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Less racism, More protection please.

Several Melbourne police officers of various rank have been caught joking about the electrocution of an Indian man on board a train, joking that it could be the solution to Melbourne's Indian problem. The officers circulated racist comments and videos through the police email network, some emails containing footage of the mans death.
A sergeant, two leading senior constables and a senior constable have already been fired and six other low-ranking police have been demoted or fined. Fifteen officers will face court in the following weeks.

Full Story HERE

Women says she wanted to purify her husbands penis.

An Adelaide women charged with murdering her husband by setting him alight, said she just wanted to "purify his penis", to cleanse him of the affair he had been involved with and she wanted him to stay with her.

Rajini Narayan, 46, has pleaded not guilty to killing 47-year-old Satish Narayan by pouring petrol on him and setting him on fire as he lay in bed at their Adelaide home in December, 2008.

"He was my hero, the man of my life, the love of my life," she told the court. "I was going to purify his penis, leave a mark there and he would remain with me. He would be mine." The accused said she had snapped, dousing her man's back with petrol when he called her a fat, dumb bitch.

The trial still continues.

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Qantas Flight Terror

Around midnight last night, a ranting man declared to passengers on board Qantas flight QF029 to London via Hong Kong, that he was going to open the plane door, kill himself and that everyone was going to die. The man was said to be praying in what was recognized in Hebrew claiming that his action would be the will of God. The man was quickly detained and handcuffed and monitored for the rest of the journey to Hong Kong where he was met by Chinese officials and seven police men. Thankfully there were no reports of injuries and everyone seems to be fine ignoring the fright some people sitting near the man received. The cabin crew of the Qantas flight has been praised for their efficiency in dealing with the matter and for maintaining calm and order among the rest of the passengers.

A man onboard a Qantas flight threatened to kill himself and passengers

Full story HERE

Car Bomb explodes in Northern Ireland

On Tuesday evening, a bomb planted in a car exploded outside a shopping center in the Northern Irish city of Londonderry, causing a fair amount of damage but no injuries.
"Shortly after midnight a device in a Corsa car exploded outside a bank at the rear of the Da Vinci retail complex" said a spokesman from the Police Service of Northern Ireland.
"A warning had been received just an hour earlier and a cordon was in place".
The surrounding area, inclusive of dozens of houses and businesses, had been evacuated prior to the incident.

Londonderry city center

Yum Yum dies :(

Australia's oldest living African elephant has died, with staff and animals from Taronga Western Plains Zoo now in mourning.

Yum Yum was the longest serving resident of the park, in Dubbo, central NSW, and will be sorely missed by locals and tourists alike. She was put down after suffering a digestive-related illness, aged approximately 41.

"Staff at Taronga Western Plains Zoo are deeply saddened by the passing of Yum Yum," general manager Matt Fuller said in a statement. "Yum Yum had a unique personality," Mr Fuller continued. "She was quietly assertive and was very easy going. She was highly intelligent and enjoyed learning new behaviours".

Yum Yum's health had been under observation for some time before her death due to her age, which led to a special aged care program being devised by her keepers.

Unfortunately, though, she took an unexpected turn for the worse. She was monitored around the clock but continued to deteriorate and on Saturday staff made the difficult and sad decision to put her down.

According to The World Wildlife Fund, African elephants can live until 70 but they are susceptible to age-related illness.

A zoo spokesman said Yum Yum was suffering from a digestive illness and that final tests would be carried out to determine the exact cause of death.

Yum Yum and another elephant, Cuddles

Flying Cars? AND, Flying Boats?... What the....?

The US has invested a further 3 million dollars into the development of a Flying Humvee. It wants to develop a car with vertical take off capabilities to remove the hassle of walls as well as avoid the hazards of improvised explosive devices (IED's). The company in charge of the creation has already started taking refundable deposits on the cars that are expected to be made withing the first two or three years. Unfortunately this technology will not be for use by civilians despite its possible solution to our traffic jams.

Concept image of the flying Humvee.

Furthermore continuing the arms race between America and the Middle East Iran has also invested in "Transformer" like technology with its development of the "Bavar 2" a small reconnaissance boat/plane, which it says is able to avoid radar by flying at low altitude. Though there are inherent problems with this technology this is an important stepping stone for the development of this technology for the future of warfare.

Iran's squadron or should i say fleet, of boat/planes.

Full story HERE

What is this world coming to?

A 19-year-old man has allegedly snuck into the house of a 60-year-old women and stabbed her in the neck and the head, while she was asleep in her bed, on Saturday night, in the town of Woolooga.

She fought off the intruder and sought help from one of her neighbours, before being taken Gympie Hospital for treatment to head and neck injures, which are believed to be non-life-threatening.

