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by Sam Roggeveen - 7 May 2012 2:20PM

  • Bill Clinton reviews a new LBJ biography: 'His flattery was minutely detailed, finely tuned and perfectly modulated.'
  • Jakarta has more malls than any other city on earth. Some are now going green.
  • The Diplomat has a two-part interview with Australia's Washington ambassador, Kim Beazley.
  • T Boone Pickens on America's natural gas revolution (thanks Tom). Related: natural gas has helped the US to reduce its CO2 emissions since 2005.
  • The Australian Government has become slightly less paranoid about travel to Indonesia, lowering its alert level.
  • While we fret about Europe, an even more worrying economic downturn is happening in India.
  • Argentinian Olympic Games ad refers to Falklands as 'Argentinian soil':

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