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China resumes live exports to Middle East
- December
- 13
China has resumed exports of live cows and sheep to the Middle East for the first time since the trade was suspended eight years ago.
State media says around 1,700 cows and 43,000 sheep have left China for Jordan in the first shipment in the resumption of trade, due to demand and price considerations.
China started to [...]
Seven to show Olympics live 16 hours a day
- December
- 13
The Seven Network has announced it will broadcast live coverage of the Athens Olympics for up to 16 hours a day.
For 17 days in August, Seven will cover the Olympics live from 3:30pm until 7:00am the following morning.
Seven says its coverage will draw on more than 1,000 cameras, with a production team of more than [...]
Rice testimony to be broadcast live
- December
- 13
American national security adviser Condoleezza Rice is to testify tonight before the commission investigating the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington.
The testimony will be delivered under oath and will be broadcast live.
She is expected to rebut claims by a former White house counter-terrorism official that the Bush administration failed to recognise the emerging [...]
Live telecast for second preliminary final
- December
- 13
The National Rugby League and Channel Nine have agreed to a live telecast of next week’s second preliminary final at Stadium Australia.
The NRL has adjusted the advertised kick-off time to 3.30pm next Saturday to allow the match involving minor premiers Penrith and the winners of this Saturday night’s semi-final between the Raiders and the Warriors [...]
Gillard late for live radio debate
- December
- 13
Politicians are continuing to be scrutinised for arriving late to public events during the federal election campaign.
This morning, deputy Labor leader Julia Gillard turned up 15 minutes late to a live radio debate with Treasurer Peter Costello on ABC radio in Melbourne.
Ms Gillard says she left with plenty of time but traffic was slowed [...]
ABC funding a ‘live issue’: Alston
- December
- 13
Federal Communications Minister, Richard Alston has described funding of the ABC as “a live issue”, particularly in rural areas.
Senator Alston made the comment during the official opening of the ABC’s newest radio station in Ballarat.
The station has been funded under the corporation’s regional expansion program.
During the opening ceremony, the Senator Alston said he appreciated the [...]
More than half of world soon to live in cities: UN
- December
- 13
The United Nations has warned the continual rapid growth of cities, particularly in Africa and Asia, threatens the world with disaster.
A report by the UN Population Fund says politicians must radically rethink the way they handle urbanisation.
Every week the number of people living in cities in Africa and Asia increases by approximately 1 million.
By 2008, [...]
Live Earth’s hot air, burn oil instead: Daltrey
- December
- 13
Rock legend Roger Daltrey has blasted the forthcoming Live Earth event, saying burning more oil would do more to find solutions to climate change problems.
The Who’s singer questioned the value of the July 7 concerts and says a better idea would be to “burn all the oil” to force world leaders into action.
“The last [...]
Castro says on live radio he’s ‘feeling stronger’
- December
- 13
Cuban Leader Fidel Castro has said he is recovering and feeling stronger in his first live radio broadcast since emergency stomach surgery forced him to relinquish power in July.
Sounding much healthier and more lucid than he has in taped video clips released during his convalescence, Mr Castro laughed frequently in a half an hour [...]
‘Let’s ply the journalists with magic mushrooms’
- December
- 13
This Is Spinal Tap is rightly viewed as a comedy classic. But Rob Reiner’s 1984 spoof documentary about a British heavy metal band’s disastrous US tour is more than that. It’s a portent of truth. Whatever disaster has befallen your band, you can be pretty sure it happened to Spinal Tap first.So it goes that [...]
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