Topic: Australia
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Presenting Digital Harlem — and the Australians Who Run It
The odd partnership has produced enormous historical insight into everyday life in the neighborhood.
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This Week in Bans
Moscow Says 'No' To New Mosques
The mayor says citizens are "irritated by people who speak a different language" and have "different manners."
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Toilet Tuesday
Thailand Isn't Too Happy About Switching to Western-Style Toilets
Also, Australia tests the sewer system for drugs and there's a very suspicious-looking porta-potty at an Oklahoma golf course.
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This Week in Bans
Why Is the U.S. Capitol Still Burning Coal?
Also, a London neighbor fights against public gobbing and Sydney's wealthy whine about public-park weddings.
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Videos
Parts of Australia Get Swamped In Up to 9 Feet of Nasty Ocean Foam
First it was the extreme heat, now it's horrible drifts of smothering sea lather.
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Maps
NASA's Alarming Map of the Worst Australian Heat Wave on Record
The 114-degree heat in Sydney recently is nothing compared to 121-degrees recorded in Moomba.
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This Week in Bans
Soon, the Only Place to Smoke in San Francisco Will Be Alcatraz
Also recently banned: a throat-slitting kite string in India and an Aussie grandma who made $1 million worth of false emergency phone calls.
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Postcard
Terrifying Images of the Australian Wildfires
Record-setting high temperatures combined with painfully dry conditions have sparked hundreds of brushfires across the country.
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Maps
What Produces More Light Pollution in Australia: Cities or Wildfires?
Parts of the outback are lit up with so much flame they look like huge metropolises at night.
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When Calling Someone Australian Is Racist
An international incident sheds light on the trans-Tasman rivalry with New Zealand and the limits of criminalizing speech.
