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/ 6 July 2006

Bat count at Britain’s Parliament

There’s something batty going on inside the Palace of Westminster, home of Britain’s Parliament, and it’s got nothing to do with political shenanigans.
In a first, the Bat Conservation Trust will deploy inside the gothic-style premises in central London next Monday to determine exactly how many bats live beneath its rafters, towers and gargoyles.

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/ 6 July 2006

Brisk sales for tickets to new Bangkok airport

Tickets are selling fast for test flights later this month to Bangkok’s new international airport, with one short flight already sold out, flag carrier Thai Airways International said this week. About 400 tickets for the 20-minute flight between the new airport and Bangkok’s current Don Muang international airport sold out in the first two days of sales.

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/ 6 July 2006

Shooting print

<i>Hard Copy</i> is shot on a reconstructed newsroom set in the disused Rissik Street post office donated as a location by the city of Johannesburg. In a month, production designer Emelia Weavind and crew created a busy, layered working space where issues and temperaments can play themselves out to the full. Matthew Krouse saw the first episode.

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/ 6 July 2006

The people’s pictures

Moses and his 14-strong collective mean business. Feeling rejected by the Month of Photography (MOP), currently sweeping Cape Town, they formed their own fringe event, cheekily named the Month of People’s Photography (MOPP), Carl Collison finds out.