sagedautumn
Collection of short stories bought by Random House
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Post by sagedautumn on May 12, 2007 14:59:21 GMT -5
i think his name is Brown . last name that is
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Bina
First novel published
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Post by Bina on May 12, 2007 14:59:49 GMT -5
Btw I think Blair´s designated successor is Gordon Brown.
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Bina
First novel published
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Post by Bina on May 12, 2007 15:00:35 GMT -5
That worked out well
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Kristie
Novel turned into BBC miniseries
"If a book is well written, I always find it too short."
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Post by Kristie on May 13, 2007 12:28:56 GMT -5
I didn't know that the term of a PM lasted until they resigned (or died). Or is it just supposed to be longer than 10 years and he resigned early? I don't know anything about the government set-up for countries other than the US
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Post by Dominique on May 14, 2007 2:10:10 GMT -5
The PM only lasts here until he is voted out. We have a federal election every four years (I think), it is election year this year.
Technically we are still under the queen though so it might be different for other countries that aren't. Our PM's don't answer to a President.
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Isa
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Post by Isa on May 14, 2007 7:42:43 GMT -5
It's the same in Canada, the PM can stay for as long as he wants unless he gets voted out. So there are some that were there for over 10 years, while some only stayed for a few months. We don't have a set date for elections - usually they're every 4 years, but if the government gets defeated (like if they try to pass a bill that's rejected by the majority of MPs) there will be a call for new elections.
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Post by Carma on May 21, 2007 9:54:24 GMT -5
so,.. why not get back to posting news? I'm studying to become a journalist.. so I can use all the news I can find.. haha oh wow.. there was a baby who was declared 'dead' came to life at the funeral!!! that is scary! I found an english link: www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21772570-1702,00.html
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Kristie
Novel turned into BBC miniseries
"If a book is well written, I always find it too short."
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Post by Kristie on May 21, 2007 14:18:03 GMT -5
That's horrible. I would be angry just like the baby's father. It's too bad she did end up dying. Do you think she would've lived if she'd been put in the incubator sooner?
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Post by Carma on May 22, 2007 6:45:52 GMT -5
I don't know.. maybe...
maybe the baby just didn't move, but was alive or something...?
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Post by Hanna on May 28, 2007 4:30:37 GMT -5
Freedom of the press...that's now being violated in Venezuela, after President Chavez decided to close the biggest TV station in the country. This TV station supported the coup d'etat against him in 2002, and has been very important to the opposition. Now Supreme Court has ruled that a new TV station may take over their equipment, and that the Army will be watching over this station. Several journalists have had to flee the country.
I think that's scary news, it sounds like a dictatur...Chavez is probably too big a fan of Castro. I also fear that this will give Bolivian President Morales ideas...
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Post by Lu on May 28, 2007 5:37:08 GMT -5
That's scaring...though I can't say we have a perfect freedom of press here, I'm thinking about our previous prime minister who "removed" an old and very famous journalist (who has won several awards) from tv in 2001 and so stopped his tv program which have been aired since 1995, was watching by 6.000.000 people and has been nominated by a jury of journalists as the best journalistic show in the 50 years of RAI (italian national tv). I'm glad to say that he's back now: On April 22, 2007, 86-years-old Enzo Biagi made his TV comeback at RAI with RT - Rotocalco Televisivo, a journalistic analysis show aired on Raitre. At the opening of the show, he declared: “Good evening, sorry if I am a bit touched, maybe it is visible. There has been some technical problem, and the wait lasted for five years." I've always loved his journalistic show!
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Isa
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Post by Isa on May 28, 2007 7:13:32 GMT -5
Freedom of the press...that's now being violated in Venezuela, after President Chavez decided to close the biggest TV station in the country. This TV station supported the coup d'etat against him in 2002, and has been very important to the opposition. Now Supreme Court has ruled that a new TV station may take over their equipment, and that the Army will be watching over this station. Several journalists have had to flee the country. I think that's scary news, it sounds like a dictatur...Chavez is probably too big a fan of Castro. I also fear that this will give Bolivian President Morales ideas... Oy, that's not very good news. Chavez has been spending a lot of time in Cuba - when I was there, there was a huge sign with the Cuban and Venezuelan flags on it, and it said something like "together we can make the world a better place". Considering what Castro has done in Cuba, it seems like their idea of a better place is not what most people have in mind.
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Post by Hanna on May 28, 2007 17:16:12 GMT -5
Exactly! I get the whole "not wanting to be dependent on the US" wave that is sweeping across Latin America, I just think that people like Chavez, Castro and Morales are choosing the wrong way to do it. They say they want to give freedom to the people, but what they do is giving "freedom" to those who believe in the same as them! It will be exciting to see what will happen there in the future...
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Isa
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Post by Isa on May 28, 2007 19:25:06 GMT -5
That and the fact that they all seem to fall in love with power and money. Castro is probably the most typical example: he started the revolution in Cuba to free his people from American exploitation and a corrupted government. Within a few short years all the great American villas had been transformed into appartment houses where Cubans could live for free and education was made free and mandatory. But then that was it! Castro retired to his secret mansion and appart from a few revolutionary speeches here and there, he's basically abandonned his country and his people.
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