Businessman defends PNG water pipelineFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 2:16AMAn Australian businessman has defended his ambitious plan to build a $US27 billion pipeline to transport fresh water from PNG to Queensland in Australia.
CommentPlus: pick of the papersFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 2:15AMThe ten must-read pieces from this morning's papers. The choice today is between a deficit and a depression, says Johann Hari. It is immoral not to borrow and spend when it could revive the economy and prevent all these lives being written off.
Taliban: We'll behead WikiLeaks informersFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 2:15AMIn their first response since WikiLeaks placed thousands of secret documents online detailing the names and locations of anti-Taliban informers, the Afghan militants said "we know how to punish them".
In Michigan governor race, GOP has 3-way toss-upFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 2:14AMA long and arduous Republican gubernatorial primary heads into its final days with three candidates -- Attorney General Mike Cox, U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra and Ann Arbor businessman Rick Snyder -- in a virtual dead heat and not much room to maneuver, a new Detroit Free Press/WXYZ-Channel 7 poll shows.
800 years of odd lawsFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 2:12AMLegislation.gov.uk will shine a light on 800 years of laws - some rather strange, some simply out of date.