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...There was a huge explosion, and we all had our eyebrows singed,'' Arneth says. But of the rocket and stockman there was no sign. "Everybody sort of sobered up then, and someone said, 'We'll all be in jail in the morning.' But another one said, 'I saw him. There he goes,' and kept pointing...
...five Ruth Rory was beaten with a tree branch by her partner, Andrew Davey. He struck her with such ferocity that her leg was pulped and had to be amputated. She now hobbles around town on a prosthetic leg; Davey is serving four and a half years in jail. "All our people are dying through alcohol abuse," says Fraser Baker, chairman of the Mabunji Aboriginal Resource Centre. "The drinkers spend nearly all their wages. There are families here whose kids are not going to school. We have to sort this out." Borroloola Council ceo Jeff Colver agrees. "When the [Federal...
...petrol head, it's akin to telling twins apart). Then there are Luc's mates from Yagoona High School - including Aborigine Shane, Islander Donald and Arab Walid - all struggling to make their way in life. In their late 20s, some have children or a partner in jail; others have not yet broken away from the family home...
...proxy for the poor, defenseless fellow citizens that the Chinese are not encouraged to sympathize with or given the opportunity to have feelings for. If Chinese papers were allowed, for example, to report on Chen Guangcheng, a blind peasant activist who's been repeatedly beaten and is now in jail for standing up for the victims of illegal forced abortions and who's due to go on trial on trumped-up charges of destroying public property this month, I'm sure his case would generate public outcry too. Right now, that's not possible in China. But maybe...
...think people ought to go to jail for using it. It's too good a medicine. I guess if it were harder to find on the illegal market, there would be more people out there voting to make it legal. But you can grow a little here or have a little there from a friend, and the next thing you know, you don't care whether it's legal...