A SYDNEY man caught up in a people-smuggling operation this year has been sentenced to almost two years in prison in Indonesia. Heidar Ali, a former Iraqi refugee with Australian citizenship, was arrested in May during an operation targeting a known people-smuggler who had planned to send a boat carrying asylum-seekers to Christmas Island. While […]
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Sydney man jailed in Indonesia over people-smuggling plot
Man in court over stabbing deaths
A 31-YEAR-OLD man is expected to face a Victorian court today charged over a double homicide stemming from a neighbourhood dispute. Police were called to a home in the small south-western Victorian town of Casterton on Tuesday night, an hour and half before two men were stabbed to death and another two were injured. Police […]
Union questions Qantas’s motives over letter threat
Updated October 05, 2011 16:46:20 Video: Intimidation claims as Qantas pay dispute turns ugly (ABC News) Photo: Qantas CEO Alan Joyce is allegedly the target of a threatening letter. (Dean Lewins: AAP) A union chief says he would not put it past Qantas to fabricate a threatening letter addressed to the airline’s chief executive, Alan […]
China threatens US with trade war over currency bill
Anger is erupting out of Beijing this week after lawmakers in Washington are aiming to force Chinese currency to rise to put both nations on level ground with trading. Politicians on Capitol Hill are hoping that a proposed bill could keep currency in China from getting any lower and thus giving what they say is […]
Billionaire Koch brothers in the dock over trades with Iran
Guy Adams The Independent October 4, 2011 The leading financiers of the Tea Party movement were last night attempting to rebut claims that a portion of their wealth comes from secretly doing business with the most un-American trading partner imaginable: the hard-line government of Iran. Charles and David Koch, the prominent billionaires who fund […]
Ron Paul Says Obama Impeachment Possible Over Drone Killing of U.S. Citizen
DAN HIRSCHHORNPolitico October 4, 2011 Ron Paul said Monday that President Barack Obama’s targeted killing of Anwar al-Awlaki might be an impeachable offense. Asked at a Manchester, N.H. town hall meeting about last week’s killing of the American-born Al Qaeda leader, the Texas congressman said impeachment would be “possible,” but that he wants to […]
CIA contractor fights man over bagels
Eight months after he killed two allegedly armed men in Pakistan, CIA operative Raymond Davis is facing legal troubles again. This time for being very, very hungry. Davis made headlines earlier this year after an incident in Lahore, Pakistan which ended with two supposed robbers dead. President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton […]
How to survive a plane crash: Pay $200 (or hand over your frequent flyer points) and you’ll be given the secret
Richard Hartley-Parkinson Daily Mail October 3, 2011 When it comes to plane crashes most of us think there is very little you can do to survive. However, experts at BA believe this is not the case and there is a good chance of surviving. Furthermore, they are prepared to let you in on the […]
Police charge teen over spear death
Updated October 03, 2011 15:00:43 A 29-year-old man has died after he was allegedly attacked with a spear at Mornington Island in the Queensland Gulf. The man was taken to the Mount Isa Hospital on Saturday but later died. Police have charged a 15-year-old boy with unlawful wounding and going armed to cause fear. He […]
JP Morgan Funded NYPD Mass Arrests Over 700 Peaceful Occupy Wall Street Protesters
The Intel Hub October 2, 2011 The NYPD has arrested over 700 protesters who were occupying the Brooklyn Bridge in what could very well be a defining moment in the battle for freedom and liberty in America. The police apparently corralled the protesters(depending on whose story you believe) onto the Brooklyn Bridge and then started their […]
Over 700 Protesters Arrested On Brooklyn Bridge … Claim Entrapment
Washington’s Blog Oct 2, 2011 More Than 700 Arrested Associated Press reports: More than 700 protesters demonstrating against corporate greed, global warming and social inequality, among other grievances, were arrested Saturday after they swarmed the Brooklyn Bridge and shut down a lane of traffic for several hours in a tense confrontation with police. Some of […]
Ron Paul raised over $5 million in third quarter
Reuters Oct 1, 2011 Ron Paul’s presidential campaign will post well over $5 million in fundraising for the third quarter, a campaign spokesman said on Friday, enough for the Republican candidate to comfortably fund his presidential race in the coming months. “We will well exceed $5 million,” campaign spokesman Jesse Benton said. That haul would […]
Labor losing support over tax
Updated: 12:25, Saturday October 1, 2011 A poll has revealed that a third of voters are more likely to vote Labor if it dumps its carbon tax policy. The Galaxy poll, published in News Ltd newspapers, reveals that 32 per cent of people would be more likely to vote Labor if the tax was dumped. […]
4WD reverses over baby girl in NT
AAP A family has been devastated by the death of their baby girl after she was run over by a four-wheel drive on a property in the Northern Territory. The one-year-old girl was killed when her family’s four-wheel drive backed up over her at a property near Katherine on Saturday morning. Her family took her […]
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 […]
Wall Street cop faces probe over pepper spray
As protesters cry foul over the NYPD’s violent acts perpetrated at Occupy Wall Street demonstrators, the cop that infamously sprayed down a group of women in Manhattan last week with mace will become the subject of an internal investigation. In the days since NYPD Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna released pepper spray on a group of […]
SAF Sues City of Omaha Over Gun Registration Ordinance
Second Amendment FoundationPR Newswire September 28, 2011 The Second Amendment Foundation today filed suit in federal district court in Nebraska against the City of Omaha, challenging the city’s prohibition against anyone who is not a United States citizen from registering a handgun. SAF’s lawsuit, on behalf of Armando Pliego Gonzalez, a resident alien living […]
Jesse Ventura Calls For NFL Boycott Over TSA-Style Groping
Former Governor also selects July 4th 2012 as national no fly day Paul Joseph Watson Infowars.com Wednesday, September 28, 2011 Former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura has called for a nationwide boycott of the NFL in response to its announcement that attendees to all football games will be groped TSA-style, while Ventura also launched a […]