"A Catholic brother who molested two boys in their beds at a boarding school in Victoria more than 40 years ago has been jailed. Peter Paul Van Ruth was 22 years old and in his first teaching job when he indecently assaulted the boys at Salesian College in Sunbury in 1969. On Tuesday, 42 years later, Van Ruth was jailed for 28 months in the Victorian County Court."
Anguish has a long memory, sport.
"The new leader of the French far right, Marine Le Pen, has sent shockwaves through France after a poll suggested she could win an unprecedented first round victory in presidential elections. Just two weeks before the regional elections known as the cantonales - the last real electoral test before next year's presidential round - the lawyer daughter of National Front leader Jean Marie Le Pen has eclipsed President Nicolas Sarkozy and Socialist Party leader Martine Aubry, with 23 per cent of the vote."
Just what Europe needs... a neo fascist France.
I'm not too worried, because somehow I don't think it will happen.
''Simply, I've come as a friend to reinforce your best instincts. To say, 'Be bold. Stay optimistic. Yours remains what it has always been, a nation which is exceptional in every way - above all, in your unfailing ability to confound predictions of decline'.''
- Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard to US Chamber of Commerce.
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