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Political winners of the month have included Bronislaw Komorowski (picture), elected President of Poland; and among sports winners: England defeating Australia in one-day cricket, two tennis veterans wrapping-it-up at Wimbledon, and the World Cup Football, once again a European festival. … Read More »
Inter-ethnic conflict and widespread break-down of law and order in the Central Asian state of Kyrgystan have so far caused several deaths with as many as 250000 people sheltering in refugee camps or leaving the country.
A report from the Brussels-based International Crisis Group (16.6.10) said further violence could not be discounted and urgent intervention by the international community was needed. … Read More »
At the French Open tennis, Samantha Stosur has become the first Australian to reach the final in a Grand Slam event for thirty years, defeating the fourth seed , Serbia’s Jelena Jankovic, 6-1, 6-2, in an hour (3.6.10).
(The last was Evonne Goolagong-Cawley at Wimbledon in 1980).
The seventh-seeded Australian said later she’d had a “bit of a slower heart rate” during the match than her earlier, hard-fought victory against the American favourite Serena Williams. … Read More »
This year’s French Open Tennis is providing another reminder that while the classic tournaments remain — Australian Open, America, Wimbledon – the founding players, though far from gone, have had to make way for all comers. … Read More »
Australia has pulled out an Asia card to boost its bid to host the 2018 or 2022 FIFA World Cup, deposited on Friday (14.5.10) along with those of eight competitors. … Read More »
A crisis in media and the future for democracy has been brought on by news media organisations retrenching, as their business models fail; according to Aidan White, General Secretary of the International Federation of Journalists – who attended this year’s UNESCO World Press Freedom Day congress (3.5.10), in Brisbane, Australia.
The gathering issued a “Declaration of Brisbane” exhorting the international community to move more actively in support of freedom of information, and ending information poverty. … Read More »
Sales of uranium to Russia, agriculture, education, protecting Antarctica, and even the ban on kangaroo meat were discussed when the Australian Foreign Minister, Stephen Smith, visited Moscow this week (21 and 22.4.10).
He went on to Tallinin, in Estonia, for a NATO meeting on Afghanistan. … Read More »