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Australian Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard speaks at a press conference in New Delhi, India, Monday, Aug. 31, 2009. Gillard is on a five-day visit to India.
(photo: AP / Gurinder Osan)
Oz to amend law in wake of racist attacks on Indians
Zeenews
Melbourne: Australia will strengthen legislation to better protect international students, including Indians, and ensure world class quality education for them, Education Minister Julia Gillard said Tuesday. | Gillard released a review report presented by former MP Bruce Baird and agreed to work tow...
 ** FILE ** Vioxx is arranged on a counting tray, laying on top of the bottle, at The Pennington Apot
(photo: AP Photo Daniel Hulshizer, File)
Australian court finds drug Vioxx doubled heart attack risk, awards man $259,000 in damages
Hartford Courant
SYDNEY (AP) — The once-popular painkiller Vioxx doubled the risk of and was unfit for consumption, an court ruled Friday, awarding a man leading a class action suit against the drug's maker 287,000 Australian dollars ($259,000) in compensation. | Melbourne Federal Court Judge Christopher Jessu...
Oz to amend law in wake of racist attacks on Indians
Zeenews
Melbourne: Australia will strengthen legislation to better protect international students, including Indians, and ensure world class quality education for them, Education Minister Julia Gillard said Tuesday. | Gillard released a review report present...
Migrants must obey new laws
The Daily Telegraph Australia
| NEW migrants from all ethnic backgrounds will have to "demonstrate a unified commitment to Australia" under new state laws. | For the first time multiculturalism legislation will also talk about "shared values" after changes wer...
Phillip Law: Antarctic explorer
The Times
| Phillip Law was one of the most experienced Antarctic explorers of the 20th century. A man of great energy and drive, and an all-round sportsman, he also made a significant contribution to education in his native Australia. | He was in the forefron...
Australia to amend law to better protect foreign students
The Siasat Daily
| Melbourne, March 09: Australia will strengthen legislation to better protect international students, including Indians, and ensure world class quality education for them, Education Minister Julia Gillard said on Tuesday. | Gillard released a review...
Saskia, 19, Mitglied im Harry-Potter-Fan-Club, posiert am fruehen Samstagmorgen, 16. Juli 2005, mit dem sechsten Band von "Harry Potter" in einer Wohnung in Berlin. Mit dem Beginn des offiziellen Verkaufs des sechsten Bandes "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" von J.K. Rowling um 1.00 Uhr deutscher Zeit hatte Medienunternehmer Christoph Gottschalk bei einer Nachtauslieferung eines der begehrten Buecher an die zwoelfaehrige Julia Hartmann Berlin-Charlottenburg ausgeliefert. (AP Photo/Franka Bruns) ---Saskia, 19, poses with the latest Harry Potter book "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling in Berlin, early Saturday, July 16, 2005 shortly after 1 am. The German version of the book will be on the market starting in October 2005.
AP / Franka Bruns
Lawsuit: "Harry Potter" Author Stole Ideas
CBS News
J.K. Rowling Copied from 1987 Novel for "Goblet of Fire," Estate of Deceased British Writer Claims | Font size Print E-mail Share 1 Comment | J.K. Rowling (AP) Stories Fears and Fa...
Respect M'sia's laws, Shafie tells foreign communities
WN / Anand Stivan
Respect M'sia's laws, Shafie tells foreign communities
The Star
| KOTA KINABALU: Foreign communities should respect Malaysia's laws as the country had always propagated respect for the judicial systems of other countries. | Commonwealth Parliam...
Cigarettes - Tobacco
WN / Aldrin Leyba
Illegal tobacco costing $600m a year
Newsvine
| THE illegal tobacco industry, increasingly moving from locally produced tobacco to smuggled cigarettes, is costing the nation $600 million a year in lost revenue, a new study say...
Man accused of killing Indian toddler faces court in Australia
Deccan Herald
Melbourne, Mar 9 (PTI) | The 23-year-old Indian accused in the death of toddler Gurshan Singh Channa on Tuesday faced court here. | Gursewak Dhillon did not apply for bail on a charge of manslaughter by criminal negligence, according to media reports...
Gurshan Singh Channa accused Gursewak Dhillon appears in Melbourne Magistrates' Court
The Daily Telegraph Australia
| THE man charged over the death of toddler Gurshan Singh Channa, 3, has briefly faced court. | Gursewak Dhillon, 23, did not apply for bail on a charge of manslaughter by criminal negligence. | Wearing a white polo shirt, Dhillon sat quietly in the ...
Man used white paint to cover up prostitute's murder, Sydney court told
The Daily Telegraph Australia
| JUST hours after stabbing a prostitute to death in his lounge room, a man painted over her blood stains with white paint, a Sydney jury has been told. | Michael Robert Potts has pleaded not guilty in the NSW Supreme Court to the murder of Kings Cro...
Australia Headlines
Australian Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard speaks at a press conference in New Delhi, India, Monday, Aug. 31, 2009. Gillard is on a five-day visit to India.
(photo: AP / Gurinder Osan)
Oz to amend law in wake of racist attacks on Indians
Zeenews
Melbourne: Australia will strengthen legislation to better protect international students, including Indians, and ensure world class quality education for them, Education Minister Julia Gillard said Tuesday. | Gillard released a review report presented by former MP Bruce Baird and agreed to work towards implementation of its recommendation to amend...
Business Law
Zimbabwe's civil servants strike for higher pay
(photo: WN / Eteh)
Zimbabwe's civil servants strike for higher pay
The News & Observer
| HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Zimbabwe's civil servants are on strike after the government refused to meet their salary demands. | The strike is another major challenge for the country's unity government, which was formed last year. | Tendai Chikowore, chairperson of the Public Service Association, said Friday that employees will not to return to work unti...



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