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Pictures of a probably man-made mud volcano that’s been puming out 50 Olympic-sized swimming pools every day for the last two years. gulfstream/2452
Paul Keating, a former Australian Prime Minister, on Soeharto’s legacy. Keating was well-known for being friendly to Indonesia, and it’s interesting … gulfstream/2390
A real nutty story about children in East Timor learning Finnish (!) because “Portuguese, Bahasa Indonesian, English, and French are all associated … gulfstream/926
What will happen to Iraq’s debt? James Surowiecki argues that “odious debt” should be forgiven—which I approve of, although I hope this … gulfstream/1098
Interesting Straight Dope on military budgets. (Not mentioned here is that Australia, for all the fears about being attacked by Indonesia, etc., … gulfstream/1464
Countries in which a small minority holds much of the wealth. (In Indonesia, the Chinese (3% of the population) hold 70% of the wealth—though … gulfstream/1659
“The international press comments as tsunami relief grows competitive.” (e.g. Australians have been hailed the most generous people on earth … gulfstream/1667
