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Breaking News: 15 feared dead as boat sinks off Australia
Posted by: MrFkas

Sydney :: Australia | updated Fri Nov 06 12:33:32 -0800 2009 | disasters

About 15 people were feared dead on Monday after a boat carrying 39 sank in rough seas far off northwest Australia despite frantic rescue attempts by a passing merchant ship and fishing vessel. Defence chief Angus Houston said the unidentified...
Credibility | Reach Views: 45 | News Stories: 50 | Blog Posts: 6 | 4 | 5 | 5
 
Posted by: updegraffa First to cover

Sydney :: Australia | updated Wed Nov 18 07:30:49 -0800 2009 | disasters

Hello Readers, It has been reported the British Government said Sunday that Prime Minister Gordon would apologize for child migrant programs. This paticular program sent as many as 150,000 poor British boys and girls as young as 3 to Australia...
Credibility | Reach Views: 46 | News Stories: 49 | Blog Posts: 0 | 0 | 0 | 3
 
Current News: Tsunami Strikes Samao Island, killing about 100 people
Posted by: kalex

Sydney :: Australia | updated Sat Oct 03 13:05:37 -0700 2009 | disasters

According to the redcross, the death count crosses 100,as tsunami strikes the Samao and pacific island.The tsunami created by the 8.3 magnitude of earthquake.About 30 peoples reported died in the south pacific earthquake.About 15 are dead in the samao and...
Credibility | Reach Views: 127 | News Stories: 16 | Blog Posts: 4 | 26 | 22 | 2
 
Current World News: A cruel, vicious, mean murderer
Posted by: prabirghose First to cover

Melbourne :: Australia | updated Fri Nov 06 05:23:31 -0800 2009 | disasters

He killed her, then cut her into pieces and tossed the pieces into the water. Could anything be more cruel, vicious and mean? The man is 55-years old and the victim, a 27-year old childcare worker. Mrs. Rachel Betts, the...
Credibility | Reach Views: 68 | News Stories: 4 | Blog Posts: 0 | 0 | 2 | 4
 
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Sydney :: Australia | updated Fri Oct 16 11:26:22 -0700 2009 | disasters

The men, aged between 25 and 44, have been in custody for nearly four years, since they were arrested in south-west Sydney in 2005. Today's verdict sparked angry scenes outside the purpose-built high-security court at Parramatta, in western Sydney, when...
Credibility Views: 49 | News Stories: 15 | Blog Posts: 4 | 13 | 0 | 1
 
Current Event: Six Month Old 'Run Over' By Train Survives...
Posted by: instgtr

Melbourne :: Australia | updated Wed Nov 11 09:11:41 -0800 2009 | disasters

If mom didn't believe in Miracles before this - I'm sure she does now... A six month old baby in Melbourne Australia was in a stroller that fell onto train tracks, was run over and survived with only a scratch...
Credibility | Reach Views: 229 | News Stories: 14 | Blog Posts: 8 | 9 | 4 | 2
 
Source: Al Jazeera

Sydney :: Australia | updated Fri Oct 16 04:59:11 -0700 2009 | disasters

After a 10-month trial, the five men were convicted on Friday on charges including possessing chemicals for explosives and instructions on how to make bombs. The men, aged between 25 and 44 and all Muslims, face a maximum of life...
Credibility Views: 8 | News Stories: 5 | Blog Posts: 4 | 10 | 0 | 0
 
Breaking News Event: ACCC pushes Telstra split
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Melbourne :: Australia | updated Tue Oct 13 16:02:13 -0700 2009 | disasters

Government should push ahead with legislation to make Telstra structurally separate, despite calls from the telco, shareholders and the Opposition to delay it. Under the proposed rules, Telstra would need to separate its retail and infrastructure businesses, or else face...
Credibility Views: 10 | News Stories: 3 | Blog Posts: 1 | 0 | 3 | 0
 
Latest News Event: War-medal theft shocks family
Source: The Age

Melbourne :: Australia | updated Sun Oct 11 06:01:46 -0700 2009 | disasters

Bronwyn and Kate Duncan with a photo of Walter Menzies. Photo: Justin McManus Precious World War I service medals have been stolen from a family home in Melbourne's west, the second theft of war memorabilia in a month. The most...
Credibility Views: 17 | News Stories: 2 | Blog Posts: 1 | 2 | 3 | 0
 
Breaking World News: DNA helps net burglar after 8 years
Posted by: prabirghose First to cover

Launceston :: Australia | updated Thu Oct 22 22:30:08 -0700 2009 | disasters

The burglar must never have expected to be apprehended when he broke into a woman’s house, broke open her safe and stole $550. It happened in 2001. The woman reported the break-in, the police came to the scene of the...
Credibility | Reach Views: 60 | News Stories: 11 | Blog Posts: 0 | 0 | 4 | 2

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