The Commonwealth has suspended Fiji after it failed to meet certain conditions such as resuming a dialogue with opposition groups and holding early democratic elections.
( The Commonwealth, comprised of the United Kingdom, its dependencies, and many former British colonies, ruled in July that unless Fiji met its demands, the nation would face being cut off from all aid from the group and banned from the 2010 Commonwealth Games. )

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This picture has to be one of the most relevant to the diversity and fear that the media and governments are perpetuating in today's society.
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And who said religion and politics should never meet?

I read something yesterday (please don't ask me for a source ( Read more... )

I've just received a bill from a pathology lab ( Read more... )

This, of course, means that yet again, our hospitals suffer, and that we won't have our trains back for another 4 years. :/
I give up.

As a Voter, I reserve the right to bitch as much as I want about the fuck wit that has got in as State Premier yet again. Morris Iemma was a local member when I was growing up, and he still is a member... if ( Read more... )