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Janine Martin on the most popular home-grown pilgrim centres on the…
Calcutta Telegraph – Nov 19, 2005
The ancient Egyptians would journey to the Oracle at Thebes. The Greeks would frequent the Temple of Apollo at Delphi. Even Hindus and Muslims have, for centuries, been visiting sacred sites like Rishikesh and Mecca. For Christians, some of the most hallowed ground in the world is in the Holy Land and the Vatican.
Bendigo gets behind local Idol
The Age – Nov 19, 2005
Photo: Craig Sillitoe By Rachel WellsNovember 20, 2005 THE central Victorian town of Bendigo is pulling out all stopsto get their home-grown Australian Idol, Kate DeAraugo, over theline when she takes on Sydney’s Emily Williams in the grand finalof the reality TV series at the Sydney Opera House tomorrownight. Locals have hung giant “Vote for Kate” banners outside theirhomes and in their shop windows. Thousands are sporting “Vote forKate” badges and many have racked up hundreds of dollars worth ofphone bills voting for DeAraugo, who moved to Brisbane two yearsago to train with soul diva Vanetta Fields. Even the city’s mayor, Rod Fyffe, has been voting for the19-year-old, who has been deemed the underdog. “I’ve been voting throughout the series and I’ll be voting againon Monday … quite a few times, I’d say,” said Cr Fyffe, whowill watch the telecast from the Bendigo showgrounds, along withmore than 1000 locals.
Advance Australia fair
The Age – Nov 19, 2005
It canwork well under one lot of social and economic settings for awhile, but circumstances change, as do people. That’s when it’stime to take another look and ask if Australian society’s centre ofgravity – the set of values and practices by which we defineourselves as Australian – is where it should be. The issue of home-grown terror, or more specifically thepossibility of domestically generated terrorism, is clearly acatalyst for this sort of discussion but it could just as easily besparked by non-political crimes of violence or social recklessness. The question is: do you anticipate problems or do you wait to seewhat problems turn up and then try to come up with solutions?I’m a fan of the “anticipation” approach, where possible. Aswell as the obvious potential benefit of avoiding some sort ofcatastrophic event – or series of catastrophes – it helps indefining Australia’s national sense of mission. Australia is still, in international terms, an immature society,a work in progress. There is no shame in regularly discussing thekey objectives of Australian society and the activities andinterests that we regard as being “Australian”.
Global specialist to train police
Australian – Nov 19, 2005
However, Dr Gunaratna said one strategy was to be aware of terrorist support networks – “to look at their propaganda, fundraising, procurement, communications, safe houses and training”. Dr Gunaratna said most police could easily spot a stolen car or a pickpocket on the street, but being able to see the signs of terrorism needed more training. He said Australia had to deal with two distinct groups: offshore terrorists, such as Jemaah Islamiah, and home-grown terrorists, who he said now posed a greater threat. “It is important for the Australian authorities to build capabilities, to detect and disrupt the resident threat as well as the offshore network,” he said. Training will begin once the state Government signs off on the plan. Dr Gunaratna said the fight against terrorists was also a fight against extremism. “You need to create a moral ethic among the migrant communities against violence, against the use of violence to achieve political goals,” he said.
Dispatch Online – Your premier Eastern Cape news site
Dispatch Online – Nov 19, 2005
This has proved deeply unpopular with the minority Sunni Arabs, who dominated under Saddam Hussein’s Baathist regime. Elsewhere, the US military said yesterday it had killed 32 rebels after more than 50 of them had launched a series of concerted attacks on Thursday against military outposts in Ramadi, west of Baghdad. Senior US officers believe the level of violence will increase in the run-up to the December election, at a time when military analysts suggest 3000 foreigners are now fighting alongside home-grown insurgents. According to Washington-based military strategist, Anthony Cordesman, an expert at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, the number of foreign fighters posed a serious threat and was aimed at driving Iraqi Sunnis towards a major and intense civil war. However, the president of northern Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region Massud Barzani, told Turkey’s NTV television that should civil war break out, Iraqi Kurds would have no choice but to proclaim independence. “May God save us from civil war, but if others start fighting among themselves and there is an outbreak, we will have no other alternative,* Barzani, the leader of northern Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region said.