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NZ Defence Force Launches Anzac Competition Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 7:33PMStudents in Year 7 and 8 have the chance to win a day with the Navy, Army or Air Force as part of Operation Anzac Forces — a design competition launched by the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) today.
Milestones show youth dance is alive and well Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 7:06PMWhile Perth's Dullsville moniker may sometimes ring true for adults, there's no disputing the live entertainment on offer for kids.
Indonesia and Australia to combat people smuggling Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 6:19PMHuman rights issues have crept into the visit to Australia by Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
'Hurt Locker' team forgotten Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 3:30PMIf art is meant to imitate life, then something has gone awry for Australian captain Tony Gilchrist.
Aussie 'Hurt Locker' team forgotten Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 1:34PMIf art is meant to imitate life, then something has gone awry for captain Tony Gilchrist.
Soldiers in an absurd predicament Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 10:33AMThe Australian troops deployed in Afghanistan, and in particular the elite and highly accomplished special forces, must find their mission increasingly surreal.
'Hurt Locker' team forgotten Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 7:33AMNo Hollywood treatment for the undecorated soldiers of Australia's bomb disposal teams in Iraq.
US positive: military chief Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 7:32AMAustralia's Defence Force chief says he had 'positive and constructive' discussions with the US general in command in Afghanistan at the weekend.
First Edition Cycling News, Tuesday, March 9, 2010 Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 6:11AMLars Boom continued to show his immense talent to the cycling world in Paris-Nice today, when he jumped across solo to the front split created by the Caisse d'Épargne riders with 15km to go into stage 1.
Factbox: Australia and Indonesian ties Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 3:11AMCANBERRA, March 9 (Reuters) - Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono arrived in Australia on Tuesday for a three-day visit likely to focus on security, economic ties and asylum seeker traffic.
Eh, Brah! Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 11:21AMOpening on Thursday, May 22, with special midnight showings at the Broadway, Minor and Mill Creek theatres, is Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull , surely a contender for the top-grossing film of 2008. The venerable Harrison Ford, who seems to get better with age, returns as the archaeologist who just wants to find trouble, now in the guise of Russians who seem to have replaced ...
At Least He Has His Dignity: Loose Lips Daily - City Desk - Washington City Paper Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 10:19AMMorning all. Marion Barry scheduled his annual State of the Ward address weeks before anyone knew when exactly attorney Robert S. Bennett would deliver his scathing report or when the D.C. Council would respond to it, yet the speech would come just hours Barry's colleagues handed him unprecedented sanctions.
Urbanite Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 7:16PMBrownstone Brooklyn, meet Superfund Brooklyn. In slapping the toxic label on the Gowanus Canal Tuesday, the EPA confirmed what everybody knows about the 1.8-mile waterway: It’s a toxic mess. But the Bloomberg administration fought to avoid the designation and its stigma.
Top 100 Memories: 2000-09 - No 6 Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 8:38AMIn our countdown of memories from the past decade, we consider the coaches who have helped shape the sport of swimming.
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No to playing Holi with women? Then set their homes afire Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 12:01AMThe inequalities in Bihar society came to the fore again on Holi with a group of rich, armed men setting ablaze the homes of the poor in a village for not being allowed to play with their women, police said Tuesday.
Who Knows Who? Lord Ashcroft Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 3:57PMConservative party benefactor Lord Ashcroft is best known for the controversy surrounding his "non-dom" status. But how did the peer, thought to be worth over £1bn, acquire his wealth?
BC-MCT-NEWS-BJT _ wire editors (4200 words) Saturday, February 27, 2010 @ 4:07AMUpdated at 8 p.m. EST (0100 UTC).
BAE In Anti-Tank Sight Deal In Australia Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 8:26AMBAE Systems has won a $14 million contract to supply a targeting system for the army's new Carl Gustaf M3 weapons. More than 400 of the uncooled AN/PAS-13C thermal weapon sights have been ordered for the crew-served shoulder-fired 84mm direct-fire weapons.
Tentacles of the new shahs Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 7:00AMIran is pursuing an empire of deadly influence from the Mediterranean to Pakistan, and Israel is itching to respond as Australia watches and warns
BAE in anti-tank sight deal in Australia Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 6:17AMCANBERRA, Australia, Feb. 26 (UPI) -- BAE Systems has won a $14 million contract to supply a targeting system for the army's new Carl Gustaf M3 weapons.
Quotes, folks Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 8:08AMAlways hate it when someone my age dies. Even worse when the person is younger. Reminds me of my own mortality as if I need to be reminded. Staring death in the mirror forces one to think about the final days and frames it with the lessons gleaned in personal history.
Navy divers sink to low Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 7:00AMA BUSINESSMAN bashed in front of his wife by two navy special forces divers says they should have known better.
I hope the way they take is Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 5:37AMIn reply to Adults Only : I hope the way they take is not harm anybody, especially the children http://relaks.totalh.com
Hamas chief's son was spy for Israel Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 4:15AMThe son of one of Hamas' founders claims he was a top informant for Israel for more than a decade, providing top-secret intelligence that helped prevent dozens of suicide bombings and other attacks against Israelis.
Red Flag exercise gets under way Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 7:08PMLAS VEGAS -- Southern Nevada residents may notice increased military aircraft activity as the Air Force hosts Red Flag exercises through March 5. The latest Red Flag exercise is a realistic combat training maneuver involving the air forces of the United States and its allies.
U.S. Navy lifts ban on women serving aboard submarines Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 5:03PMA decades-old policy had barred women from serving aboard submarines over fears that they would have to share beds with their male counterparts - a practice known as 'hot bunking'.
