The potential to harness and demonstrate global commitment to young people is in grave danger of being undermined by public sector funding restraints and changing political priorities.
President Obama and his advisers have missed the point: the system failed because of the lack of transparency, not because people took unwarranted risk.
The global financial crisis has assured China that western economies are riding on its back and it can now take a tough stance when its interests are threatened. China dares Australia.
The economic crisis has accentuated xenophobia and Third World migrants have become the main target. Two major events on opposite sides of the globe- Europe and Australia- are the latest symptom of this trend.
They want to start charging us for online content, and some people seem to think it will work. But who is really prepared to pay for quality journalism?
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