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...Ceduna, the clean coastal town famous for its oysters, is home to the westernmost of the state's four roadblocks. "He's the bad bugger," says Provis' offsider, Brian "Flash" Hoffrichter, 63, brandishing a dried specimen of the Mediterranean variety (Ceratitis capitata), which is not much bigger than a grain of sand. A gruesome color photograph on the wall shows the damage its maggots can inflict on oranges. "Doesn't look real nice, does it?" Hoffrichter says. "Little things can do big damage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Highway Pest Police | 8/7/2006 | See Source »

...middle of an ancient seabed stretching 700 km from South Australia's Head of the Bight west to Balladonia. Nullarbor translates as "no trees" in Latin, and for the moment the truckers are without a clue. "Usually when there's a fault, a series of codes will flash up on the dash, but that's not coming up," Schneider says. "You just have to try and eliminate all the possibilities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush Mechanics | 8/7/2006 | See Source »

...News flash! The rumors are real, the gossip is genuine: Woody Allen has shacked up in London with a beautiful broad—and this time, it’s not Soon...

Author: By Kyle L. K. Mcauley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Woody Allen, Ugly American | 7/28/2006 | See Source »

...Days dealt with flash-point issues like homophobia last season. What will you tackle this season...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions For Morgan Spurlock | 7/24/2006 | See Source »

...Hindu-Muslim animosity has had several flash points in India's history, starting with the Muslim Mughal conquest of the subcontinent in the 16th century?something India's nationalist Hindu opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is still attempting to undo with a campaign to demolish some Mughal mosques. That rift has driven the subcontinent's history?from partition, to three wars between India and Pakistan, the long crisis over Kashmir, and a nuclear arms race. Political parties such as the BJP have exploited those tensions to gain votes, further widening the rift. In Bombay, ironically, religious tensions are eased...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Recurring Nightmare | 7/17/2006 | See Source »

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