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...made it. But by staying far south, he shortened what would have been a nearly 25,000-mile journey at the equator to 19,428 miles. He spent 15 days in freezing cold, breathing through an oxygen mask and using a bucket as a toilet, before alighting in Queensland, Australia, where he dispensed with fine wine and guzzled a Bud Light. Even a millionaire needs endorsements...
...AUSTRALIA The country's Aboriginal languages, such as the tribal Queensland tongues Wanyi, Wakka Wakka and Kullilli, are dying fast--at an estimated rate of one every three years...
...CONVICTED. Robert Long, 38, itinerant Australian fruit picker, on charges of arson and murder for starting the June 2000 fire that killed 15 at a Queensland backpackers' hostel; in Brisbane. Long is likely to face life in prison for setting the blaze in the town of Childers that claimed the lives of four Australians, six Britons, two Dutch, one Irish, one Japanese and a South Korean. DIED. Raffaele Ciriello, 42, veteran Italian war photographer, after being shot six times in the abdomen and chest, apparently by Israeli troops while in the West Bank, becoming the first foreign journalist killed there...
...unready for boarding: the X-43 is only 4 m long, 1.6 m wide and 60 cm thick. But the leaders of world aeronautics seem to believe the future is hypersonic. nasa has invested $185 million in Hyper-X and partly funds Paull's work at the University of Queensland...
Without question, the upsurge of Hanson's party has been greatly exaggerated. Yes, the party has revived itself after being written off in 1998's federal elections. But it is still far below its previous peak, winning just three seats in Queensland compared with 11 in the previous election. Using Australia's preferential voting system to best effect, One Nation played a key part in humiliating the Liberal-National coalition in the Queensland and Western Australia elections. True, John Howard's coalition has been on a downward spiral federally, but divisions in the opposition ranks made Labor's win more...