http://www.abc.net.au/news/justin News as it happens from around Australia and the world http://www.abc.net.au/news/ http://abc.net.au/news/img/newslogo88.gif http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss ABC News Online Fri, 08 Aug 2008 05:39:01 +1000 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 05:39:01 +1000 China says its ready for its Olympic Games, however pollution concerns and a new terror threat cloud the Game's kick off. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/08/2328137.htm 2328137 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 05:01:00 +1000 olympics-summer terrorism china The world's largest insurer, American International Group (AIG), has become the latest financial services company to suffer the brunt of the global credit crisis. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/08/2328125.htm 2328125 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 01:14:00 +1000 business-economics-and-finance economic-trends industry insurance united-states An explosion in Russia's southern resort city of Sochi has killed two people and injured three others. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/08/2328124.htm 2328124 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 01:13:00 +1000 law-crime-and-justice russian-federation The South African Government says talks on resolving Zimbabwe's political crisis are progressing extremely well. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/07/2328114.htm 2328114 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:36:00 +1000 world-politics unrest-conflict-and-war south-africa zimbabwe Eight members of one Iraqi family, including three woman and two children, have been killed when an old mine brought home by one of their children exploded inside their house, police have said. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/08/2328122.htm 2328122 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:44:00 +1000 unrest-conflict-and-war iraq A new plan could potentially be the answer to the Murray-Darling river's ongoing water issues. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/08/2328121.htm 2328121 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:26:00 +1000 environment conservation dams-and-reservoirs government-and-politics federal-government rivers water australia nsw qld sa vic Rower James Tomkins has been confirmed as Australia's flag bearer for tomorrow night's opening ceremony. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/07/2328094.htm 2328094 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:34:00 +1000 sport olympics-summer rowing china Egyptian scientists are doing DNA tests on stillborn children found in the tomb of the Pharoah Tutankhamun in the hope of identifying their mother and grandmother, who may be the powerful queen Nefertiti, Egypt's chief archaeologist says. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/07/2328115.htm 2328115 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:39:00 +1000 history human-interest archaeology egypt Afghan police have detained an Islamic cleric for allegedly presiding over the marriage of a seven-year-old girl to a teenage boy in a remote northern town, police have said. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/07/2328113.htm 2328113 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:15:00 +1000 community-and-society family-and-children law-crime-and-justice crime children afghanistan China says it is opposed to any outside interference in response to US President Bush criticising its human rights record. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/07/2328105.htm 2328105 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:12:00 +1000 world-politics law-crime-and-justice rights human-rights china united-states Pakistan's ruling coalition has agreed to begin impeachment proceedings against President Pervez Musharraf. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/07/2328013.htm 2328013 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:13:00 +1000 world-politics pakistan An estimated 1,500 Tibetans have staged a protest in Nepal's capital Kathmandu, expressing their anger towards China on the eve of the Beijing Olympics, police and eyewitnesses said. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/07/2328035.htm 2328035 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:04:00 +1000 world-politics unrest-conflict-and-war activism-and-lobbying nepal Marine scientists have found that Australia's east coast climate zones have moved south by 200 kilometres over the past 60 years. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/07/2328046.htm 2328046 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:15:00 +1000 environment climate-change oceans-and-reefs science-and-technology research australia An air-conditioning problem forced the cancellation of a Qantas flight in Melbourne. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/07/2328037.htm 2328037 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:06:00 +1000 business-economics-and-finance company-news industry air-transport australia vic melbourne-3000 Australian scientists are taking a novel approach in treating women with schizophrenia. They have just published the findings of a clinical trial using the female hormone oestrogen. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/07/2327775.htm 2327775 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:20:00 +1000 doctors-and-medical-professionals medical-research mental-health womens-health australia vic melbourne-3000 WA Premier Alan Carpenter has announced the state will go to the polls on September 6. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/07/2327923.htm 2327923 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:48:00 +1000 government-and-politics elections governors-general-and-state-governors parliament political-parties labor-party wa perth-6000 Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, facing a spate of corruption charges at home, will return to Thailand from an overseas trip by August 11 as planned, his spokeswoman said. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/07/2328027.htm 2328027 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:40:00 +1000 world-politics law-crime-and-justice thailand NSW juror guidelines are under examination after the Gordon Wood murder trial in Sydney was derailed by jury misconduct. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/07/2328021.htm 2328021 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:30:00 +1000 law-crime-and-justice crime courts-and-trials judges-and-legal-professionals murder-and-manslaughter australia nsw Leaders of a military coup in Mauritania have released a statement saying they will hold "free and transparent" presidential elections "in the shortest time possible". http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/07/2328002.htm 2328002 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:00:00 +1000 world-politics unrest-conflict-and-war mauritania Queensland Police say a body found in the Gold Coast hinterland is missing bushwalker Robert Young. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/07/2327850.htm 2327850 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:48:00 +1000 disasters-and-accidents emergency-incidents missing-person australia qld bli-bli-4560 maroochydore-4558 southport-4215 The United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has warned northern Pacific nations they are facing a growing problem with illegal drugs. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/07/2327994.htm 2327994 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:48:00 +1000 law-crime-and-justice crime drug-offences pacific Caltex Australia has warned a forum on emissions trading that current proposals for carbon trading could shutdown petroleum refineries in Australia. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/07/2327987.htm 2327987 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:36:00 +1000 business-economics-and-finance industry oil-and-gas environment climate-change government-and-politics tax australia Russia's Foreign Ministry says Georgia is preparing for war in its breakaway region of South Ossetia, after reports of overnight fighting in the area. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/07/2327984.htm 2327984 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:32:00 +1000 world-politics unrest-conflict-and-war georgia russian-federation A Sydney court has heard a 40-year-old woman downloaded pornographic images of children because she was role-playing with men. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/07/2327982.htm 2327982 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:30:00 +1000 pornography law-crime-and-justice crime courts-and-trials nsw surry-hills-2010 sydney-2000