Books giant 'threatens publishers' over margins

Australian publishers are reeling after being told one of the country's biggest book store chains will not stock their books unless they pay thousands of dollars within weeks ( Read more... )

There are days when I realise that my cynicism is somewhat eclipsed by that of the Universe. This is one of them.

US cannot account for 190,000 guns in Iraq: report

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For starters - I'm not going to be getting a GreatestJournal account[1]. I'm not going to be quitting this LJ account. I'm not going to be stomping off in high dudgeon to another site, and playing the whole game all over again ( Read more... )

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This is something I've been meaning to get around to for ages ( Read more... )

Interesting article found through Common Dreams today: US owes restitution to East TimorThe point being made by the columnist (who's reporting on a report handed to the UN by a Timorese commission of enquiry) is that the Indonesian invasion of East Timor quite literally would not have occurred without at least a tacit agreement from the USA. It is ( Read more... )