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Fatalities on the rise
THE weekend's road trauma continues as a crash in the state's south-west put eight in hospital and a Victorian man died after falling from the back of a ute in western NSW. Police initially believed the 31-year-old man, from Rochester, had been left on
Updated: 04/24/2011 10:08A
Biker killed in crash
The crash took place on the B1057 between Haverhill and Steeple Bumpstead yesterday (Saturday, April 23) at about 10.55am. The biker, a man from Suffolk, died at the scene after the impact with a Citreon car driven by a woman from the Braintree area.
Updated: 04/24/2011 10:08A
Dealing in justice is a dark art
Further, as part of the Crown's sentencing recommendation in a drug-trafficking case against his father, the prosecution would recommend the judge impose a non-jail term (although Justice Betty King had the power to ignore this recommendation,
Updated: 04/24/2011 10:08A
First Chornobyl, Then Fukushima. Will Nuclear Energy Survive?
But if the Chornobyl accident in 1986 shook public confidence in nuclear power, it did not spell its end. In the following years, the global rate of new power-plant construction slowed. But nuclear plants still kept on providing about 16 percent of the
Updated: 04/24/2011 10:07A
2 killed, 4 injured in driving stunt in unpaved lot
Randall Landry, 46, and Jose Castillio, 28, died in the crash. Savannah Landry, 26, of Naples was seriously injured and taken to NCH Downtown hospital. Jessica Guzman, 33, of LaBelle, was seriously injured and taken to Lee Memorial hospital.
Updated: 04/24/2011 10:07A
Urgent need for a review of migration law
NOBODY should be surprised if federal law proves incapable of dealing appropriately with those who damaged the Villawood detention centre. The clarity of the normal criminal law will almost certainly be undermined by the muddled thinking that
Updated: 04/24/2011 10:06A
Victim to file against gang-rapists' release
Mukhtar Mai was gang-raped in 2002 by an illegal village council and paraded naked before 500 jeering men as punishment for her 12-year-old brother having spoken to a higher-caste older woman. She became an international symbol in the campaign for
Updated: 04/24/2011 10:06A
Chicken Balls HD for iPad – Game Review
Reminiscent of the very popular 'Angry Birds', Chicken Balls HD features a charming young chicken named Crash, freshly back from the war and hoping for a rest when a UFO crash lands nearby and suddenly you must guide him through a variety of puzzles in
Updated: 04/24/2011 10:05A
Letters: April 24, 2011
This may relate to our efforts to bring justice and democracy to such places as Vietnam and Afghanistan. Democracy never takes hold until the people are ready for it. Undeclared wars of the last half century include Vietnam, the Persian Gulf War, Iraq,
Updated: 04/24/2011 10:05A
Editorial: I-85 speeds need to be lowered
The crash data reviewed did not reveal any patterns that would be unexpected for a roadway approaching 50000 vehicles per day.” Perhaps the formulated data is correct. X-amount of vehicles in specific areas should equate to designated speed limits.
Updated: 04/24/2011 10:05A
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