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The principle of ‘no advantage,’ is the latest weasel word in the Australian government’s continuing fight against asylum seekers. About these ads

Across the Islamic world troubles abound.

Seldom do the worlds of elite Australian sport and child labour come into contact. Amongst the coverage of the weekend’s preliminary finals, Jobe Watson’s Brownlow medal win and the impending Grand Final this story has largely flown under the radar.

Sam Bacile’s film, Innocence of Muslims, which should have disappeared into a black hole of irrelevance and nothingness, sharing space with Larry Crowne, Pearl Harbour and Sex & the City 2, has instead captured the worlds attentions in the past week, stirring angry Muslims to take to the streets in protest.

The US trade embargo on Cuba is unlikely to feature as an issue in November’s Presidential election, however should Obama win an end to the blockade is due.