nuclear power station (le Monde)

The US has terminated funding for a $US20 million project to develop a Pakistani version of Sesame Street.

Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan has described the latest economic growth figures as "stunning" and has declared that they should put an end to the "doomsayers".

The National Accounts figures show the Australian economy grew by 1.3 per cent in the March quarter - significantly higher than what economists were predicting.

Out of about 40 pictures of the sun I took around 10:15 this morning, only this one came out showing Venus... It was shot at 10:18. I used a welding glass in front of the lens of an old Kodak digital camera, the whole lot hand-held in a stiff breeze, with clouds passing over the sun at a hundred miles an hour, with the digital and optical tele at ful bore...

I will try again a bit later on...

The Vatican has sharply criticised a book written by a US nun and theologian on sexual ethics.