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[Edition 29] Several years ago, the look-out was grim. Falling attendance at tournaments, dropping sales of chess-sets and reports of school chess clubs closing across the world pointed to an eventual decline and, perhaps, an end to chess as we know it. All this has turned around 180 degrees with the appointment in 1999 of…

[Edition 27] FLORIDA, Thursday: Drug company Pfizer, well known for its impotence drug Viagra, has again captured the US drug market with the release of its new ‘double strength’ placebo. Pfizer claims its new placebo contains twice as many inert and inactive ingredients as normal placebos. They claim that the psychophysiological effects of its new…

[Edition 25] NEWTOWN, Sunday: Tonight’s meeting of the Marxism-Leninism Now Collective demonstrated the continuing relevance and ultimate success of communist principles, according to the Collective’s Secretary, George Addison, 44. Comrade Addison, as he insists on being called, believes that the Collective’s meetings provide what he calls “a blueprint for tomorrow”.

[Edition 25] GEELONG, Tuesday: There were scenes of jubilation today at the once plush suite of suburban dental wizz and local media identity Dr Peter Johns. The commotion followed the dentist’s shock decision to replace his popular collection of women’s magazines from the mid 1980s with a new suite of titles.

[Edition 21] A 16-year-old French model has been told she may never work again, after smiling on the catwalk during a fashion parade in Sydney last week. Lucinda Dior smiled at least three times during a runway show at Australian Fashion Week. Her cheerfulness has enraged fashion purists, who have accused the model of making…