Sydney, Aug 15 (DPA) Glue inside a custard pie thrown in the face of a victim could effect a neat assassination, according to a terrorism manual produced as an exhibit at a court here in a case that could land terror suspect Belal Khazaal in jail.
Another method recommended in the 102-page manual was enveloping the […]
Melbourne, May 28 (IANS) Australian opener Matthew Hayden gave indications of his return to the side for the second Test against West Indies in Antigua when he had a practice session at Sabina Park after the first Test.
Hayden was sorely missed in the first Test with Phil Jaques and Simon Katich hardly troubling the scorers.
With […]
Melbourne, May 3 (ANI): The Australian Government has refused to negotiate further over labour agreements for the 457 visa, which IT recruiters claim have stopped them from bringing thousands of workers to the country.
It must be noted that computing professionals from overseas need 457 visas to work in Australia
The industry was protesting against the […]
Melbourne, May 3 (ANI): Child crime rates have experienced a dramatic increase with almost 10,000 children aged 14 and below being accused of committing one crime or the other last year, according to Victoria, Australia, police.
The statistics released by the cops has shown that almost 18 per cent of the children between 10-14 years of […]
Protests by Indian taxi drivers in Melbourne, Australia, have two sides. The young Indian drivers, mostly Punjabis, have a genuine reason to be angry: one of their mates was stabbed by an Aussie passenger and is now in a coma, fighting for life. Every night they are taunted, insulted and sometimes beaten by white, and […]
Melbourne, May 2 (IANS) Ricky Ponting's lack of runs in the Indian Premier League is not bothering Australian coach Tim Nielsen as he is confident the captain will come out of the slump on the upcoming tour of the West Indies.
Ponting is the only big-name Australian to have struggled in the IPL, posting a modest […]
Sydney, May 1 (IANS) Girls, who may otherwise be quite computer savvy and at home with instant messaging, shun information technology (IT) as a subject in schools, because they find it dull.
Even after 20 years of intervention, the number of girls taking IT at secondary school still lag behind boys. Lately, the participation of girls […]
Sydney, May 1 (IANS) If children who are likely to commit crime are identified early enough, preventive measures can improve their future prospects, according to a new book.
Literacy, vocational training, living conditions and mentoring of children susceptible to committing to crime are key areas that need attention.
'We found that more than 60 percent of those […]
Melbourne, May 1 (ANI): Witnesses who gave evidence at an inquiry looking into the botched prosecution of Indian-born doctor Mohamed Haneef, now risk being sued for defamation because the inquiry was not given the powers of a royal commission.
Queensland Law Council president Megan Mahon told The Australian that two of the protections commonly given to […]
Sydney, May 1 (IANS) Climate change will trigger a chain of events that is likely to prompt an increase in HIV rates worldwide, an expert has warned.
Daniel Tarantola of the University of New South Wales (UNSW) said the disadvantage in developing countries must be addressed if the world is to prevent a dramatic escalation of […]
Sydney, May 1 (DPA) Five people died and three were seriously injured Thursday when the small work boat they had commandeered for a Sydney Harbour nighttime joyride collided with a trawler leaving Australia's most famous waterway.
The dead - four women and one man - were in their late teens or early 20s. They were aboard […]
Wellington, April 30 (DPA) Scientists examining the most perfect example of the largest squid ever caught uncovered Wednesday the biggest eye in the animal world - measuring 27 centimetres across.
'It is a truly phenomenal eye,' Steve O'Shea, New Zealand's leading expert on squids, said as he studied the 495-kg colossal squid slowly thawing after […]
Melbourne, Apr 30 (ANI): Residents of the Greek island Lesbos have slapped a lawsuit on a gay group, insisting that they are the real Lesbians.
Two inhabitants of Lesbos along with a member of a nationalist pagan association have filed a legal case prohibit the Greek Gay and Lesbian Union (OLKE) from bearing the name 'lesbian'. […]
Sydney, April 30 (IANS) The much awaited judicial inquiry into the failed terrorism case against Indian doctor Muhammad Haneef heard fresh calls Wednesday for coercive powers to investigate the circumstances surrounding his arrest and detention last year.
But former New South Wales Supreme Court judge John Clarke, who is heading the inquiry, rejected a request from […]
Melbourne, Apr.30 (ANI): Taxi drivers driving on Melbourne streets have got better safety measures following Tuesday's stabbing of an Indian-born taxi driver.
The blockade is now over and tram services have resumed along Flinders and Swanston streets.
Victorian Taxi Directorate chief Peter Corcoran told hundreds of drivers protesting outside Flinders Street Station that mandatory safety screens would […]
