news bits
- National water plan gets the nod - National - www.smh.com.au / COAG endorses water plans. 25/06/2004. ABC News Online:
Australia's political leaders have agreed on a national water plan during three hours of talks at the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting in Canberra today.
No real details yet; but it looks like water is going to be a relatively high profile issue for the forseeable future. - Police crack national cattle duffing ring. 25/06/2004. ABC News Online.
- Email wars heat up - World - www.smh.com.au:
Microsoft has offered a huge new storage capacity for its free Hotmail customers, moving ahead of Yahoo as the two rivals look to head off a challenge from Google.
The article doesn't mention the fact that Hotmail/Yahoo are blocking or filtering Gmail emails. - Surf while you surf - World - www.smh.com.au:
For beach bums who get withdrawal shakes if they are deprived of email for a few hours, here's the answer: an internet-enabled surfboard.
- The Bellingham Herald | 2004.06.19 | Standoff suspect faces murder charge:
Marcus Edward Bailey told detectives that Paul Melvin Richardson, 28, accidentally shot himself in the back with an assault rifle
. Yeah, I wouldn't want to be relying on that argument myself.
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