Military operations: Calling the shots Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 7:35AMIn 1943, always circumspect about his place in the history books, Winston Churchill sent a memo to his top military commanders. He was addressing the issue of how the British Army should name its military operations. At the time, names were selected at random. But the nomenclature of war, he insisted, should strike a tone between the boastful and banal. At all costs, he wrote, they should not ...
Background Note: Timor-Leste Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 8:49PMGeography Area: 15,007 sq. km. Cities: Capital --Dili; Baucau. Terrain: Mountainous. Climate: Tropical; hot, semi-arid; rainy and dry seasons.
First Edition Cycling News, Tuesday, February 23, 2010 Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 12:11PMTop road teams Astana, Team Saxo Bank and Cervélo TestTeam will all exclusively use Zipp wheels for both training and racing during the 2010 road season.
Taliban Defeat The Dutch Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 4:47AMFebruary 23, 2010: The government again is making a big deal about reducing civilian casualties. But these casualties are already at a historic low, and trying to drive them any lower will mean less effective operations against the Taliban and more dead Afghan and foreign troops.
L&M Energy shareholders approve acquisition Sunday, February 21, 2010 @ 7:19PMIn a landmark occasion for the growth of New Zealand’s emerging coal seam gas sector, L&M Energy’s acquisition of L&M Coal Seam Gas was approved by shareholders today in a Special General Meeting in Wellington, creating an energy company with ...
Supporters of deposed Thai PM rally in Bangkok Saturday, February 20, 2010 @ 5:33PMBANGKOK (AP): Vociferous supporters of deposed Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra demonstrated Friday in the capital's business district, prompting nervous executives to shut down a bank headquarters that was the center of their protest.
Dutch to leave us in Afghanistan Saturday, February 20, 2010 @ 7:47AMAnd this in turn has serous implications for Australia, whose troops serve alongside the more heavily armed Dutch in a joint base at Tarin Kowt:…
Supporters of deposed Thai PM demonstrate ahead of court ruling on his fortune Friday, February 19, 2010 @ 8:09AMVociferous supporters of deposed Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra demonstrated Friday in the capital's business district, prompting nervous executives to shut down a bank headquarters that was the centre of their protest.
Cycling News Roundup - 18 January 2010 Thursday, February 18, 2010 @ 11:20PMCycling News Roundup - 18 January 2010 Team News and Rosters for Upcoming Races, Cavendish Nominated, Damiano Cunego Anticipates Vuelta a Andalucia Start, Team Americas Brazil, Australians to Worlds, HTC-Columbia Ride Auc5tion and more..
Aussies ok with security for Hockey WC, IPL Thursday, February 18, 2010 @ 10:05PMAustralia's statement comes as a big relief for India.
Top Scoops Thursday, February 18, 2010 @ 9:04PM[Middle East News Service comments : Several days ago a friend with considerable interest in Civil Liberties comments of her disappointment on the nonchalant way in which targeted assassinations of Hamas leaders has been accepted by otherwise progressive people.
Olympic films tackle discrimination Thursday, February 18, 2010 @ 10:49AMSexism, racism, homophobia—several upcoming film events will examine these destructive forces, and explore what is being done about them, in the world of sport.
Vast majority support change Thursday, February 18, 2010 @ 10:34AMAn inconvenient truth for Jim Wallace and Nicholas Tonti-Filippini ("Call to charge Nitschke", The Age, 18/2) is Newspoll research that shows that 85 per cent of the community wants the law reformed.
Thank you, Heidi, for Wednesday, February 17, 2010 @ 5:52PMIn reply to When Greenies Can't See The Forest For The Trees : Thank you, Heidi, for clarifying your role with TWS . But that does not alter what is painfully evident to me and many other observers. I am by nature a consensual person and am not prone to the use of inflammatory language with peers – but every now and again there is a need to call a spade a spade. Under Alec Marr’s leadership the ...
The writing's on the wall: How cave drawings may have been Man's first attempts to write Wednesday, February 17, 2010 @ 12:43PMThe lines, dots, zig-zags and semi-circles appear to indicate prehistoric man, as long ago as 30 to 40,000 years ago, may have been trying to communicate through symbols rather than pictures.
Follow-up `vital after insurgency is broken' Wednesday, February 17, 2010 @ 7:00AMNATO-LED coalition forces in Afghanistan are on track to break the back of the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan within 12 months.
Govt won't tell athletes not to go to India Tuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 9:30PMThe New Zealand Government is not telling sports teams to avoid playing in India following terror threats against international sporting events there, says Prime Minister John Key. read more
Afghan op 'signal of what's to come' Tuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 5:48PMA major coalition operation in southern Afghanistan signals the shape of operations during the next six months, a former Australian general says.
Aussie winners not compelled to be grinners Tuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 10:32AMPeter FitzSimons and I share similar views on many topics, but not on Dale Begg-Smith (''Why Mr Miserable leaves us icy cold'', February 16). FitzSimons's article basically says, "We don't like Dale because he doesn't smile."
Capturing Taliban leaders: covert Afghan war Tuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 9:59AMThe arrest of a Taliban's commander illustrates Nato's covert war against the insurgency - but, as the coalition advances, author Stephen Grey writes that Operation Moshtarak must herald a new strategy in Afghanistan.
Al-Qa'ida threat to athletes Tuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 7:00AMAUSTRALIAN athletes are being targeted by a group linked to al-Qa'ida, with new threats issued against participants in the Indian Premier League, hockey's World Cup and Commonwealth Games.
9 Malaysians on Aussie terror list Monday, February 15, 2010 @ 9:30PMKUALA LUMPUR: Nine Malaysians have been named on a list of suspected terrorists released by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) recently.
Australians lend hand in attack Monday, February 15, 2010 @ 10:30AMAUSTRALIAN troops are taking part in a battle to push Taliban fighters from a crucial stronghold in southern Afghanistan.