CANBERRA, Australia – Protesters attacked seven Syrian embassies around the world following reports of the bloodiest episode yet in Damascus’ nearly yearlong crackdown on dissent. Mobs trashed diplomats’ offices from London to Australia and set the embassy in Cairo on fire. Activists say Syrian forces killed more than 200 people in the city of Homs [...]
A CLAIM by the Premier, Kristina Keneally, that an inquiry into the government’s $5.3 billion power sale is illegal is in serious doubt, with revelations that her department was so unsure of the claim that it sought ”urgent” legal advice on the day she made it. Ms Keneally and the Treasurer, Eric Roozendaal, have said [...]
THREE worshippers from inner-city mosques were confirmed as Melbourne‘s second Islamic terrorism cell when a Supreme Court jury convicted them of conspiring to plan a terrorist attack. Two other men, including one who warned that an attack in Australia would be ”a catastrophe”, were found not guilty. Their target was the Holsworthy army barracks in [...]
THE federal government increased spending on market research by 42 per cent to $31 million in the year ahead of the election. The spending spike came as Labor tried to read the public mood on controversial issues such as broadband, welfare, climate change, health reform and the mining tax. An analysis by The Australian of [...]
“The room was blacked out. There were no windows and just one door. “They tied my hands and feet to the bed. I was in agony. I was screaming out in pain. “Then there was silence. “No one would have known a baby had been born. But I did.” There, in an isolated delivery room [...]
Three men were convicted of plotting to commit a terror act on a military base in Australia, authorities said Thursday. The men were charged with planning to attack a base near Sydney using automatic weapons to gun down a number of soldiers. They were also suspected of having ties to al Qaeda and Somali insurgent [...]
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I am sure they take pleasure in their sadistic acts in those lands....
