Tag Archives: Australia

A Scandal in Seven Hills

Posted on November 16, 2008 by Lee

The premier of New South Wales, Mr. Nathan Rees, was reportedly surprised to discover that an illegal brothel was in operation above his offices, in a commercial building in the Seven Hills area outside Sydney. Unfortunately for the brothel’s owners, … Continue reading →

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Bloody Day for Australia

Posted on September 3, 2008 by Lee

In Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan, the Australian army suffers its worst casualties in a single engagement since the Vietnam war, after a Taliban ambush of an SAS patrol.

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A Brothel in Sydney

Posted on September 3, 2008 by Lee

There are more than 5,000 legal brothels in Australia. Here’s a peak inside one of them.

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Woops.

Posted on August 25, 2008 by Joshua Foust

Geography, people: Aug. 25 (Bloomberg) — Prime Minister Kevin Rudd sent extra diplomatic and police officials to west Africa to help investigate the kidnapping in Somalia of a group of reporters, including an Australian photojournalist. “We have deployed additional staff … Continue reading →

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Testy Times in the Bird’s Nest

Posted on August 9, 2008 by Lee

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd witnessed a heated discussion between Bush and Putin over Georgia.

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Errors in Modern Gender

Posted on February 19, 2008 by Lee

Meet Alan Finch (video report). Alan became Helen Finch at 21, through sexual reassignment surgery…and then became Alan again when he was thirty. As you can see above, the results of his original surgery were extraordinarily effective. But Alan has … Continue reading →

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