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...That young people declare their pride in the nation is to be applauded. Your story should have questioned people who didn't show their Aussie pride on Australia Day. As to the suggestion that there is something wrong with adorning the Aussie flag's image on clothing, accessories and faces, look around: national pride abounds in cities and towns throughout the U.S., the U.K. and elsewhere in the West. The minorities who do not want to assimilate into our traditional way of life feel ostracized by a society that says, "If you don't want to live like Australians...
Kansas has a knowing relationship with radicals. A portrait of abolitionist John Brown - gun in one hand, Bible in the other - occupies a place of honor at the state capitol in Topeka. Bar-bashing Carry Nation took her hatchet to some of the best saloons in the state. Wichitans long ago processed the fact that a doctor with a mansion in the suburbs wore not just a gown to work but also a bulletproof vest. They kept it at arm's length, though. Some places, like some people, seem to relish any sort of attention. Not this place...
...South Africa Underground Tragedy The bodies of at least 61 illegal miners were discovered in an unused shaft owned by South Africa's Harmony Mining Co., the world's fifth largest gold producer. The incident, one of the worst in the nation's history, highlights the growing problem posed by unauthorized mining operations, which are exploiting thousands of miles of unpoliced tunnels amid high unemployment rates and spiking gold prices...
...Washington Putting the Emergency Back in Emergency Room According to a report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office, wait times in ERs across the nation are at worrying lengths. Largely because of overcrowding, patients can languish twice as long as recommended by medical associations; those in need of the fastest attention may wait nearly half an hour for care...
...challengers are concerned that rigging may take place at mobile ballot boxes - units that are transported to remote locations in cars, buses or planes, into which about a third of the nation's votes will be cast. "They have not provided us with the possibility of traveling with the government team [carrying the boxes]," says Morteza Elviri, a member of Karroubi's election-supervision committee. "They have said, You can follow our cars with your own vehicle, but that's not a reasonable solution," he complains...