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Yeah, all of that Andrew, & the stories about China taking over much of Africa have begun to appear here.... Neat juxtapositions.... Doug On 8-Nov-06, at 5:40 PM, andrew burke wrote: > Explosions are so frequent > from fireworks to coalface > that one which shook > the foundations > didn't go noticed. > Another bang, somewhat > bigger - but what of it. > The news service said > nothing. But the sirens > of ambulence and police, > the local fire brigade, > they played out of tune > all afternoon and > the hospital closed its doors. > I asked but they > only looked away. > They are tidying-up > a building site this morning > where last month > fireworks heralded an opening > and we dined and > tried to say 'no MSG'. > The TV news reports > visiting African dignitaries > support 'the one-China' policy. > > -- > Andrew > http://hispirits.blogspot.com/ > http://www.bam.com.au/andrew > > Douglas Barbour 11655 - 72 Avenue NW Edmonton Ab T6G 0B9 (780) 436 3320 http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/ Latest book: Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy) http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664 You may allow me moments not monuments, I being content. It is little, but it is little enough. John Newlove