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[Edition 20] Microsoft today announced it will break up, despite a wildly successful relationship that has lasted 24 years. "The time has come see other operating systems, and that, like so many things, was really incompatible with Windows," Bill Gates said.

[Edition 20] MELBOURNE, Wednesday: Following the dismissal of 27 Telstra employees last week for downloading hardcore pornography on their work computers, Ralph magazine sacked five employees yesterday for downloading positive images of women.

[Edition 20] MOSCOW, Tuesday: The new President of Russia has made good his promise of being a "strong leader in the traditional Russian mould" by downing three bottles of vodka and speaking incoherently to foreign diplomats.

[Edition 20] Ethiopia is stuck in a cycle of drought, the former Yugoloslavia has been waging the same war for the past 800 years and there seems no end in sight. Which is why many commentators are turning to an ancient Chinese art to explain why some countries seem to have all the luck.