Keywords: Football World Cup
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AUSTRALIA
- James Massola
- 10 July 2006
2 Comments
While refereeing standards have been the subject of much debate at this World Cup, and some have decried the paucity of goals, the re-assertion of ‘Old Europe’s’ footballing pre-eminence has escaped serious analysis.
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AUSTRALIA
- Morag Fraser
- 26 June 2006
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As the first anniversary of the London bombings approaches, people celebrate England's football victory, and Trafalgar Square is under repair. Celebration and cleaning mark the resilience of London and its refusal to allow fear to dominate public life.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins & James Massola
- 12 June 2006
1 Comment
The Australian national football team has played and won its first game in a World Cup for 32 years. Not for nothing did Kofi Annan remark recently that he wished the UN could bring people together so effectively, and in such good spirits.
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AUSTRALIA
- Andrew Hamilton
- 11 June 2006
It is a minor paradox of war that in film clips, the politicians and generals who confer about present wars seem larger than life, whereas in the footage of past wars they look shrivelled—diminished by the destruction they have abetted.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Morag Fraser, Siobhan Jackson, Allan James Thomas
- 22 May 2006
Reviews of the films Monster, The Cat in the Hat, The Barbarian Invasions, and Capturing the Friedmans.
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AUSTRALIA
Contemporary cricketers think little of dropping the ball at their feet and setting off for a run. Graeme Wood, a pioneer in this practice, was misunderstood by team mates and a cricket loving nation.
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AUSTRALIA
The view from Spain
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AUSTRALIA
- Brian McCoy
- 23 April 2006
Fifty years ago Rosa Parks inspired African Americans by refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man, and her example is still inspiring Aboriginal people today
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