Oz schoolchildren punished for posting racist comments against Aborigines on Facebook
SYDNEY - A group of school students are being punished for posting racist comments about Australian Aborigines on Facebook.
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SYDNEY - Australian scientists have developed a new method for transmitting data with light that may lead to the development of teleportation technology and super-fast quantum computers. According to a report in www.news.com.au, the research team, from the Australian National University, developed a new approach to generating quantum entanglement in beams of light using only two parts.
SYDNEY - An inquiry into cyber bullying has revealed that young victims can use friendships on social networking websites to help protect themselves. Gillian Calvert, the NSW Commissioner for Children and Young People, told the inquiry that cyber bullying should not be viewed as a new phenomenon. "We see cyber bullying as an extension of bullying rather than a new threat," the Sydney Morning Herald quoted Calvert as saying.
