- Pigeons detained and screened as Beijing leaves nothing to chance in National Day celebrations showcasing its military might.
- The White House gets a scoop on the Spanish PM's daughters.
- The 'pugnacious contrarian' and Nixon speech writer William Safire dies.
- Al Jazeera's 101 East takes an in-depth look at China's relationship with PNG. The first part is here. The second part is a lengthy interview with Somare — about eight minutes in he loses it and you get a sense why PNG is in such bad shape. Nevertheless, he wants an end to foreign aid in just five years.
Tuesday linkage
Published 29 Sep 2009
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