Royals Watch

The big news in Australia right now is the arrival of Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark and his new wife Crown Princess Mary from Australia. Australia finally has its own home-grown royalty, and the media can't get enough(http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,12395721-421,00.html). Prince Charles showed up yesterday as well - no one seems particularly exicted about him, though.

The other news over the weekend was a series of nightly riots in the Sydney suburb of Macquarie Fields, where two teenagers died in a car-chase with police after stealing a car. Macquarie Fields is up in arms re: police brutality, etc. and the nightly confrontations have gotten quite nasty. [http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/More-riots-rock-Sydneys-southwests/2005/03/01/1109546822728.html?oneclick=true].