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Despite his fame, Keith Urban was not the first Aussie country star to sign a record deal in Nashville. That honour actually goes to James Blundell, a 50-year-old singer/songwriter from Queensland, who put pen to paper a few years after winning Best New Talent at the Country Music Awards of Australia in 1987. Blundell, a… Continue reading Interview: Australian country star James Blundell invites us to “come on in” and enjoy his new album

At a speech during Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini’s imbizo on xenophobia in Durban on 20 April, South African President Jacob Zuma criticized the press for publishing pictures showing the murder of Mozambican Emanual Sithole. Speaking in Zulu, Zuma suggested that it is patriotic to hide news from the world. This is nothing new. Last year… Continue reading Zuma Blasts Press for “Making South Africa Look Bad”

Taiwan’s Kuomintang, or KMT party, was once again named the world’s richest political party. This year the KMT, also known as the Chinese Nationalist Party, registered its total assets at 26.8 billion NT, or 892.4 million USD. This comes as no surprise to those familiar with Taiwan’s political history. Since fleeing from the Chinese mainland… Continue reading Wealth of the KMT and Democracy in Taiwan

Home to 3.5 million people, daily life in West Papua is characterised by widespread violence, intimidation and political suppression. On July 9, a boycott against the Indonesian presidential election was organised by activists – 14 of whom were reportedly tortured by the military and now reside in prison. Officially named Irian Jaya Barat until it… Continue reading Indonesia’s military crackdown on the West Papuan independence movement

Home to 3.5 million people, daily life in West Papua is characterised by widespread violence, intimidation and political suppression. On July 9, a boycott against the Indonesian presidential election was organised by activists – 14 of whom were reportedly tortured by the military and now reside in prison. Officially named Irian Jaya Barat until it… Continue reading Indonesia’s military crackdown on the West Papuan independence movement

On March 8, 2007, International Women’s Day, the United Nations released a report estimating that 200 million women and girls were “demographically missing.” According to the report, half of that number came from Asian countries, especially China and India. Some experts believe that this demographic anomaly can be attributed to gendercide, or the systematic killing… Continue reading Answering for India’s “Missing Girls”: Sex-selective abortion in India