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Archive - May 8, 2006

Submitted by John Hepburn on May 8, 2006 - 4:56pm.
Size matters. Public opinion doesn’t

"The release last month of a Federal Government discussion paper on the development of a national nanotechnology strategy created ‘nano ripples’ throughout the community – so small as to be imperceptible to the human eye." John Hepburn

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Submitted by arie brand on May 8, 2006 - 2:03pm.
Papuan self-determination - historical roots XI

"Early in 1963 Harold Luckham, former British colonial civil servant in Malaya, and then Divisional Commissioner for UNTEA in Fak fak, Papua, got word that his services were no longer appreciated and that he should arrange for his departure. Why was this? The UNTEA administration was, after all, supposed to finish on the first of May that year. Harold Luckham was suspected of the ultimate offence in the UNTEA period: being 'anti-Indonesian'. That is he had reacted as a reasonable human being to unreasonable provocations." Arie Brand

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