Posts Tagged ‘over’

New Times Atlas ‘must be pulped’ over climate change exaggeration row

TAMARA COHEN UK Daily Mail Sept 21, 2011 The latest edition of the world’s most prestigious atlas should be pulped because it exaggerates climate change, scientists said yesterday. The £150 Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World has changed a large coastal area of Greenland from white to green, suggesting an extreme  acceleration of the melting […]

Dead Digger’s parents angry over At Home with Julia sex scene with flag

Video Image See what happens when the Today Show asks Julia Gillard what she thinks about the ABC’s ‘At Home With Julia’. Footage: Channel Nine ‘At Home with Julia’ portrays the Prime Minister and Tim Mathieson having sex in the PM’s office while draped in the Australian flag. Image: ABC Source: Herald Sun UPDATE 11.49am: […]

Gillard and Abbott clash over Migration Act

Print Email Australian Broadcasting Corporation Broadcast: 20/09/2011 Reporter: Tom Iggulden Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott seem intent on dividing blame for future asylum seeker arrivals as they disagree with each other over what changes to make to the Migration Act. Transcript ALI MOORE, PRESENTER: They both want it, but neither’s prepared to give an inch […]

Secret Recordings Emerge Over Operation Fast and Furious

….And the ATF’s conspiracy to put more guns into the hands of Mexican drug gangs Mike AdamsNatural News Sept 20, 2011 You just gotta love the audacity of the U.S. federal government and its active staging of crimes in order to achieve political goals. Operation Fast and Furious is the most recent example of a U.S.-run […]

Israel urged to reconsider punishing Palestinians over UN campaign

  Harriet Sherwood Guardian September 19, 2011 US and European negotiators have urged Israel to refrain from taking punitive measures against the Palestinians if they press ahead with their bid to win recognition of a home state at the United Nations. The Israeli government is considering a range of retaliatory steps, including withholding customs revenues it collects […]

Labor attacks Tony Abbott over asylum seekers

Tony Abbott has strongly indicated that he will not support the govt’s changes to migration laws. Julia Gillard is facing pressure from withing over the Malaysian asylum-seeker push. Picture: supplied Source: The Australian Labor has accused Tony Abbott of risking the lives of boat people. Picture: supplied Source: AP Prev  of 2 Next THE Federal Government […]

Govt challenged over offshore processing

Updated: 07:56, Sunday September 18, 2011 It’s been another unhappy weekend for the federal government, with Tony Abbott indicating he’s unlikely to back plans to changes laws so asylum seekers can be sent to Malaysia, and a government minister being chased in Sydney by pro-refugee activists. The opposition leader hasn’t said yet what he will […]

Aboriginal mMan charged over ritual payback killing

A 33-YEAR-OLD Aboriginal man faced court yesterday over an outback death believed to be the result of a ritual payback. The man, from the remote Kiwirrkurra community in the Gibson Desert 2000km north of Kalgoorlie, was arrested on Thursday, two days after the bodies of a 24-year-old man and his 22-year-old girlfriend were found at […]

Nats MP Steve Cansdell quits over false claim on speeding

THE NSW Coalition government has been hit with its first scandal after a Nationals backbencher admitted to falsifying a statutory declaration. Steve Cansdell, who was parliamentary secretary for police, yesterday quit parliament, which means voters in his north coast seat of Clarence will go to the polls for the second time this year. Mr Cansdell, […]

Nurses take over primary care at new SmartClinics

Lead Nurse Practitioner, Julie Farrelly, helps to prepare the new SmartClinics centre at Chermside, Brisbane. Picture: Lyndon Mechielsen Source: The Australian WHEN Australia’s first stand-alone nursing clinic opens its doors on Monday, patients will be greeted not by a receptionist but a “concierge”. The sole GP, who will be on-site only half the time, will […]

Motorists paying over the odds for fuel despite market prices of crude oil falling by more than 10%

  Daily Mail September 16, 2011 Hard-pressed motorists have seen little or no benefit from the recent fall in crude oil prices, the AA has revealed. A 7 per cent drop in the value of the pound against the dollar since August has denied drivers the possibility of a 2p per litre price cut on […]

Teenager charged over fatal stabbing

A TEENAGER has been charged with murder in relation to the stabbing of a 20-year-old man found dead in a Dandenong carpark stairwell. The 18-year-old Frankston man was arrested at 2.45pm today and was later charged after being interviewed by homicide detectives over the stabbing death on September 6. The victim, from Berwick, died after […]

Obama asked the Pentagon to put revenues over risks

An Air Force general is telling reporters that the Obama administration suggested he alter a prepared Congressional testimony in order to favor a company linked to a huge Democratic donor, potentially threatening the national security of the US. Gen. William Shelton, a four-star general and head of the US Space Command, was scheduled to testify […]

Is Public Opinion Turning Against Elite Over Globalization?

