Julia Gillard touched down in Seoul yesterday for the annual G20 leaders summit but a version of her has been standing in the city square for some time: a Gillard figurine that was mistakenly clothed in Austrian garb, reports Malcolm Farr.
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Asylum seeker experiences around the world
Amidst all the local coverage of Tamil asylum seekers in Indonesia, Andrew Bartlett looks at the experiences other asylum seekers are going through elsewhere on the globe.
Austrian village asks tourists to name their price
First Radiohead, now an Austrian village. Längenfeld, in Austria’s Alps, is inviting 200 people to stay and then rate what they’d pay for the experience.
Throw another ancient mammoth on the barbie
Archaeologists have just uncovered a 29,000 B.C. well-equipped kitchen where roasted gigantic mammoth was one of the last meals served.
Austrians discover the timeless appeal of the right
It was deja vu all over again in Austria yesterday, with the country’s neighbors shocked by the strong performance of the far right, writes Charles Richardson.
