Mozambique boy mutilated for body parts

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15 October 2010
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A court in Mozambique has sentenced two men to 20 years in prison for mutilating a 12-year-old boy in order to sell his body parts to a witchdoctor in Malawi.

The court heard that the boy’s uncle and another man lured the boy to come bush-rat hunting with them by offering him biscuits.

In the attack, one of the men covered the youth’s mouth while the other hit him on the chest with a rock. They then cut off the boy’s testicles, penis and eyes and left him for dead — via richardfarner.newsvine.com

The truth about refused classification

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14 October 2010
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We also have a review of one of the most controversial parts of the filter proposal – that of the scope of refused classification (RC). It definitely needs a review, because frankly, RC is broken, and apparently, misunderstood by both the responsible Minister in Senator Conroy and the Prime Minister herself, who just yesterday confirmed the Government’s ongoing commitment to the filter, saying it was a “moral question” to ensure the filter came to be.

I’m sorry, Prime Minister, but since when, in this day and age, is the Government the arbiter of what I, or any other member of Australian society, should consider moral? Please get off my lawn!

The only moral question here is whether Australia, as a society is mature enough to ensure we maintain adequate civil liberties and in the case of what we and our kids view on the internet, whether we are mature enough as people and parents — via redwolf.newsvine.com

The myth of a left-wing media

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14 October 2010
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If you are ever inclined to think that the Australian media leans left, ask yourself this: why has the Labor Party moved so far to the right?

To understand the answer to that question you have to understand a few other points.

The first is that politicians know their main audience is not we the people, but them the media — via redwolf.newsvine.com

Australia’s gender equality ranking drops

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13 October 2010
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Europe’s Nordic countries remain global leaders in the campaign to close the gender equality gap, according to a study released Tuesday that said women could play a key role in leading the world out of economic crisis.

Iceland, Norway and Finland topped the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual gender gap index, while Pakistan, Chad and Yemen were bottom of the 134-nation rankings.

Australia has dropped three places since last year to come in at 23rd behind Mozambique — via redwolf.newsvine.com

Irish court rules in favour of ISPs in piracy case

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12 October 2010
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The High Court in Ireland has ruled that laws cutting off internet users who have illegally downloaded content cannot be enforced in the country.

It is a victory for Irish internet service provider UPC which took the legal action against copyright owners, including EMI and Sony.

But it will be a blow to the music and film industry, which wants the strict rules as a deterrent against piracy.

It is likely to have a knock-on effect to similar policies in other countries — via richardfarner.newsvine.com

Afghan security firms ‘hand in glove’ with Taliban

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9 October 2010
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A Senate report has found evidence that many Afghan security personnel paid with US taxpayers’ money to guard American bases are hand in glove with the Taliban insurgents hell-bent on killing coalition troops.

One disturbing case uncovered by the Armed Services Committee in the western Afghan province of Herat illustrates the deadly double game played by some of these hired guns.

Two Afghan warlords involved were nicknamed by their British employers as Mr White and Mr Pink, after gangsters in the gory Hollywood movie Reservoir Dogs.

The two contractors were appointed in June 2007 by the defence contractor ArmorGroup to provide security at Shindand airbase — via richardfarner.newsvine.com

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