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4 September 2012 16:12
- 3 Quarks Daily is hosting an online symposium on humanitarian intervention, with contributions from David Petrasek, Kenneth Roth and Gareth Evans.
- More from the ABC's Mark Corcoran on drones, with news that Australia is reviving its plans to buy a fleet of Global Hawks.
- More from Corcoran tonight on ABC TV's Foreign correspondent, as he looks at the booming US drone industry and its implications for privacy.
- Women may not be making much of an impression in Pacific islands politics, but their parliamentary representation just tripled in Mongolia.
- With APEC leaders due to meet in Vladivostok, Peter Drysdale notes that Russia has quietly tried to transform the organisation.
- An economist notes a mass shooting in India and asks: 'why do some stories "make it" and become key news stories while other similar stories get no coverage?'
- Loved this Economist piece on driverless cars, which could revolutionise our roads and cities:
Clearly, a shift towards driverless cars would completely transform the experience of road travel. But there would be further knock-on effects beyond the car itself. Self-driving vehicles would keep the growing numbers of elderly people in ageing societies mobile for longer, for example...The nature of car ownership could be transformed. Why own a car outright if you can rent or share more cheaply, summoning a nearby vehicle with your smartphone?