It has been a year that has flown by and I do not know if that is a good thing or a bad thing.
JANUARY On the other side of the globe we had the Haiti earthquake killing more than 200,000
Haiti http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/01/13/world/main6089979.shtml
FEBRUARY Saw another earthquake, this time in Chile. The Vancouver Winter Olympics were also in Feb and we Aussies did the best we have ever done in Winter sports with two medals and we even won the 'right' to fly our boxing Kangaroo. Feb was the month when a Hamas militant was killed in a Dubai hotel and Aussie passports were used
Hamas militant DEAD http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/breaking-news/aussie-passports-used-in-hamas-killing/story-e6frea73-1225834111770
Vancouver Winter Games http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/aussies-win-boxing-kangaroo-battle-20100208-nmcr.html
MARCH Iraq elections http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/26/iraq-to-release-full-elec_n_514342.html
APRIL Carl Williams gangland killer was himself murdered in his prison cell in Victoria, Gushing oil spill from a Gulf of Mexico rig which was an environmental disaster and April also seen Kevin Rudd delaying the ETS
Carl Williams http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/1041963/carl-williams-dies-in-prison-report
Kevin Rudd http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/rudds-ets-flipflop-sparks-climate-chaos-20100428-tsgu.html
MAY Was more cheerie with our own Jessica Watson sailing lone around the world in her "Pink Lady" and the UK going slightly conservative with the new PM David Cameron.
David Cameron http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8675265.stm
Jessica Watson http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/features/jessica-watson
JUNE Was the month for the World Cup, this time in South Africa. Also that month in South Africa we had a group of muslims trying to stop the publication of cartoons of mohammed, and, they failed. In June we wept for our troops when we lost three of our finest in a chopper crash in Afghanistan. ..... and we wept when Julia Gillard became PM by stabbing Rudd in the back.
Muslims being a pest again http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8696763.stm
We lose three of the best http://www.smh.com.au/national/three-diggers-killed-in--afghanistan-20100621-yrmm.html troops
Juliar Gillard. The Lying Ranga http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/1075130/julia-gillard-becomes-first-female-prime-minister
Juliar Gillard again http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/dirty-washing-makes-it-hard-to-stay-clean-20100715-10crm.html
JULY we began to hear the name Julian Assange and I did not like what I heard.
Assange http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-20011594-83.html
AUGUST Had one young woman claiming sexual misconduct against David Jones, she was awarded a settlement in Oct this year. More floods in Pakistan and the death of two more of our diggers in Afghanistan. On the 21st August we had the first hung parliament since WW2 so that must give you an indication on how divided we are. There was the Chile mine collapse on Aug 5 trapping 33 miners 2,300ft below ground. The men remained underground for almost 10weeks before being rescued, a truly remarkable story of survival.
Two more loses in Afghanistan http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/defence/two-more-diggers-killed-in-afghanistan-by-roadside-bomb/story-e6frg8yo-1225908096331
Chile mine disaster http://www.thestar.com/news/world/chile/article/873382
SEPTEMBER We had another earthquake this time in New Zealnd and so lucky no-one was killed although over 500 building were destroyed. Rather lucky I would say and we in Australia had our own cyclone of sorts known as Juliar, yes, in September Labor took power through back door dealings and under the table handshakes. In the sports arena we seen a draw in the AFL
AFL http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/fans-flock-to-hte-mcg/story-e6frf9jf-1225929198990
OCTOBER We head to Delhi for the Commonwealth Games where many countries and athletics pulled out through fears of terrorism, our own great Dame Joan Sutherland died aged 83 after a long illness, Mary McKillop becomes a Saint and the Aussie $ is the same as the US$ for the first time since it was floated in 1983. A volcano and tsumai hit Indonesia
Delhi Games Security fears http://www.csmonitor.com/World/terrorism-security/2010/0920/Terrorism-concerns-rise-around-Commonwealth-Games-in-Delhi
NOVEMBER Hillary comes to Australia for Defence and Security talks. Prince William became engaged to longtime girlfriend Kate Middleton and on the other end of the spectrum we have North Korea engaging in live fire. 29 die in a New Zealand mining tragedy
Hillary Clinton http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/hillary-clinton-to-talk-war-in-afghanistan-terrorism-and-regional-security-today/story-e6frfku0-1225949217949
North Korea http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/country_profiles/1131421.stm
New Zealand http://www.economist.com/blogs/asiaview/2010/11/new_zealands_mining_disaster
DECEMBER Oprah comes to town ........., woopie and ya' get no links for that one!
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