5.05am Thursday December 7, 2006 By Fiona Adolph The New Zealand Herald
At the start of a 12-day walk through Australia's East Simpson Desert, we meet trekkers winding up an earlier journey.
Gifts with sparkle The Morning Call
A festive bottle of bubbly makes the perfect in-a-pinch present for a wine lover I once chatted with a man wearing a penguin necktie at a party. ''It was a gift,'' he explained. ''I love two things: penguins and Bordeaux.'' Then, with a sigh, he added, ''No one ever gives me Bordeaux.''
Say It With Diamonds? Seattle Weekly
Not exactly. Circling the diamond industry, Zwick flick tackles nada. "T.I.A.," mutters Danny Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio), slouched across a bar in Sierra Leone. It is 1999. As the West obsesses over Clinton's blow job, the West African nation is mired in a savage civil war.
8.45am Wednesday December 6, 2006 The New Zealand Herald
Fiji's fate is in the hands of its people speaking out against the actions of military commander Commodore Voreqe (Frank) Bainimarama, Prime Minister Helen Clark said today.
Fiji's fate in hands of its people - Clark Stuff
Fiji's fate rests on its people speaking out against the actions of military commander Commodore Voreqe (Frank) Bainimarama, Prime Minister Helen Clark said today.
World news The West Australian
Fiji's fate is in the hands of its people speaking out against the actions of military commander Commodore Frank Bainimarama, New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark says.
Tasty trendsetters Display & Design Ideas
DECEMBER 01, 2006 -- These days, the city seems to be taken over by the Asian megaplex. Everywhere you turn there is another "big-box" restaurant boasting 200 to 300 tables in spaces of up to 16,000 sq. ft.
EAST TEXAS PEN PAL SENDS GIFTS AROUND THE WORLD Tyler Morning Telegraph
PILE OF PACKAGES: Tammy Allen sorts through the many packages that she will mail to her 78 pen pals around the world, in her Whitehouse home on Monday.
12-04-06 EUR ALL ON ONE PAGE Eurweb
RICHARDS TO MEET FACE TO FACE WITH HECKLERS: Mediator to oversee comedian’s apology in person. *"Seinfeld’s" Michael Richards will finally get his requested sit down with the so-called hecklers who bore the brunt of his headline making racist rant at the Laugh Factory in late November.
Joy to your ears Tallahassee Democrat
Even in this age of downloading, burning, file-swapping and just plain stealing music from the ether, we like to think there's something still satisfying about holding an actual CD package - one with the original cover art - in your hands.
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