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American backpacker breaks back fleeing Thai sex attack and falling down 45m cliff
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The Conversation – Australia’s daily alcohol toll: 15 deaths
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Stephen Fry – The Secret Life Of The Manic Depressive
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Getting stuck in the negatives (and how to get unstuck)
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Fred Hollows
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Hollows Early in the 1970s, Hollows worked with the Gurindji people at Wave Hill in the Northern Territory and then with the people around Bourke and other isolated New South Wales towns, stations and Aboriginal communities. He became especially concerned with the high number of Aborigines who had eye disorders, particularly trachoma. In July 1971,…