Blair secures power to hold without trial
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- Blair secures power to hold without trial
- Byline: By Paul Majendie
- Will they all live happily ever after?
Blair secures power to hold without trial
The Age – Mar 13, 2005
Britain unveiled a dossier challenging the rich world to end”appalling” market protectionism and give an extra $US25 billion($A31. “This whole effort is a slap in the face of Africa,” said PeteOndeng, head of a private body mobilising resources for ahome-grown African economic plan, the New Partnership for Africa’sDevelopment, launched in 2001. Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who sat on theLondon-sponsored Africa Commission that produced the report, saidit aimed to help bring an end to the “senseless violence” on thecontinent.
Byline: By Paul Majendie
Washington Post – Mar 13, 2005
“It is an astonishing, daunting privilege to be let loosein Neverland armed with nothing but a pen,” she said. The Great Ormond Street hospital in London launched thesearch for a sequel last year to mark the centenary of theclassic and to keep much needed funds flowing when thecopyright runs out — in Europe in 2007 and in the UnitedStates in 2023. The judges, flooded with entries from South America,Australia, the United States and Europe, opted for a home-grownauthor to extend the life of Barrie’s immortal characters. McCaughrean, author of over 130 books and plays and theonly writer ever to capture the Whitbread Children’s Book Awardthree times, won with her sample chapter and synopsis of afollow-up tale called “Captain Pan. One of the judges, Barrie’s great-great nephew David, said ofthe competition: “Captain Pan had a real fight on his hands butwon through in the end. I think JM Barrie would have liked hisstyle. If I’m wrong he’ll be back to haunt us.
Will they all live happily ever after?
Guardian Unlimited – Mar 13, 2005
But while Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code is the publishing phenomenon of the moment, the UK’s home-grown books industry is doing pretty well too – unless you listen to the bitchy gossip. That, at least, is probably the view of Victoria Barnsley, high-profile boss of HarperCollins UK, who was at pains last week to deny rumours that her Hammersmith-based empire was stricken by in-fighting and poor sales. ‘I’m rather mystified where all this complete nonsense is coming from,’ she told The Observer. ‘It’s 100 per cent ludicrous and wrong. We’re having an absolutely fantastic year.