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...concern. There is no denying that there has been a disturbing rise of bigotry, thinly veiled as nationalism, in Australia in the past decade. But to suggest that this may represent the emergence of a new national ethos is going a bit far. We should remember that former Prime Minister John Howard's rightist vision of Australia was buried in 2007 in an electoral avalanche. Pauline Hanson and her gaggle of xenophobes are now nothing more than a much derided footnote in Australian political history. The vast majority of Australians, irrespective of their ethnicity, regard the actions of the idiots...
Nurse Jackie is getting the jump on a TV calendar heavy with new medical shows. (Hawthorne, with Jada Pinkett Smith as a nurse, debuts on TNT on June 16.) But this black comedy is less melodramatic than your typical prime-time IV drip. Nursing, as Jackie practices it at New York City's All Saints Hospital, is hard labor: taxing drudgery that ruins your back and gets you punched out by the occasional unhinged visitor. (See pictures of ER's long run on television...
...Rome 'Spicy' Affair Stays Hot Allegations by Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's wife in early May that he had an improper relationship with an underage model have embroiled the popular leader in scandal on the eve of elections for the European Parliament. Berlusconi has vigorously denied any "spicy" activities with Noemi Letizia, now 18. Meanwhile, authorities have banned publication of photos allegedly showing seminaked women cavorting at his Sardinian villa...
...London Bad News Blears Communities Secretary Hazel Blears became the fourth member of Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Cabinet to resign in a scandal over British lawmakers' lavish expenses that has implicated more than 200 of Parliament's 646 members. The crisis has prompted calls for the embattled Prime Minister's removal and reports of a likely government shake...
...Leader are both sons of the village of Khameneh. When you were Prime Minister, you were known to have friction in your relationship with the Leader. Do you think this could lead to problems if you become President? The problems we had then were based in the constitution. But now, of course, these responsibilities are much more clearly spelled out in the constitution, and there is much more room for harmony...