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"What is going on down there ? Didn´t they get the memo about the world crisis ?"
(The Globe and Mail, Canada)
Down Under now Up Front - Praise and applause from the "Big White North"
Canada´s newspapers are full of praise for the new Australian success story. "The island from downunder is leading the developed world in economic recovery and investors are starting to take note", wrote Canada´s National Post in a full-page analysis on October 10 this year. The piece was headlined "Australia still hopping". The Globe and Mail, Canada´s second major newspaper with nationwide circulation, opinioned
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Evidence mounts on economic rebound
Australia has not been spared by the worldwide recession. But the country has managed to navigate through the nasty global currents much better than most other economies. Recently evidence has been mounting that the economy is rebounding. Better than expected housing, retail and confidence numbers have many businesses conclude that the worst did not occur and that conditions are indeed improving.
Read more: Australia on track for early exit of Global Recession
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Rebiya Kadeer: A dissident abroad
Nobody knows China like Rebiya Kadeer. The 61-year-old Uyghur mother of 11 children survived five years in the country´s notoriously harsh prison system. She knows the People´s Republic from inside its parliament. And she even remembers how it feels to bask in the glory of being the seventh-richest person in the country. These days, Kadeer is fighting from abroad the Chinese government´s right to rule her people and Beijing´s lack of
Read more: Wonder Women, Stories of struggle, trial and triumph
