The impossible dream
From The Age RUTH WILLIAMS April 18, 2010 IN THE months before the last election in 2007, the Labor opposition promised to take the housing affordability debate in a ''new direction''. It held a housing affordability summit, released a paper and pledged to find a way to solve what was then being described as a ''crisis''. ''There...
North Korea suspected in blast that sank warship
Reuters, 16 April 2010 The likelihood North Korea sank a South Korean naval ship near their disputed border rose when Seoul said today an external explosion probably caused the ship to split in two, killing dozens. South Korea’s defence minister said this month the 1,200-tonne Cheonan may have been hit by a torpedo, immediately...
Tibetans mourn dead as China quake toll hits 760
Reuters, 16 April 2010 Tibetans mourned their dead relatives in the stricken Chinese town of Gyegu today, as the death toll from a strong earthquake earlier this week climbed to 760. Addressing residents of Gyegu in remote and windswept Yushu county high on the Tibetan plateau late yesterday, Premier Wen Jiabao clambered over...
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