So the non-Aborigine Prime Minister of Australia has decided to restrict welfare benefits and ban porn and alcohol for certain Aborigines because he feels this will curb what he says is a child-sex abuse crisis. A recent study has shown child abuse is rampant and one aspect of a breakdown in civil society among the natives of Australia. Aborigines banned from booze, porn - CNN.com. Some Aboriginal leaders immediately slammed the plan as paternalistic, saying they had not been consulted about it and that they objected to restricting how indigenous people can spend welfare benefits." "Family welfare payments would also be linked to children's school attendance. However, some warn that such a system -- applied only to Aborigines -- could breach federal discrimination laws."
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Iran is giving labor leaders, universities, the press and women's rights advocates a hard time. He's even put Iranian-Americans in prison just for being Iranian-Americans. Really? I would have never thought Ahmadinejad would do something like this. He seems like such a reasonable person. Iran Cracks Down on Dissent - New York Times. Wait, what? Iran has a press? Well, they're just asking for it.
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The world's most expensive city for expatriates to live in is....Moscow? Yes, for the 2nd year in a row, Moscow is the Park Avenue of expats. I is 35% more expensive than New York. London is 2nd, ranking 26% more expensive than New York. Seoul and Tokyo follow. Moscow ranks as world's priciest city - Yahoo! News. The falling dollar pushed New York & Los Angeles (the only 2 U.S. cities included) down the list.
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Iran is giving labor leaders, universities, the press and women's rights advocates a hard time. He's even put Iranian-Americans in prison just for being Iranian-Americans. Really? I would have never thought Ahmadinejad would do something like this. He seems like such a reasonable person. Iran Cracks Down on Dissent - New York Times. Wait, what? Iran has a press? Well, they're just asking for it. 
