The British are feeling the pinch in relation to recent terrorist threats in Islamabad and have now raised their security level from "Miffed" to "Peeved". Soon, though, security levels may be raised yet again to "Irritated" or even "A Bit Cross".

Brits have not been "A Bit Cross" since the blitz in 1940 when tea supplies ran out. Terrorists have ( Read more... )

http://www.news.com.au/travel/story/0,28318,26217319-5014090,00.html

Lack of kangaroos at airports 'shocked Kristen Bell'

MEMO to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Tourism Australia: Please send more kangaroos to Australia's international airports.

American tourists are disappointed. Particularly Hollywood starlets.

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Pennywell miniature pigs - a variant of a rare breed from New Zealand...

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http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=755767

A boy in China has been killed by an office chair after it exploded while he was sitting on it, according to reports.

The 14-year-old boy died from extensive bleeding after the chair’s gas cylinder burst, sending metal chair parts into his rectum.

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However, I'm curious about polling in America, since it (seems) to be different from Australia (forgive me if these are ignorant questions!).

- why isn't voting compulsary? 
- why don't people vote? is it laziness? or they don't feel obligated to?
- how old do you have to be to vote?
- what are the criteria for absentee voting (posting a vote in before ( Read more... )