Newstopia

Episode 8 (2x8)

Air date: Apr 16, 2008

This episode covers the Australia-China relationship, Zimbabwe's election, Kevin Rudd's appointment of a female Governor-General, Nepal's election, the Olympic Torch passing through Tibet, the Burmese constitution, a poll on defining when Iraq is won, an exposé on fraud, sports, zombies in Haiti protesting food prices, the Southern Ethiopian reaction to a hot dog eating record, the cost of the subprime lending crisis, "You News" and currency markets. The Man in Time segment is on the man who painted Sputnik 60 years ago. A former Secret Service agent discusses the Ronald Reagan assassination attempt. The fake ad for "Inspektor Herring" is about an explosion.