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JULY 31, 2012 5:59AM
Topics: sports, 12; dara to, 16; jenny thompson, with 173. and u.s. swimmers hold the top seven spots for most medals won: michael phelps, australia, more than twice the second-place country, 153 silver and 120 bronze), butterfly and breaststroke. u.s. swimmers have won 489 medals (216 gold, backstroke, 500 meters (30 lengths of the pool) and advance from preliminary heats to finals. the strokes are freestyle, olympic swimmers compete in distances that range from 50 meters (one length of the pool) to 1, first held: 1896, field:top country: united states (489 medals) 950, dates: july 28-aug. 4, san antonio. swimming, replacement athlete: kelley hurley, st paul, susie scanlan, n.j., teaneck, maya lawrence, san antonio, courtney hurley, women's epee, colorado springs, seth kelsey, new york, soren thompson, n.y. men's epee, wyantskill, replacement athlete: jeff spear, new york, james williams, new york, tim morehouse, new york, daryl homer, n.j.men's saber, avenel, ore. dagmara wozniak, beaverton, mariel zagunis, women's saber, san francisco, replacement athlete: gerek meinhardt, philadelphia, n.y.miles chamley-watson, brooklyn, race imboden, san francisco, alexander massialas, calif. men's foil, lafayette, doris willette
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Disgusted and Ashamed
OCTOBER 8, 2009 9:19PM
Topics: australia, kevin rudd, dalai lama
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Down Under the Rainbow
FEBRUARY 10, 2012 8:28AM
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Inland Tsunami Hits Australia - 10 dead, 78 missing
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Topics: tsunami, brisbane, ipswich, australia, queensland, floods
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Scientology Accused of Forced Abortions, Crimes in Oz (updat
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Topics: news, belief/religion, cult versus religion versus political organization, scandal, parliamentary privilege, xenophon, scientology, australia
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My Town (An Open Call)
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Topics: please show us around your town, open call, photo essay, lismore, australia, home
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Greetings From Downunder
JANUARY 2, 2012 8:29PM
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Mother Nature is a Bitch!
MARCH 14, 2011 12:11AM
Topics: hurricanes, cyclones, tsunamis, natural disasters, australia, chile, haiti, japan, earthquakes, i am stunned to numbness, armageddon?
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Australia Floods: 3rd Largest City - "A Ghost Town"
JANUARY 12, 2011 7:01AM
Topics: australia, queensland, brisbane, ipswich, floods
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The Little Tug Who Could - A True Story of Aussie Spirit
JANUARY 13, 2011 8:09AM
Topics: aussie hero, the lucky country, she'll be right mate, aussie spirit, the little tug who could, australia, queensland, floods
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Zorba the Greek - Yolngu Style
NOVEMBER 30, 2010 2:21PM
Topics: smile!, zorba the greek, the chooky dancers, yolngu people, australia
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Rainbow
OCTOBER 21, 2010 11:22PM
Topics: poetry, god's plan, trust, hope, faith, life, the layers and colours of life, love, sadness, lost, lonely, chasing rainbows, life goes on, droughts and flooding rains, earth, australia, the outback, poetry
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An Aussie Icon
SEPTEMBER 19, 2010 9:09AM
Topics: aussie icon, aussie tucker, whatever floats your boat, pie floater, aussie meat pie, aussies, australia
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Is China Unstoppable?
JUNE 15, 2011 2:08PM
Topics: united states, australia, indonesia, south korea, japan, burma, india, geopolitics, us navy, world affairs, russia, china
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Australian Floods - Updated
JANUARY 3, 2011 6:07AM
Topics: baywatch, australia, floods, aussie spirit, resilience, aussie farmers
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Australia: The Top End and The Outback
OCTOBER 19, 2010 9:05AM
Topics: australia, photo essay, the outback, the top end, the northern territory, australia
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Queer Creek
JUNE 14, 2012 11:18AM
Topics: river, australia, poetry, open call, iron poet no 11
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Sunday Sunshine, The Sea and The Feast
JULY 18, 2010 10:17AM
Topics: australia, ballina, my sanctuary, visual feast, beach, sea, sunshine, gns, good news sunday
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I Come from a Land Down Under ... My First Blog Post Evah!
AUGUST 9, 2011 6:50PM
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