Experiments with truth: 6/5/09

    • 200 farmers in Australia rallied outside Parliament in Sydney to support a bill that would stop mining on prime agricultural land, an issue they feel government has overlooked for too long.
    • Many Chinese internet sites forced to shut down by the government crackdown on the Tiananmen Square anniversary are staging a inconspicuous protest by saying they are closed for “Chinese Internet Maintence Day” rather than simply have their site fail to load.

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