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Deadly Injustice in the USA : Equal Justice Under Law?

With Australian television drowning in American crime and legal fiction, Washington-based correspondent Mark Simkin offers a reality check on the flaws in the American justice system that can lead to death row.
Broadcast: 03/07/2007
Reporter: Mark Simkin
Network: Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
Transcript begins: “Hello and welcome to Foreign Correspondent. I’m Mark Simkin outside the Supreme court in [...]

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Extraordinary Rendition: Americas Outsourced Torture Program

The CIA is engaging in an unlawful practice – “extraordinary rendition” – abducting foreign nationals for detention and interrogation in secret overseas prisons. The practice is a violation of both international law and domestic law. There is no excuse for lowering American standards to the same despicable level of the terrorists they are fighting against.

Behind [...]

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25% Entrepreneurs Tax Discount for Australian Small Business

The 25% Entrepreneurs’ tax offset is a little known tax concession for Australian small business which means that you can reduce your tax payable by up to 25% if your business has a turnover of less than $75,000.
This law has applied since 1 July 2005 when Treasurer made a press release (#019/2005) stating that the [...]

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Blueskyfrog: Free SMS TXT Messages to Mobile Phones in Australia

With the demise of the free SMS / TXT service provided by Intazaar, several Australian readers of my blogs have asked which service I can recommend to replace it. I’ve tried quite a few including Motocrew, SMS Pup, but the best one was clearly Youtext.com.au but it doesn’t work anymore either
One of my [...]

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How to Connect MP3 Player to Sound System or Computer Speakers

I plan to connect my mp3 player through the headphone jack to my sound system or set of computer speakers … how can I do this? – anonymous question from the internet
Firstly you need a home stereo system with an auxiliary (aux) RCA input (usually white/black on the left & red on the right) that [...]

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