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A travesty of omissions
It is ten years since East Timor’s referendum on freedom from Indonesia – but, as the gaps in a new film show, the western cover-up continues
The reds are revolting
My affair with the red wines of Australia lasted long after I left its shores. Our love was ruined by the industry’s greed for ever bigger global markets
People's protest clogs city
Life in London slowed down as hotspots of protests sprang up in different parts of the city
What G20 countries want
As the leaders of the world's biggest economies gather in London we look at some of the competing demands of the G20 nations
Penfriend
How a bond formed at 13 with an Australian penfriend led Victoria Brignell to embark on a deception that has lasted two decades
Low charisma, high values
Paola Totaro, London bureau chief for the Sydney Morning Herald, is baffled as to why Gordon Brown gets such a bad press
Australia’s underbelly
Fond memories of the lurid world of “Ozploitation” cinema Not Quite Hollywood (18) dir: Mark Hartley
So is New Labour dead or not?
When is a party dead? Paul Evans brings us the best of the politics blogs from domestic politics through to the outrage this week in Mumbai
Fidel Castro
The last revolutionary
Steve Richards
On Tory policy
James Macintyre
Miliband's dilemma
Will Self
On Oscar Wilde
Science
Religion and Darwin
Film review
Bright Star
Books
Paul Auster
Interview
Alain de Botton
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