Friday, February 13, 2004
Law eyes BAFTA on road to Oscars
Jude Law is on the Oscar trail and first stop is London, where he is fancied to land a BAFTA, Britain's equivalent of Hollywood's top accolade, on Sunday. [MORE]
WA warned of rail disruptions
Train services in Western Australia are likely to be disrupted all weekend, despite an Industrial Relations Commission order that striking drivers return to work.[MORE]
Australia 'awarded ' environmental booby prize
Australia has been awarded the first booby prize for environmental protection by the conservation group Greenpeace. [MORE]
Court considers request for accused to undergo tribal punishment
The Supreme Court in Darwin is considering whether a defendant should be allowed bail to undergo a spearing in the leg as a form of tribal punishment.[MORE]
Pair charged after cop knocked off motorbike
A man and woman have been charged after a police officer was knocked off his motorcycle during a chase through Kambah in the Australian Capital Territory.[MORE]
Fire ravages Vic furniture warehouse
A fire at a furniture warehouse at Bairnsdale in eastern Victoria has caused more than $100,000 damage.[MORE]
Former Chechen leader injured in bomb blast: report
The Al Jazeera television station has reported that former Chechen president Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev has been seriously injured in a bomb blast in Qatar.[MORE]
Pigs on a roll
The West Sydney Razorbacks consolidated their third place on the National Basketball League table with a comfortable 14-point win over the Adelaide 36ers on Friday night.[MORE]
Pigs on a roll
The West Sydney Razorbacks consolidated their third place on the National Basketball League table with a comfortable 14-point win over the Adelaide 36ers on Friday night.[MORE]
Korean sports czar facing bribery charges
A leading International Olympic Committee official - the South Korean sports czar Kim Un-Yong - has been charged with bribery and embezzlement.[MORE]
Brooks fires Adelaide into top three
Adelaide United moved up to third place on the National Soccer League table after a tense 1-0 win over Wollongong Wolves on Friday night.[MORE]
Brooks fires Adelaide into top three
Adelaide United moved up to third place on the National Soccer League table after a tense 1-0 win over Wollongong Wolves on Friday night.[MORE]
High Court upholds unlawful sex sentence
The High Court has refused to hear an appeal by a Northern Territory Aboriginal man convicted of unlawful sex with his 15-year-old promised wife.[MORE]
Indonesia allows Aceh election observers
Indonesia will allow foreign observers to monitor elections in war-torn Aceh but an election watchdog has questioned whether fair elections can be held there while the province is under martial law. [MORE]
E Timor welcomes start of gas field production
Production has started at an offshore gas field which is expected to earn impoverished East Timor more than $AU126 million a year. [MORE]
Woodward denies interest in South Africa coaching job
England coach Clive Woodward has dismissed reports that he expressed an interest in coaching South Africa only weeks after his team won the World Cup final last November.[MORE]
Seven charged over $5m cannabis haul
Cannabis plants with a street value of around $5 million were confiscated by police on the far north coast of New South Wales this week.[MORE]
No Iraqi elections expected before US rule ends
UN officials have virtually ruled out elections in Iraq before a transfer of power on June 30 but might be able to schedule them before the end of the year.[MORE]
Antarctic Division defends use of Russian ship
The Antarctic Division says there are no plans to upgrade accommodation on the Russian ship, the Vasiliy Golovnin.[MORE]
Bomb joke lands Australian traveller in court
An Australia-bound passenger has landed in court instead of Brisbane after making a drunken joke before take-off in New Zealand about having a bomb in his suitcase. [MORE]
US investigates Iraq mole possibility
Officials at the Pentagon have expressed concern that insurgents may be staging attacks in Iraq based on inside information about US operations.[MORE]
S Korea approves troops for Iraq
South Korea's parliament has approved a government plan to send 3,000 troops to help with the reconstruction of Iraq. [MORE]
Hoddle wants Southampton return
Former Southampton manager Glenn Hoddle says he is keen to return to the English Premier League club in place of Gordon Strachan, who announced last month he was quitting at the end of the season.[MORE]
Israeli soldier charged in Briton's shooting death
The Israeli military says it has charged with manslaughter a soldier suspected of shooting dead a British activist as he helped Palestinian civilians take cover during a clash in the Gaza Strip last year. [MORE]
US firm buys Qld shale oil company
The company that controls a major portion of shale oil deposits on Australia's east coast has been sold to a foreign owner.[MORE]
