While Côte d’Ivoire may be relatively stable for now, human rights organisations continue to express concern at the government’s seeming unwillingness to investigate and prosecute its own forces, writes journalist Clair MacDougall.
August, 2011
Gottliebsen: will the US bank crisis reignite?
If Bank of America shares keep falling, then we are facing a very dangerous situation, especially as it will multiply the problems of the European banks, writes Robert Gottliebsen.
Guy Rundle: Rundle: UK riots were a genuine community event
It’s clear, from the people who are being charged, that rioters came from every social dimension of the areas where things kicked off. If it was hoodies that dominated the TV images, it was “good kids” who were getting into it as well, and quite spontaneously it would appear
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Strange times indeed in Oz politics
Crikey readers have their say.
Morning Market Report: Markets rebound despite a poor August
The S&P 500 finished slightly higher but is down 13% this month and remains on track to record it worst August since 1998.
Daily Proposition: Get snap-happy in Ballarat
There are literally hundreds of reasons to book a ticket to the Victorian rural hamlet of Ballarat this month to visit the 2011 Ballarat International Foto Biennale, says Nicola Heath.
Media briefs: Does Hicks deserve $15k? … fake Nine cross …
David Hicks’ memoir recounting his time as a detainee in US military detention centre Guantanamo Bay has been nominated for the Queensland Premier’s Literary Award. Does he deserve the $15,000 prize on literary merit?
Power Shots: Hadley, Jones spray … Ita on Rupert … BHP’s smelly policy …
Top 10 Political Fixers No.4: Bill Ludwig. Bill Ludwig has to be the most feared political fixer in Australia, and among the most brutal. When Kevin Rudd called for the Labor Party to be purged of ”right-wing thugs” it was Big Bill he had in mind. The 77-year-old former shearer with comb-over hair, thick glasses […]
Political snippets: An anxious federal Labor
Having police determine whether a criminal offence has occurred over the use of a credit card in the name of Federal Labor MP Craig Thomson is a frightening prospect.
Video of the Day: Libya’s other crisis
Months of bombing and fighting has had a significant impact on mental illness in Libya, with dwindling medicine, rising rates of post-traumatic stress and not enough facilities to house the patients.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
Lowys cleaning up on costs. From the restrooms of Westfield shopping centres in Australia (aka Westfield Retail Trust) comes the whisper that the Lowy sons are pushing their cleaning companies for price cuts of 20% to 25% for the 2012 financial year. We’re told the total amount spent on cleaning the 44 centres half-owned by […]
Crikey Says: Yipe!
Robert Crumb certainly has a way with words.
Antony Green: Farewell my ABC friends
A lovely obit from Antony Green to his friends and colleagues journalist Paul Lockyer, pilot Gary Ticehurst, cameraman John Bean and ABC executive Ian Carroll, the man who first gave Green a job and encouraged his special election software.
Maley: I got bullied publicly by Alan Jones
When Sydney Morning Herald journalist Jacqueline Maley asked shock jock Alan Jones whether he’d received any payment for attending the Convoy of No Confidence rally, Jones went feral, revving up the crowd against Maley.
From Fast Food Nation to Food Stamp Nation
A whopping 46 million Americans receive food stamps, an increase of 74% since 2007. But it’s not just the unemployed, many who are employed don’t earn enough from their basic jobs to afford food.
infographic 
Animated: 30 years of the music industry
Back in 1980, when Blondie and Pink Floyd were rocking the charts, 59% of music sales were for LPs or EPs. Back just last year that figure was down to 1%, with 49% CD sales. Check out this glorious GIF of graphs from 30 years of music industry info.
Where is Gaddafi hiding?
Is Muammar Gaddafi still in Tripoli? Or even Libya? He hasn’t been seen for two months. As forces swoop in on his suspected hideout in the Libyan capital, even the leader of the rebel movement admits he doesn’t know if Gaddafi is inside.
PHOTO GALLERY 
Rebels gain control of Libya
Colonel Gaddafi is losing his stronghold over Libya, with increased fighting with rebel forces in recent days who captured two of Gaddafi’s sons and have regained much of the capital Tripoli.
theatre reviews 
Side To One, Riverside Theatres
Dance and narrative aren’t natural bedfellows for Lloyd Bradford Syke. But Side To One in Sydney puts up a very credible challenge to that assertion.
Half of cancer sufferers don’t understand why they have it
Despite cancer research increasingly unveiling more about the ‘big C’, we still see myths thrive. What effect does this have? Myths are just part and parcel of the great unknown — right? It shouldn’t be this way, says Freddy Sitas.
How Qantas has butchered London flights
Tomorrow when Qantas reports its full year results to June 30, we can expect more misleading rhetoric about how its international operations are mercilessly rendered uneconomic by competition. But just look at its new London timetable, says Ben Sandilands.
