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...much of his life, Mark Latham had been living a Johnny Cash song. Born in 1961, the federal Labor leader grew up in a tough neighborhood in Sydney's western suburbs. He was a star pupil at school, but he needed the financial help of friends to finish university. He toiled in obscure local politics longer than most. A decade ago, Latham won the federal seat once held by his mentor former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam. If the public knew anything about Latham, it was likely to be for his loose tongue and parliamentary aggro rather than for his indefatigable...
...many Laboristas, Latham has revitalized his party - and politics. The buzz he generates goes beyond Canberra. Ordinary folk are curious. Latham has even got Prime Minister John Howard's pulse racing - something his predecessors rarely managed over the past eight years - thanks to Labor's turnaround in opinion polls and Latham's honeymoon with the press. A general election is due this year, and if it is fought on leadership and experience, voters will be asked to choose between a fresh-faced father of two young boys and a Prime Minister at the height of his powers who has reached...
...There is definitely a significant increase in people interested in eating game meat," says Geoff Latham, president of Nicky USA, a game distributor in Portland, Ore. "Our sales have grown from approximately $250,000 in 1990 to at least $3.5 million last year." That's far less than the $210 billion in sales of the U.S. beef industry, but the numbers are rising. D'Artagnan, another game source, has seen its sales of farmed rabbit leap almost 20% over the past few years...
...Latham is also the founder of the annual Wild About Game Cook-Off in Welches, Ore. At its 2000 debut, about 50 people showed up. In 2003 more than 600 checked out the creations of such top chefs as Joseba Jimenez of Seattle's Harvest Vine restaurant, who made a pheasant braised in Cabernet Franc and sherry vinegar with foie gras. It's not just chefs in the outdoorsy West who are serving unconventional meats. In Houston, Ziggy's Healthy Grill faced a storm of animal-rights protests after adding kangaroo burgers to its menu. And in New York City...
...Labour Party has been shut out of power for the last eight years by the conservative Howard administration, which, incidentally, has been strident in its support for President Bush’s foreign policy. Labour has just chosen a new leader to challenge Howard: maverick politician Mark Latham, who recently denounced Bush as “the most incompetent and dangerous president in living memory...