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Australian documentary unspools race riots dating back to 19th century

February 17, 2015 publisher australia, cronulla, cronulla-beach, documents-nine, film, incident-pitted, north, north-cronulla, pauline-askin, race, racist-flare-up, sally-aitken, since-the-mid, sydney

By Pauline Askin SYDNEY (Reuters) – A racist flare-up in a beachside Sydney suburb hit the global spotlight nine years ago, besmirching Australia's reputation as a sun-drenched oasis wooing migrants from around the world. A TV documentary attempts to show the alcohol-fueled riots of December 2005 were not an aberration and that racial tension in Australia had simmered long before the Cronulla Beach incident pitted white surfers against ethnic Lebanese youths. “The Great Australian Race Riot” documents nine major riots since the mid-19th century, beginning with sectarian violence between Irish Catholics and British Protestants living in Melbourne that led to bloodshed on city streets in 1846.

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Russian researchers expose breakthrough U.S. spying program

February 17, 2015 publisher afghanistan, bluffdale, cronulla, data-gathering, documents-nine, figured-out-how, incident-pitted, pakistan, race, racist-flare-up, sally-aitken, security, sydney, yemen

By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The U.S. National Security Agency has figured out how to hide spying software deep within hard drives made by Western Digital, Seagate, Toshiba and other top manufacturers, giving the agency the means to eavesdrop on the majority of the world's computers, according to cyber researchers and former operatives.