| Gen Y lead attacks on police
If you think this situation is purely Australian then I can tell you that an almost identical article appeared in the UK Daily Mail only last week. In fact I thought this one may have been submitted by 'our UK Correspondent.' I suppose that we should be thankful that our coppers get out on the streets of the Gold Coast, which is my normal residential area. In the UK you only see them in two's occasionally walking and talking to each other, at soccer matches, by the tens, demonstrations by the hundreds, their own demonstrations for more wages by the thousands or going past like a flash of blue light in multi coloured Volvo station wagons. Fortunately, as Patrick of Geebung mentions, we must not brand all of that generation with the same brush. Well certainly not in Australia...
Etisalat profits slow after Egyptian launch
Etisalat does not break down the financial performance of its three major subsidiaries. The Egyptian business, Etisalat Misr, launched in May 2007. It had more than 3 million customers by the end of September 2007, according to Mohammad Hassan Omran, chairman of Etisalat. .
Chopper weddings for Indian farmers
Maan Singh and his family are the most talked about people in his village in India's northern Haryana state these days. The 49-year-old farmer shelled out a whopping 140,000 rupees ($3,600) to hire a helicopter to ferry his son to his wedding. Thousands of villagers in Farrukhnagar, where Mr Singh lives with his family and five brothers, cheered as the private Bell Jet Ranger helicopter flew off with his son, Jagdeep, 23, and two other relatives for the wedding on Monday. Police had a hard time keeping the crowds behind a barricade as Mr Singh's family, togged out in shimmering attire, posed for the cameras before boarding the chopper. However, they did not get permission to land in the bride's village in Kapashera, barely 20km (12 miles) away, because the ground was too soft for a makeshift helipad there.
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