from nine MSN …..

Howard's plane in Iraq emergency landing

AAP - Sunday Mar 18 08:29 AEDT

from the Age …..

’A top hat and tails is conservative theatrical get-up for Health Minister Tony Abbott.

There is universal agreement that the events of September 11, 2001 altered the course of history. However, the response of the bushit administration to that tragedy eventually had a far greater impact than the original events.

from the ABC …..

PM 'angry and disappointed' with Santoro

The Prime Minister says his Minister for Ageing, Santo Santoro, had no choice but to resign after failing to disclose dozens of share transactions.

‘It was a cold Sunday morning in Teaneck, N.J. Some two-hundred-odd Jewish-Americans were entering the Orthodox synagogue Congregation B'nai Yeshurun where they were to hear a sales pitch by the Amana Settlement Movement aimed at convincing them to buy homes in illegal Israeli settlements.

The case of David Hicks has introduced argument over the language of the law & of military justice into our daily news bulletins & public discussion.

from the Centre for American Progress …..

‘If God wills, even a broomstick will shoot. That is an old Yiddish adage.

One could add now: If God wills, even Olmert can sometimes tell the truth.

from the ABC …..

Latrobe power station funding a waste, Greens say

from Alternet …..

‘Oil services giant Halliburton Co. will soon shift its corporate headquarters from Houston to the Mideast financial powerhouse of Dubai, chief executive Dave Lesar announced Sunday.