Apr 30 2008
THE Australian tradition of “happy hour” could be scrapped under new measures to combat binge drinking and alcohol-fuelled violence.
Apr 29 2008
More than 700 people are killed by heroin in Britain every year: most die from overdoses, accidental and deliberate, but many victims are addicts whose bodies simply succumb to years of abuse and neglect. Then there is the collateral damage: the...
Apr 26 2008
PRIME Minister Yasuo Fukuda returns from Russia tomorrow to face what may be a decisive week for his beleaguered leadership. Mr Fukuda’s Liberal Democratic Party faces a tough by-election tomorrow which, if it goes as badly as some polls suggest,...
Apr 15 2008
I was innocently looking for Christmas present ideas on his computer. Literally, I was typing in “fireplace tools” in Google. And, as he turned to me and said hey, let’s watch this show together, I knew I had to quit. Me, being the Web geek that I...
Apr 14 2008
Prachanda today declared that he would develop a “new relation” with India as Maoists continued to consolidate their gains from Nepal elections and looked set to head the next government. The Maoists have won 61 of the 112 seats for which results...
Apr 11 2008
He told his wife he’d gone fishing. But when a photograph of Dick Cheney, the US vice-president, appeared on the White House website, the smile on his face and the reflection in his sunglasses left some questioning his catch. The reflection...