Tag: australia
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russia becomes a magnet for american fast-food chains
Earlier in his career, Christopher Wynne put his Russian expertise to work researching arms proliferation for the American government. Now he’s engaged in geopolitics of another sort: deploying American fast food for the emerging Russian middle class. update: latex glove found in australian late-night stir fry*
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new code fails to curb kid junk food ads in australia
from abc.net.au: Two years after Australia’s major fast-food chains promised to stop advertising to children, a study has found kids are still being exposed to the same number of junk food ads. The study, published in the Australian Medical Journal, claims despite the introduction of an industry code of conduct in August 2009, children are…
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Is Today the Day the World Will End?
US atheists are to hold parties in response to an evangelical broadcaster’s prediction that Saturday will be “judgement day”.
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Aussie Flag Burned Over Image of Goddess
Upset Hindus have welcomed apology from an Australian swimwear label over the depiction of image of Goddess Lakshmi on swimwear at Rosemount Australian Fashion Week in Sydney last week.
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3/31 defcon: morpheus, auroras, smartbombs & omg’s!
secret space plane can’t hide from amateur sleuths* secret x-37b space plane caught on video by skywatchers* nasa tracking ‘a large object approaching the sun’* video: will ‘morpheus’ be the first vehicle on the moon since apollo?* video: stunningly beautiful time-lapse footage of aurora* nsa said to focus its decrypting skills on nasdaq cyber attack*…
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Bank Blames Human Error For Outage
National Australia Bank (NAB) spokesman George Wright would not provide technical description of bank’s computer difficulties in AUSTRALIANIT article.
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9/11 Updates: Osama, October, Opinions
Bin Laden being protected by Pakistani intelligence // NATO official says bin laden, deputy hiding in northwest Pakistan // 9/11 truth raids university of Florida homecoming parade // Released state dept docs mention ‘failed pipeline negotiations’ with Taliban pre-9/11
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‘cyber storm iii’ tests US on cyber attack
stuxnet & cyberstorm3 are unrelated, nothing to see here… from defencetalk: US keyboard warriors were doing battle Tuesday with a simulated cyberattack on government and private computer networks that undermines basic trust in the Internet. The “Cyber Storm III” exercise involves participants from seven US government departments, including the Pentagon, 11 US states, 60 private…
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uk & canadian troops investigated over heroin trafficking claims
video: military running heroin smuggling operation from guardian: Military police are investigating claims that British soldiers have been involved in heroin trafficking in Afghanistan. The Ministry of Defence said it was aware of “unsubstantiated” claims that troops were buying the drug from dealers and shipping it out of the country in military aircraft. An inquiry…
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Defcon 7/29: Leaky Lawsuits
100 million Facebook pages ‘leaked’ on torrent site // ‘Minority Report’ technology used by UK police to predict crimes // Tokyo trials digital billboards that scan passers-by // 2nd student sues school district over webcam spying
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Police State Updates: Scenarios for the Future
Scenarios for the Future of Tech & Int’l Development: Rockefeller study predictably sees future oligarchy // Obama sends 1,200 National Guardsmen to seal Mexican border // Schwarzenegger mobilizes Natl Guard to border
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defcon 2/10: broadband, threats & censorship protests
google to offer ‘ultra high-speed’ broadband in US* can google protect its users while working with the nsa?* US faces serious threats in cyberspace says john brennan* chavez puts venezuela under ‘electricity emergency’* australian govt websites face censorship protest* family spends $5000 per year on screen-related services* seti opens all data & coding to the…
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geopolitiks: bilderberg, false flags & warcrimes
video: italian mp denounces bilderberg influence on eu*order out of chaos: cia, blackwater responsible for bombings, assassinations in pakistan*usaid officer arrested with terrorists in islamabad*australia mulls scientology probe*video: US moves to seize properties tied to iran*2 arrested in chicago may have links to mumbai attack*video: i am israel* 11/20 update: bilderberger/belgian pm van rompuy named…
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australian town world’s first to ban bottled water
from afp: An Australian town pulled all bottled water from its shelves Saturday and replaced it with refillable bottles in what is believed to be a world-first ban. Hundreds of people marched through the picturesque rural town of Bundanoon to mark the first day of its bottled water ban by unveiling a series of new…
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Defcon 9/10: Czars, Satellites, Da Vinci & Anonymous
obama close to appointing cybersecurity chief // cyberattack? the internet power grab by the obama white house // the US needs a cybersecurity czar now // theories emerge on secret satellite launch // da vinci code fans targeted by real international conspiracy // ‘anonymous’ declares war on australia over internet filtering