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Iraqi Warfare Survivor on X Factor Australia - Emmanuel Kelly

Iraq war survivor's rendition of Imagine earned a standing ovation from the judges and packed audience.

(MELBOURNE) - PLUCKY Melbourne singer Emmanuel Kelly is dreaming of a recording career after moving tough judges to tears on 'The X Factor'.

Moral Progress and Animal Welfare

The world must work together...

(PRINCETON, Aust.) - Mahatma Gandhi acutely observed that “the greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.”

Murdoch and Vaccines - Exposure of Murdoch`s Crimes Open Up A Much Larger Story

"... the evidence of sleazy and scandalous behavior of the Murdoch papers has expanded geometrically." Michael Collins

(LONDON) - Rupert Murdoch's news empire faces intense media and legal scrutiny.

Current revelations focus on Murdoch's News of the World hacking into the Dowler family's voice messages during the kidnapping case their 12 year old daughter Milly, and Murdoch's London Times' for allegedly having illegally obtained the financial, property and medical information of former UK Labour Party Leader Gordon Brown during the time he was chancellor.

More Murdoch: Scaremongering in Australian Press

Marrickville councillors voted in December last year to respect the boycott call against Israeli products.

(MELBOURNE) - ntony Loewenstein, a seasoned observer of the Press confessed “Even I was taken aback by how the vehemence lasted for so long.”

Health Effects of Vietnam Service

Originally published in 2003.

(MELBOURNE) - AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE PERSONNEL participated in the Vietnam Conflict from 1962 to 1973.

This was the most significant military commitment of Australian Forces since World War II, involving nearly 60000 personnel, of whom over 500 died during service and 3131 were severely physically wounded.

Down and Out in Perth -- soup kitchens

Keeping a roof over your head is becoming increasingly difficult down under.

(PERTH, Australia) - Australia is the Promised Land. Boat people make the perilous trip from Indonesia to Christmas Island. But just how lucky is this country down under?

Vanishing Flynn

The continuing saga of the search for Vietnam War Photographer Sean Flynn, who lived the life his father portrayed in film.

(BANGKOK) - I called up Tim Page, the war photographer famed for Requiem and other books on Vietnam. I went to his home page and got his number in the contact section.

Then I went on Skype and called him. The man on the end of the line was Tim Page.

When Conspiracies Go Too Far

Stranger than truth... much.

(CINCINNATI) - This week, many of us saw Bill Cosby blast Donald Trump on network TV. Cosby didn’t use the words but I will. Trump is a “whacko” and “wingnut.”

Problem is, he can go on network TV, even represent Serta Mattresses and nobody challenges him about his outlandish belief that President Obama has been lying about his place of birth.

BDS Rooted in Law and Human Rights

A response to Greg Sheridan's 'A Party of Ignorant Extremists'.

(MELBOURNE) - The Australian’s unrelenting attack on the Greens and the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions campaign continued today with Foreign Editor Greg Sheridan’s opinion piece entitled “A party of ignorant extremists” April 7, 2011.

Daniel Assange Never Thought WikiLeaks Would Succeed

“His actions as a personal individual and his actions in a grand political sense are completely disconnected things, and they should be considered in that sense.” - Daniel Assange

(MELBOURNE) - When Daniel Assange was 16, his father Julian asked him to be a part of WikiLeaks, the controversial group of internet freedom fighters that was then in its infancy.

Sceptical of the project’s likelihood of success, and not on the best of terms with his father, Daniel said no.