  Catherine BoyleCNBC.com September 15, 2011 As leaders on both sides of the Atlantic wrestle with the problems posed by the financial crisis, populations in advanced economies are increasingly restive. Protests in Greece, the threat of a new wave of strikes in the UK, and vocal opposition to the US administration’s attempts to solve the […]

MPs argue over climate action proposals

AAP It was a case of everything old becoming new again as the parliamentary carbon tax debate entered its second full day in Canberra. Labor was busy attacking the cost of the opposition’s direct action policy to cut carbon pollution – using Treasury figures made public two weeks ago. Treasurer Wayne Swan released analysis in […]

Kapunda triple-murder hearing held over

The teenager accused of a triple stabbing murder in a South Australian town has more time to consider his plea. Jason Alexander Downie, 18, of Kapunda, north of Adelaide, was to have answered charges on Wednesday of murdering Andrew and Rose Rowe and their 16-year-old daughter Chantelle in November last year. Relatives and friends of […]

ACLU wins settlement over wrongful wiretap arrest

The University of Pittsburgh will award the American Civil Liberties Union nearly $50,000 for the wrongful arrest of a Pennsylvania man that was put behind bars for videotaping campus police. Elijah Matheny turned his cell phone towards campus cops back in 2009 when he witnessed the university police placing a friend under arrest. For his […]

Russia slaps down British PM over dissident’s radiation killing and say they will never hand suspect over

  James Chapman Daily Mail September 13, 2011 David Cameron was told last night Russia will ‘never’ hand over the prime suspect for the murder of Alexander Litvinenko. The Prime Minister – making the first visit by a British leader to Moscow for six years – got short shrift from Russian president Dmitry Medvedev over […]

Ex-FBI Interrogator ‘Gagged’ over 9/11 Backstory

  By Gordon Corera Steve Swann, BBC   A former FBI agent who worked at the heart of America’s battle against al-Qaeda has told the BBC he is being prevented from telling the truth as he challenges the back story of 9/11 and what has happened since. Mr Soufan also argues against the effectiveness of […]

Archbishops splinter over letter to the Vatican

A WAR of words broke out last night between two archbishops over the meaning of a letter one wrote promising to raise the other’s concerns with the Vatican. Traditional Anglican Communion primate John Hepworth claimed that Adelaide Catholic Archbishop Philip Wilson promised in December 2008 to discuss his allegations of sexual abuse with the Vatican. […]

It is Midnight – Another 9-11 Day is Over

The views expressed herein are the views of the author exclusively and not necessarily the views of VT or any other VT authors, affiliates, advertisers, sponsors or partners. Notices Posted by Jim W. Dean on Sep 11 2011, With 0 Reads, Filed under 9/11 Terror War, WarZone, ZPicks. You can follow any responses to this […]

Cameron Mansell ‘murdered’ Craig Puddy over missing money, court hears

Millionaire businessman Craig Puddy vanished from his Mt Pleasant mansion on May 3 2010. Cameron Mansell murdered wealthy businessman Craig Puddy because he was under suspicion of having stolen money from a pub the pair were running, the state prosecutor told Perth’s Supreme Court today. He also claimed Mr Mansell murdered Mr Puddy by bludgeoning […]

Democrats Fret Aloud Over Obama’s Chances

MICHAEL BARBARO, JEFF ZELENY and MONICA DAVEYNY Times Sept 12, 2011 Democrats are expressing growing alarm about President Obama’s re-election prospects and, in interviews, are openly acknowledging anxiety about the White House’s ability to strengthen the president’s standing over the next 14 months. Elected officials and party leaders at all levels said their worries have intensified […]

David Cameron Accused of ‘Mass Deception’ of Voters Over Pre-Election Promises on Europe

Awakening The World … … Every Heart Makes A Difference And The Non-Compli-Dance New times now added for the Americas and Australia/New Zealand. Read more … New David Icke App Now Available Europe … Australia … New Zealand … the United States David Icke’s round-the-world tour between September and December Australia and New Zealand dates […]

Schoolies brawl sparked by row over girl

AN argument about a girl sparked a grog-fuelled brawl at the end of a Sydney school formal, leaving four people injured and police warning of a serious crackdown on underage drinkers. Violence erupted just before midnight in a car park outside the Maritime Museum at Darling Harbour, close to where year 11 students from Sydney’s […]

Abbott in a tangle over Thomson pairing

Tony Abbott’s anti-carbon tax crusade has hit a snag, with pressure mounting over his hard line approach to the vote. Julia Gillard is in Canberra. She has a day of meetings and work ahead, with no public appearances scheduled. Tony Abbott made his weekly Today show appearance and faced a grilling over whether he would […]

Calls for Bernardi’s scalp over Wilders

AAP Liberal Senator Cory Bernardi is facing an angry backlash and calls for his scalp after he promised to help controversial Dutch politician Geert Wilders visit Australia. Mr Wilders, 48, has faced accusations of racial vilification for his hostile views on Islam. He provoked outrage among the Netherlands’ Muslim community after branding Islam a violent […]

Iceland “bullied” over bank debt

  Omar ValdimarssonReuters September 6, 2011 (Reuters) – Iceland’s president accused European countries on Sunday of having bullied it into agreeing to guarantee repayment of the debts of a failed bank, reviving a dispute with Britain and the Netherlands whose citizens are owed billions. When Iceland’s banking sector collapsed in the 2008 global financial crisis, […]

Man to face court over Parramatta siege

Police officers remove the man from a legal office at Parramatta in Sydney’s west yesterday. Picture: Toby Zerna Source: Herald Sun ON Monday afternoon, a man in his 50s, accompanied by a teenage girl, arrived at Parliament House in Sydney wanting to see Greens MP Jeremy Buckingham. The man was calm and, upon being told […]

UK Coalition Government begins to split over green policies

  By Sophy Ridge Sky News September 6, 2011 With the party conferences looming on the horizon, the newspapers are full of spats and splits between the Tories and the Lib Dems. Much of this is political posturing – a last ditch bid to woo disgruntled party members by showing David Cameron/Nick Clegg [delete as […]

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