Michael Ware: 2001http://www.mickware.com/index.htmlMW: 2001enCynthia@mickware.comCopyright 20062000-09-18T00:00:00-07:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:52:41 -0800TIME: Flawless Diamond [Following an Australian Olympian]Cynthia@mickware.comEarly Days (1986-2001)2000-09-18T00:00:00-07:00http://www.mickware.com/blog/files/2a4dde18306871a4cae14803d2fc6d72-87.php#unique-entry-id-87http://www.mickware.com/blog/files/2a4dde18306871a4cae14803d2fc6d72-87.php#unique-entry-id-87By TIM BLAIR and MICHAEL WARE

For Michael Diamond, less practice makes perfect. Australia's laser-eyed trap shooter becomes bored and loses focus if he overtrains, so usually restricts his stints at the range to two a month — far fewer than most of his Olympic opponents, who tend to train like, well, Olympians. They blast away at flying clay discs for days on end. Diamond goes to the beach.

]]>COURIER-MAIL: City on the Edge [Jakarta teeters towards a military coup]Cynthia@mickware.comEarly Days (1986-2001)2000-02-05T00:00:00-08:00http://www.mickware.com/blog/files/7edff8f8ec4bc3e2ad73d01b21539d1b-31.php#unique-entry-id-31http://www.mickware.com/blog/files/7edff8f8ec4bc3e2ad73d01b21539d1b-31.php#unique-entry-id-31While Indonesia's new President tours the globe trying to shore up his country's finances, tension mounts at home, writes Michael Ware in Jakarta.

]]>TIME: Season of the Witch [Witchhunts in Papua New Guinea]Cynthia@mickware.comEarly Days (1986-2001)2001-05-07T00:00:00-07:00http://www.mickware.com/blog/files/dc7a555daf9e41a7fb3a1bb4ddf14fcb-22.php#unique-entry-id-22http://www.mickware.com/blog/files/dc7a555daf9e41a7fb3a1bb4ddf14fcb-22.php#unique-entry-id-22In Papua New Guinea's highlands, misfortune is often blamed on magic - and the killing of alleged sorcerers is on the rise

By MICHAEL WARE / GOROKA

]]>COURIER-MAIL: State of freedom [Independence breaks out in East Timor]Cynthia@mickware.comEarly Days (1986-2001)2000-03-11T00:00:00-08:00http://www.mickware.com/blog/files/f4d9bd4dea048dc2c72b605fb130b4d8-21.php#unique-entry-id-21http://www.mickware.com/blog/files/f4d9bd4dea048dc2c72b605fb130b4d8-21.php#unique-entry-id-21Courier Mail journalist Michael Ware and photographer Rob Maccoll returned from assignment in East Timor this week where they witnessed the birth of new hope in a country ravaged by more than two decades of Indonesian occupation

]]>COURIER-MAIL: United in spirit [A trip to Ireland]Cynthia@mickware.comEarly Days (1986-2001)2000-07-08T00:00:00-07:00http://www.mickware.com/blog/files/c66df7bb39f5da9d160373888c8a9ef3-20.php#unique-entry-id-20http://www.mickware.com/blog/files/c66df7bb39f5da9d160373888c8a9ef3-20.php#unique-entry-id-20The world's most intensive pub tour, a literary paradise, a land of history and of beauty. For Michael Ware, Ireland is all this and more

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