Prime Minister says sorry for rate rise | NEWS.com.au Business

Seeded on Tue Nov 6, 2007 11:50 PM EST (Australian News Network)

HOMEOWNERS have been slugged with another interest rate rise, the first-ever during an election campaign, pushing mortgage rates towards a 13-year high.

interest-rates, politics, reserve-bank, mr-howard

How could this little girl have starved to death? - National - smh.com.au

Seeded on Tue Nov 6, 2007 11:02 PM EST (The Sydney Morning Herald)

THIS is Shellay Ward, the seven-year-old autistic girl who weighed just 9 kilograms when she was found dead in her bed, having apparently starved to death.

health, community-services

Ad nauseum: Facebook users face the hard sell - web - Technology - smh.com.au

Seeded on Tue Nov 6, 2007 10:59 PM EST (The Sydney Morning Herald)

The Facebook free ride is over as the social network now seeks to turn its 50-million-strong user base into an army of viral marketers. It comes as the company is under intense pressure to cash in on the wealth of personal data it has collected, following a $US250 million ($268 …

technology

Senator to Yahoo: morally you are Pygmies - BizTech - Technology - smh.com.au

Seeded on Tue Nov 6, 2007 10:58 PM EST (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Yahoo's chief executive was verbally lashed by US lawmakers on Tuesday over the internet company's role in helping identify a Chinese dissident who was later imprisoned by the government. "While technologically and financially you are giants, morally you are Pygmies," Representa …

technology

When telling the truth comes back to bite | NEWS.com.au

Seeded on Tue Nov 6, 2007 10:01 PM EST (Australian News Network)

JOHN Howard's biggest problem right now isn't that he's a liar. It's that he told the truth. And how Labor is now hammering the Prime Minister for it.

politics

UK chooses 'most ludicrous laws'

Seeded on Tue Nov 6, 2007 11:48 AM EST (BBC News)

Seeded by hircus (Clipped by rowlandc)

3. It is illegal for a woman to be topless in Liverpool except as a clerk in a tropical fish store (6%) 10. In France, it is illegal to name a pig Napoleon (4%) A sad day for Animal Farm fans worldwide...

odd-news, united-kingdom, humour, ludicrous-legislations