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Vaccination rate 'dismal'April 18, 2011 · politics · actuallyinteresting
The Government's top scientist has lashed out at New Zealand's dismal childhood immunisation rates after a parliamentary Health Select Committee report has the country still languishing as one of the worst in the world. read »
French can tweet - but can't mention TwitterJune 8, 2011 · politics · actuallyinteresting
French TV and radio stations can tweet as much as they like but must stop telling people to consult them on Twitter and Facebook, which amounts to advertising for those sites, France's media regulator says. [ed: this is great. more countries to follow, please.]read »
Japan finds rare earths in Pacific seabedJuly 5, 2011 · politics · actuallyinteresting
Mr Kato estimated that rare earths contained in the deposits amounted to 80 to 100 billion tonnes.read »