The Woolooga man has also been charged with burglary and wounding. He is expected to appear in Gympie Magistrates Court on Monday. Police say the man was known to the woman and no one else was in the house at the time.

Story by ninemsn.com

OMG..Epic fail for ANTM.

It will go down as one of the worst and most awkward moments in Australian television history ever.

Last night on the finale of Australia's Next Top Model, series eight, everything went horribly wrong. Host Sarah Murdoch, looked sick-to-her stomach and the cameras caught every moment as she realised she had read out the wrong name on live television.



Model Kelsey Martinovich, from Sydney, was jumping about the stage in a state of euphoria, having just been told that she had beaten would-be catwalk stalkers from all over the country to claim the prize of Australia's Top Model.  She was saying  her thank-yous when she was interrupted as Murdoch had realised what had happened.

As the announced runner up Amanda Ware  – the show's eventual winner – made her polite second place thank-yous, a look of sheer panic hit Murdoch's face. Someone in her ear-piece was delivering the news.

Oh my God, I don't know what to say right now," Murdoch interrupted. "I'm feeling a bit sick about this. I'm so sorry about this, oh my God. I don't know what to say. This is a complete accident, I'm so sorry. It's Amanda...it was fed to me wrong. "This is what happens when you have live TV folks, I'm so sorry, this is insane."
Ware, from Queensland, was the real winner.\

For her part, Martinovich, took the news gracefully as the once cheering audience looked on now in silence.
"You won it's fine... it's an honest mistake, it's fine," Martinovich told Ware.

Murdoch told the audience that the lead had been constantly changing with a couple of votes from the public the only the difference between winning and losing. "Sarah handled what was a difficult situation with utmost professionalism and grace. Amanda and Kelsey were neck and neck in the voting all night.

Someone will be in the bad books for a long time within the Foxtel family. Opps...

Possible actors strike plagues 'The Hobbit'

Warner Bros., New Line and all the other financial players involved in The Hobbit are yet to receive the green light for the movie, but somehow there is already another hurdle this troubled production must jump over in order to begin filming. The Screen Actors Guild is urging actors to boycott the upcoming production as part of an international effort being organised by New Zealand’s Actor’s Equity and its umbrella company, the Australian Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA), to force the production into a contract for its actors. Meaning a future where Ian McKellan doesn't reprise his role as Gandalf could become real.

Peter Jackson, the film’s producer and expected director is angered by the labor groups. Jackson has invested millions of dollars into his home country’s economy by locating his previous epic adventures such as Lord of the Rings and King Kong in the country, as well as his studio WETA. He issued a scathing statement to the New Zealand press calling the MEAA “an Australian bully boy” with an agenda based solely on “money and power.” Jackson threatens that the production could move to Eastern Europe if the proposed boycott is not called off. He warns that these business practices could lead to a “long, dry big-budget movie drought in this country".

Euthanasia laws unlikely to ever find common ground.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard has said that the overwhelming technicalities surrounding the legalisation of euthanasia  seem "almost impossible" to navigate, but she is still open to debating the issue.    

The issue was brought up when the Australian Greens began the push to give terminally ill people in the NT or the ACT the right to die, as one of the parties top priorities.

Ms Gillard has promised Labor MPs a conscience vote on the issue, but said today she had some of her own reservations.

"I find it almost impossible to conceptualise how there would be appropriate steps and safeguards," she told Network Ten.

"Intellectually, people should be able to make their own decision, but I find it very hard to conceptualise how we would have the sort of safeguards that we would need if we did say that euthanasia was legal."

According to a News Limited poll published earlier in the week, approximately four out of five Australians would like the federal government to allow the territories to legalise euthanasia.

Ms Gillard said it was a matter for individuals, "not looking at the newspaper polls".

She has reserved her final decision until she has seen the full details of the Greens' proposed bill.

Modern Day Einsteins.

Researchers in the United States have for the first time shown that time passes faster the higher up you are.
In relation to Albert Einstein's theory of relativity, they attempted to show that someone living or working long hours in a top floor apartment or office will age quicker than someone on the ground floor. To understand this some understanding of the theory of relativity must be had. Einstein theorized that a clock at a higher elevation would tick faster than a clock at a lower elevation due to the varying influence of gravity on the two clocks. This theory has since been proven to be true. Using state of the art atomic clocks which are accurate to the point that they only loose less than a second every 3.7 billion years the researchers have proven that time moves more quickly the higher up a staircase you travel. So people living in top floor apartments will age more quickly, but Dr Chou says it is not a difference that is worth worrying about.

