04/10/2008 Indonesia cuts Olympic torch route
INDONESIA has drastically shortened the Olympic torch route through Jakarta following protests in other cities
04/10/2008 China tells IOC to stick to sport
INTERNATIONAL Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge today said protests dogging the torch relay had left the Games in crisis and urged Beijing to honour pledges to improve human rights
04/10/2008 Pants padlocked to stop prostitution
A BID by a local government in Indonesia`s East Java province to curb prostitution by asking masseuses to wear a padlock on their pants was an insult, a newspaper quoted the minister for women`s empowerment as saying
04/10/2008 Rudd welcomed to China`s Great Hall
PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd has been welcomed to China`s Great Hall of the People by Premier Wen Jiabao
04/10/2008 San Francisco relay `an improvement`
THE Olympics will rebound from the "current crisis", International Olympic Committee chief Jacques Rogge says, following days of protests surrounding the torch relay
04/10/2008 China ignores PM`s Tibet comments
CHINA`S state-run press has all but ignored Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd`s comments about human rights problems in Tibet, while lavishing praise on his knowledge of China
04/10/2008 Remember pledge, IOC tells China
INTERNATIONAL Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge called today for China to respect its commitment to improve human rights ahead of the Beijing Games
04/10/2008 Paramilitary patrols Karachi streets
PAKISTAN deployed paramilitary troops and police in Karachi today, a day after clashes between supporters and opponents of President Pervez Musharraf left eight people dead
04/10/2008 Olympics terror plot foiled - China
CHINA says it has cracked two East Turkestan "terrorist`` groups that were aiming to target the Olympics, including plans to kidnap athletes
04/10/2008 Woman chops off husband`s penis
A WOMAN in the Philippines has reportedly cut off her husband`s penis while he was sleeping in their house because she believed he had ben unfaithful to her, a police officer said
04/10/2008 Bone found where pair went missing
A HUMAN bone has been found washed up on a Tasmanian beach where a disabled boy and his carer went missing last month
04/10/2008 Women arrested over torso find
TWO women have been arrested following the discovery of a human torso at a country property yesterday
04/10/2008 `Threats against Moran before shooting`
FOUR days before Melbourne underworld identity Lewis Moran was gunned down, staff at the bar where he was killed evicted a man making loud and abusive threats against him, a court has been told
04/10/2008 Key Moran witness has lost memory
A KEY witness to the murder of Melbourne gangland figure Lewis Moran has lost his memory of the incident and is unable to give evidence against the alleged killer
04/10/2008 Policeman `drove two boots` into drunk
A POLICE officer was "going off his head" when he "drove two boots" into the head of a drunk in custody, a witness has told a Northern Territory court
04/10/2008 `Misfit` online predator jailed
ONE of Australia`s worst and youngest online predators has been called a "gross sort of misfit" by a judge who today sentenced him to almost three years in prison
04/10/2008 203km/h: On phone and over limit
A MAN with no driver`s licence and over the alcohol limit was clocked at 203km/h while talking on his mobile phone, police say
04/10/2008 Beetle-smuggling, it does exist
TWO US men have been charged over an alleged native beetle-smuggling racket
04/10/2008 Man on trial for filming sex
A MAN is on trial charged with 29 counts of filming himself having sex with three women on separate occasions
04/10/2008 Shoes spotted next to HMAS Sydney
IMAGES of sailors shoes resting on the seabed near the watery graves of the HMAS Sydney and the Kormoran were revealed today by shipwreck hunter David Mearns along with new images of the twisted wrecks
That pain is in your pocket
Ouch ... figures show the prices of some basic household items have risen by up to 20 per cent in a year.
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