It’s arguably the most recognisable and reproduced image in New Zealand art – and judging from the results of a current online auction, the most desirable.
Dick Frizzell’s ‘little idea’ attracting big money
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The World: Bangladesh: Out of War, a Nation Is Born
JAI Bangla! Jai Bangla!” From the banks of the great Ganges and the broad Brahmaputra, from the emerald rice fields and mustard-colored hills of the countryside, from the countless squares of countless villages came the cry. “Victory to Bengal! Victory to Bengal!” They danced on the roofs of buses and marched down city streets singing their anthem Golden Bengal
SOUTH KOREA: Assassination in Seoul
The killing of President Park raises questions and tensions It was one of the most bizarre killings of a head of state in history. Late last week President Park Chung Hee, 61, strongman ruler of the Republic of South Korea since 1961, was shot at a dinner party by the chief of his own intelligence service in what was first described by a government spokesman as an “accident.” Later, officials revealed that it was a well-planned assassination
Brief History: Video-Game Violence
California doesn’t want its children to kill Zombies.
Why Have Hackers Hit Russia’s Most Popular Blogging Service?
If the hacker attacks that hit Russia’s top blogging service, LiveJournal, this week are anything to go by, the unwritten rules of cyber warfare no longer apply.
Google Wave: Wave New World
For a company founded and still largely run by a bunch of engineers, Google apparently knows a lot about human nature. Just as they did with Gmail, the Googlers have made their newest product invitation-only
How to dissect a body on your iPhone
A new cell phone application allows users to carry out a virtual dissection of a human body. The iPhone app, called “Anatomy Lab,” has been developed by researchers from the University of Utah and provides images of a real human cadaver.
‘Digital dirt’ can haunt your job search
Just like Vegas, what happens on the Internet, stays on the Internet. How that affects your job search is up to you
China restricts ‘virtual’ economies
As Internet-based economies edge closer to their real-world counterparts, one country is apparently trying to build a wall between the two. China has announced new rules that prevent “virtual currencies” like Linden Dollars and QQ coins from being traded for real cash.
Gov. returning to S.C. after worries, criticism over whereabouts
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