Archive for September, 2011

Two more charged in Broome rape

AAP Two more teens, including a 13-year-old boy, have been charged over the rape, robbery and assault of a Canadian backpacker in Broome. The 22-year-old female tourist was allegedly confronted by a gang of four youths as she walked home from Murphy’s Bar in the Kimberley town at about 2am on Wednesday. Police say a […]

Young NSW woman dies in Rome

A 23-year-old NSW woman has died in Italy during a Contiki camping tour. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on Friday confirmed the woman was found dead in Rome yesterday. A 29-year-old NSW man has also been admitted to hospital and is recovering after treatment. “Consular officials from the Australian embassy in Rome are […]

Police in fatal shooting continue to work

AAP There is no reason why three officers involved in the fatal shooting of a gunman at a Sydney shopping centre should be stood down, senior police say. The three plain clothes policemen who drew their guns on a man on Thursday afternoon at Castle Towers shopping centre, in Sydney’s north west, are working as […]

Man found dead in Sydney shop

A man has been found dead in an antique shop in Sydney’s inner west. Emergency services were called to the Gleeson Avenue shop in Sydenham shortly before midnight on Thursday following reports a man had been injured. They arrived to find the body of a 58-year-old man, police said. According to the Inner West Courier, […]

‘Responsible’ Rudd backs Gillard

AAP Kevin Rudd says he’s doing the responsible thing by supporting Prime Minister Julia Gillard amid “policy challenges”. “I really enjoy being foreign minister and I think the responsible course of action for ministers of the government, particularly governments facing real policy challenges, is to support the prime minister,” he told reporters in Brisbane on […]

Accused war criminal Dragan Vasiljkovic loses bid to block extradition

Accused war criminal Dragan Vasiljkovic has lost the latest round of his fight against extradition to Croatia. Source: Supplied ACCUSED war criminal Dragan Vasiljkovic has again lost a bid to block his extradition to Croatia. The dual Serbian-Australian citizen has been fighting extradition since he was arrested in 2006. Also known as Daniel Snedden or […]

Julian Burnside apologises to Tony Abbott over ‘Paedos in speedos’ tweet

Julian Burnside’s comments about Tony Abbott, and his ensuing apology, as it unfolded on his twitter account. Picture: Twitter Source: Supplied Julian Burnside QC has apologised to Tony Abbott for an inappropriate tweet that was sent to 5000 of his followers. Picture: Darryl Gregory Source: Herald Sun Prev  of 2 Next HUMAN rights lawyer Julian Burnside […]

Peace Talks and the Pieces of the Holy Land

by Eileen Fleming   JERUSALEM —On Tuesday Israel announced plans for 1,100 new Jewish only housing units in the south Jerusalem settlement of Gilo, which is outside of the 1967 boundaries. Gilo was conquered from Jordan in the 1967 War, along with East Jerusalem and the West Bank, and Israel later annexed it to the […]

“Al-Qaeda,” “9/11 Truth”: Case Studies in Controlled Opposition

Anyone who accepts the official version of this event obviously has lost the ability to tell bad TV fiction from reality.   by Kevin Barrett, TruthJihad.com   It is now vastly easier to kill a million people than to control them. That, at least, is the view of Dr. Zbigniew Brezezinski, the leading political science […]

Robo-Death: Made in the USA

How robot drones revolutionized the face of warfare(CNN)   by Philip Giraldi   If it is actually true that those whom the gods seek to destroy they first make mad, it would seem that the insanity process has at its epicenter the White House. How else to explain the various bits and pieces of counterterrorism […]

Age of Ignorance Lingers in Saudi Arabia

by Ismail Salami   In a primitive society where women find themselves in such a farcical situation where they are not even allowed to drive, a simple word like ‘driving’ which is per se devoid of any archetypal undertones has come to carry a meaning far beyond ordinary. Saudi Arabia has treated women as second-class […]

Kingfisher Systems Inc Opens Doors To Vets

by John Vogel   Kingfisher Systems Inc has recently joined forces with leading online military job board Hire Veterans.  They have partnered up in an attempt to bring rewarding to careers to one of the largest pools of talented Veterans available.  Kingfisher is a Service Disabled Veterans Owned Small Business (SDVOSB).  They specialize in providing […]

Agent Orange Update

Information about Agent Orange, possible health-related problems and VA benefits   Agent Orange is the name of a specific blend of herbicides used during the Vietnam era. The military sprayed millions of gallons on trees and vegetation that provided cover for enemy forces. Some Vietnam-era Veterans were exposed to these herbicides.  Learn how Veterans may […]

Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News – September 29, 2011

Veterans! Here’s your Top 10 News stories of the day compiled from the latest sources   We encourage you to browse our list so that you can take what you want and keep what you need     1.   Researchers at new facility aim to study veterans‘ health issues.  Cronkite News  Susan P. Bowers, director […]

If Only The Stooges and Goons Revolt…Or Weren’t Stooges And Goons After All!

by Michael Farrell   As a counter to the GOP’s inquisition of climate scientists, let us remember that in the last year or so, UC Berkeley physicist Richard Muller re-examined all the temperature data from the NOAA, East Anglia Hadley Climate Research Unit, and the Goddard Institute of Space Science sources. Even though Muller started […]

VT At Vinexpo Paris 2011

Vinexpo Paris 2011   by Jane Rosenstein, VT Paris Bureau   Every two years, Vinexpo, the world’s largest professional  wine and spirits  show attracts international buyers and sellers  at the Bordeaux Exhibition Centre  in Bordeaux, France.  The admission price for those not having invitations  was 40 Euros.  This year  for  the 30th Vinexpo  48,122 professionals […]

Thought Crime and the French State – Sott.net Investigated For Being a “Cult” by Toulouse Police

by Joe Quinn, Editor Sott.net   “Beyond a certain point there is no return. This point has to be reached.” – Franz Kafka For those of you who don’t know the back-story: while Sott.net is a web-site with editors and contributors spread across the globe, our physical ‘headquarters’ are in the South of France, near […]

Imploding Bubble Economies

by Stephen Lendman   Economic meltdown comes in stages. Recognition takes longer. Tout TV pundits stay in denial longest, calling crisis conditions a normal correction. Reality suggests otherwise with US unemployment approaching 23%, home foreclosures multiplying, and poverty levels double or more official distorted numbers that artificially hold them down. Longtime market expert and regular […]

U.S. Department of Defense Contract Awards for Sept. 29, 2011

Here’s Today’s Department of Defense Contract Awards   ARMY The Ross Group Construction Corp., Tulsa, Okla. (W912HN-11-D-0034); Absher Construction Co., Puyallup, Wash. (W912HN-11-D-0032); Garco Construction, Inc., Spokane, Wash. (W912HN-11-D-0031); and SP – Mason Hanger, J.V., Houston, Texas (W912HN-11-D-0033), were awarded a $499,000,000 firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple-award-task-order contract. The award will provide for the construction of tactical […]

US ambassador Robert Ford pelted with tomatoes in Syria

BBC Thursday, September 29, 2011 Supporters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have thrown tomatoes and eggs at US ambassador Robert Ford as he met an opposition figure in Damascus. Veteran politician Hassan Abdul Azim said about 100 protesters tried to get into his office as Mr Ford arrived and then surrounded it. Mr Ford, who […]

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