Jen Vuk
- 15 November 2013
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Punter is a bloke's bloke, 'brung up' in a limited but nurturing suburbia of cricket, cricket, golf and cricket. I was genuinely touched by his acknowledgement of the role his wife, Rianna, and their daughters have played in his maturation. Yet while life experiences invariably expanded young Ponting's mind, it's fair to say that there remains something of the awkward teen in the man.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Syria's massacre of innocence
- Various
- 19 June 2012
The hands which pressed triggers, wielded knives at innocent throats, were once the gentle sons of others playing in sand pits, shadowed from scorching winds, while I ferried my own to schoolyard bunkers and safe horizons.
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AUSTRALIA

Planet Football's alternative world order
- Michael Visontay
- 11 June 2010
3 Comments
In the Olympics, the countries with the biggest populations win the most medals. Not in the World Cup. The United States' underdog status is one of the unifying pleasures of football fans around the world.
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ENVIRONMENT

Michelangelo and my kids will haunt me
- Bronwyn Lay
- 23 November 2009
14 Comments
As Copenhagen looms on the horizon like a giant apocalyptic festival, I can’t get Michelangelo and my kids out of my mind. The image of the Pietá, the mother holding her dead son, keeps appearing.
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AUSTRALIA

Congo thrives under Chinese 'invasion'
- Fernando Franco
- 07 August 2008
6 Comments
European and US corporations are on the retreat in Africa, while the progress of Chinese and Indian companies is bearing positive results. They stand to fulfill the promise of 'development' that has remained a dream since independence.
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