Air New Zealand and Qantas are apparently close to inking a cooperation agreement for Tasman services. They reckon they had one in the 1990s and "it worked quite well".

Yes, that would be when tickets to Sydney were $700 return, wouldn't it?

There's trouble brewing in Dili, with soldiers dismissed/deserting their barracks. This guy's pushing shit uphill, looking for a fair trial in the US. And George W. thinks it's his job to say who should rule democratic Iraq. Current PM Ibrahim al-Jafaari is allied to Moktada al Sadr, head of the Mahdi Army.

Abdur Rahman, who can't live as a Christian in democratic Afghanistan, has arrived safely in Italy. At home the Taliban have launched their spring offensive.

In short, business as usual.