"Just one foot height difference would get you older by 100 billionths of a second or 90 billionths of a second over 79 years of life, so that is quite negligible, so people shouldn't worry about high elevation they are living," 

Full story HERE

The Australian Galaxy Tab to rival iPad

According to Smarthouse, Samsung has released the official price of the Australian Galaxy Tab (a clear attempt to rival the iPad). The new gadget is said to price at AU$999, meaning it is pricier than Apple’s 32GB 3G + WiFi iPad.
Although the idea of a more expensive, perhaps lesser quality 'iPad' seems null to some, it does have some clear advantages. Unlike the iPad, the Galaxy Tab has a camera and flash, USB connectivity, and increased mobility as it is small enough to fit in clothing pockets. Rumour has it, however, that there is a new camera equipped, 7-inch iPad in the works. 
Good luck, Samsung Galaxy Tab.

Will the Commonwealth Game continue?

The fear that the commonwealth games will not continue has been carried on from the weekend, where several attacks in Delhi cast fear for the safety of the athletes during the games. And now following on from the weekends terrorist attacks there is another issue questioning the continuation of the Delhi Commonwealth games. The attention has turned to the athletes village, which the teams are saying is no where near ready. Dave Currie who is in Delhi told New Zealand radio station NewstalkZB 


"If the village is not ready and athletes can't come, obviously the implications of that are that it's not going to happen," he said. "I think they are in severe difficulties...In the timeframe that is left, unless there is tremendous effort and energy and problem-solving ability to get it done, I think it's going to be extremely hard to get across the line...They've got a little bit of time but it's kind of two seconds to midnight really."

There is two days left for the planned completion of the athletes village. Will they finish in time? Will the games continue?

Full Story HERE.

Indian workers on the construction of the Village.

Freddie Mercury Biopic

A new film depicting the early life of Freddie Mercury is in the works, with Sacha Baron Cohen tipped to play the incredible musician. The film will focus on the early career of Mercury, up until Queen’s performance at live aid in 1985.

Some controversy is already surfacing as the films director, Peter Morgan (Frost/Nixon, The Queen) will not be addressing Mercurys AIDS related death, which occurred in 1991. The bio-pick will begin filming next year.

Top Five Stories For the Week!

Here are the TOP FIVE news stories for the week of the 13th of September till the 19th of Spetember:


1. Oprah is coming down under


OPRAH Winfrey sent 300 audience members in her Chicago studio into a frenzy after the US talk show queen announced she was flying them to Australia for an eight-day adventure. "We're going to Australia, we're going to Australia!'' Winfrey told the audience.
To help break the news, Winfrey recruited longtime Qantas ambassador, Hollywood star and pilot John Travolta. During her Australian visit Winfrey will film several episodes of her talkshow, including at the Sydney Opera House on December 14, when the iconic building will be transformed into the Sydney "Oprah" House.
VIDEO: Oprah's coming to Australia


2. Jothnathan Thurston arrested in Brisbane


Thurston was  arrested for drunk and disorderly behaviour in Brisbane's CBD. North Queensland Cowboys skipper Thurston and another man were arrested about 4.15am (AEST) today for disorderly behaviour. Just another blunder for the NRL, where one of the greats is caught acting like drunken school boy.


3. Socceroo Craig Moore arrseted in Dubai

Craig Moore has been releasedon bail in Dubai but has at least a two-day wait before fronting a court over an alleged alcohol-related offence.  Moore, 34, who retired after the 2010 World Cup, was arrested on Wednesday after an alleged drunken altercation with police in the Persian Gulf emirate, which is known for its tough penal system. He will have to wait until Sunday to face court because the Dubai judiciary does not usually operate on Friday, a Muslim holy day.

4. Drought over, but here come the locusts.

Even though Austrlain crops have had their best winter yet, earning $2.8 billion in NSW. NSW Primary Industries Minister Steve Whan says the "terrific" rain since the start of 2010, including the wettest August in seven years.  

But locusts could still dash hopes, he said. Weather conditions during harvest time would also dictate yields.

"We're looking at the worst (locust) plague in 30 years so ... I guess it's biblical proportions when we talk about pests." There are set to destroy what could have been the best crops in years.

5. Britt's parents return to Dubrovnik.

The parents of backpacker Britt Lapthorne say they cannot stop their for justice and have vowed to return each year to the place where she died. Dale and Elke Lapthorne spoke on Friday from popular Croatian holiday spot Dubrovnik on the eve of the second anniversary of their 21-year-old daughter's disappearance.

The Victorian student vanished from a popular Dubrovnik nightclub in the early hours of September 18, 2008 while out partying with friends. Her body was found in a nearby bay 18 days later by local fishermen.

Mr Lapthorne said while the Croatian police had not closed the case, it was lying dormant.

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