Archive for June, 2007

World Youth Day cross arrives (Adelaide Now)

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

HUNDREDS of clergy and other representatives from Australia and New Zealand’s Catholic and indigenous communities have gathered inside a Qantas aeroplane hangar at Sydney Airport to welcome the arrival of the World Youth Day cross and icon.

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World Youth Day cross arrives in Sydney (AAP via Yahoo!7 News)

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

Hundreds of clergy from Australia and NZ’s Catholic communities have gathered to welcome the arrival of the World Youth Day cross.

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Australia plans to withdraw troops from Iraq - report (Reuters via Yahoo! India News)

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister John Howard is secretly planning to begin withdrawing Australian troops from Iraq by February 2008, Australian media reported on Sunday.

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Australia may be planning Iraq troop withdrawal (Reuters.co.uk)

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister John Howard is secretly planning to begin withdrawing Australian troops from Iraq by February 2008, Australian media reported on Sunday.

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Australia plans to withdraw troops from Iraq-report (AlertNet)

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

Source: Reuters SYDNEY, July 1 (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister John Howard is secretly planning to begin withrawing Australian troops from Iraq by February 2008, Australian media reported on Sunday. The …

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Australia plans to withdraw troops from Iraq: report (Reuters via Yahoo!7 News)

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister John Howard is secretly planning to begin withdrawing Australian troops from Iraq by February 2008, Australian media reported on Sunday.

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Security of PAETEC Park Intact (R News)

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

There’s no lapse in security at PAETEC Park. That’s what Rhinos team management and the people who run the stadium say. Questions about security at the stadium came up Friday night when the events staff had to fill in for security officers during the Rhinos came.

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Australia may be planning Iraq troop withdrawal (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister John Howard is secretly planning to begin withdrawing Australian troops from Iraq by February 2008, Australian media reported on Sunday.

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WA News (The West Australian)

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

Australia Post is being forced to pay up to $2500 a week for posties who temporarily fill in at mining towns, and may even have to go as far as putting some postmen on a fly in, fly out roster to fill shortages over longer periods.

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Supersize retail therapy for Austria (FIFA)

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

The tension is palpable at the combined hotel headquarters of Congo and Austria in Edmonton, where both teams are kicking their heels waiting to play their opening Group A match on Monday, and to relieve the pressure, the Austrians have taken time out to do a little shopping.

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Australia waltz to shock win (Times Online)

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

Take a bow Stirling Mortlock, Australia’s Captain Courageous and the player who underlined at the Melbourne Cricket Ground yesterday that if New Zealand are to get their hands on the World Cup, they are going to have to prise it off their Anzac neighbours first.

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Jackson won’t speak, but he writes: Mayor’s city e-mails give insight into his thoughts (The Observer)

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

Even though Rio Rancho Mayor Kevin Jackson has not spent much time at the office in the past month, he has found time to use his city computer to ask for a vehicle allowance, admit to actively avoiding the media, and suggest he may no longer be in office by August.

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An Aboriginal art mission around Australia (Times Online)

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

“Sold,” shouted Paul Sweeney. The gallery manager reached for the prized red sticker and placed it on the bottom corner of the painting. I had flown for two days, taken an overnight train, spent three days in a remote Outback community and queued for hours in the desert sun.

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Rough Guides: best of Italy (Times Online)

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

It could be argued that the frescoes in Padua’s Cappella degli Scrovegni are the single most significant sequence of paintings in all of Italy.

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With sponsors ready to foot Aussie trip bill, club’s goal set (Indian Express via Yahoo! India News)

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

With Mumbai-based corporate house Ashok Piramal and Union Minister Priyaranjan Dasmunshi pitching in to help sponsor their participation in 17th Kanga Cup, an annual under-15 tournament in Australia, city-based Providence Football Club has found support in unexpected quarters. The club which approached many industries in State for sponsorship was let down as no one seemed to show interest in game …

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