PETER RABBIT PROGRAM.(CAPITAL REGION)

CLIFTON PARK -- Children ages 4-6 accompanied by an adult are invited to register for ``Be Curious About... Beatrix Potter and Peter Rabbit'' at the Shenendehowa Public Library on Monday. Register in person or by calling the library at 371-8622. Space is limited.

The family program celebrating the 100th anniversary of Beatrix Potter's book, ``The Tale of Peter Rabbit'' will be held Monday, July 1, from 1:15 to 2 p.m. at the library.

Youth jobs offered CLIFTON PARK -- Young adults seeking employment or an employer looking for a worker can call the Job Connection youth …

RECYCLING IN COLONIE OFF TO A GOOD START.(Local)

Byline: Vincent Jackson Staff writer

A majority of town residents have been complying with the three-day-old mandatory curbside recycling program, according to local garbage haulers.

Beginning Monday, about 25,000 town households had to make sure their garbage contained no recyclables - metals, plastics, newspapers, cardboard or glass. Residents are having their recyclable materials collected by the same private firms that collect their trash.

"I think they're all trying, about 95 percent," said Art Norris, president of Norris Disposal in Loudonville, about his approximately 1,000 Colonie residential accounts. "They're doing all right. The …

Friends of missing Utah mom launch Web media blitz

Friends and family of Susan Powell are launching a social media blitz in the search for the missing Utah mother of two.

James Hofheins, one of the organizers, says the three-day effort beginning Monday will use Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to information about Powell and her picture throughout the Internet.

He says there will also be a purple ribbon campaign and Facebook users are …

Houston Office Building Burns

HOUSTON - Fire broke out Wednesday in a six-story office building, and firefighters used ladders to rescue people as flames shot through the top floors. Five people were injured.

Flames and smoke spread through the top floors of the building in northeast Houston. Television footage showed fire personnel guiding people down ladders leaned against the building.

Heavy smoke blanketed a nearby eight-lane freeway during the evening rush …

Winner Web Sites.(A survey of community bank websites)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

Community banks are slowly adapting to the World Wide Web's interactive capabilities, says the consulting firm RSM McGladrey Inc., St. Paul, Minn. In its annual survey of community bank websites, the firm reported that 55 percent of the sites it reviewed had moved beyond the electronic brochure phase and had developed sites with transactional capabilities.

Overall winner of the firm's outstanding website award for banks with assets of $3 billion or less was Citizens Business Bank of Ontario, Calif. www.cbbank.com, whose site permits customers to look at balances, transfer funds (worldwide), pay bills, stop payments, order checks, communicate with product managers and …

Fates & Fortunes.

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Dianne Smith , partner in the public policy and regulatory group, Holland + Knight LLP, has joined Fox Television Stations as VP of legal/FCC compliance.

Bob Cleary , WMC Memphis, has joined KRIS Communications Corpus Christi as director of sales.

Wilson Walker , weekend producer, KPIX San Francisco, has been promoted to producer, Eyewitness News at 11 . Also at KPIX, Jennifer Casillan , KGTV San Diego, has been named writer/fill-in producer.

J.P. Hannan , CEO, Independent Media Advisory and Hannan Ventures, has joined Asian Media Group as a board member.

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CLINTON TO PICK NO. 2 JUSTICE OFFICIAL.(MAIN)

Byline: Washington Post

WASHINGTON -- President Clinton plans to nominate Eric H. Holder Jr., the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, to become the No. 2 official at the Justice Department -- a move that would make him the highest-ranking African-American law-enforcement officer in U.S. history.

White House officials informed Holder on Tuesday evening that Clinton wanted him to replace Deputy Attorney General Jamie S. Gorelick, who announced her resignation in January, administration sources familiar with the deliberations said. The White House is …

IBM wins contract with Quippo to revamp IT systems

IBM Corp. said Thursday it has a deal to revamp the information technology structure of a company called Quippo-WTTIL, which rents communications towers to service providers in India.

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Anthem for the Underdog

12 Stones, Anthem for the Underdog CD, www.12stones.com

Apparently, this hot plate is dedicated to the survivors of Hurricane Katrina. Can they give back a dedication? Because this is crap. I mean, I hate to be the one-sheet critic, but they claim this is the sound of the band …

Adjusters learn lessons from major cat losses; Hurricanes, quakes provide difficult working conditions.(NEWS)

Byline: JEFF CASALE

August marks the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, but memories of the most destructive storm in recorded U.S. history are still fresh in the minds of the claims adjusters who worked in its aftermath.

Many claims adjusters who worked in New Orleans after the Category 5 hurricane hit Aug. 29, 2005, say it was the catastrophe that changed the way catastrophic events are handled. It forced people who usually worked independently to work together; posed claims-handing challenges in nearly every stage from communication to resolution; and tested the mental, emotional and physical states of all involved to rebuild a devastated region.

"Katrina was the most (challenging) storm the insurance industry had experienced to date, said Rich Lafayette, Atlanta-based vp global technical services unit and managing director of the Southeast region for Crawford & Co. "It made us rethink how to handle catastrophe claims completely because there was so …

TOLLES CLOSE TO FIRST TOUR WIN.(SPORTS)

Byline: GORDON SAKAMOTO Associated Press

HONOLULU (AP) -- It's old hat for Davis Love III, but to Tommy Tolles, Sunday's final round of the inaugural Sony Open will be a rare experience.

Tolles, still looking for his first victory after six years on the PGA Tour, shot a 3-under-par 67 Saturday to reach the final round in the lead at 202, 8-under after three rounds.

A stroke behind after a bogey-free 7-under 63 is Love, winner of 13 PGA Tour titles, including a major.

``Davis has a lot of experience,'' Tolles said. ``He is not going to cut any slack. I have more at stake. I'm trying to get over the hump and win my first tournament.

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French Football Results

Results from the 10th round of the French first-division football league (home teams listed first):

Saturday's Games

Bordeaux 3, Le Mans 0

Boulogne 1, Monaco 3

Grenoble 1, Nancy 2

Nice 4, Lyon …

Emirates SkyCargo launches new freighter service.

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Emirates SkyCargo, the freighter division of Dubai based carrier Emirates, on Monday announced the launch of its new Far East and Australasia service.

The weekly service is operated with a Boeing 777 freighter and will fly Dubai-Singapore-Sydney-Hong …

The Advice For CU Mortgage Lenders? "Nichify Yourself!'.

LAS VEGAS -- According to one mortgage lender, the secret to success can be as simple as being different from the competition.

"Any specific segment of the market can be successful," Brian Farley told attendees of the recent American Credit Union Mortgage Association (ACUMA) conference here. Farley, the president of Middletown, R.I.-based Pride Mortgage, began his presentation with a slide that stated: "Nichify yourself! Focus on the critical few...not the insignificant many."

Farley used himself as an example. Years ago, when he was struggling to make ends meet, he decided in order to succeed he had to find a niche for himself. He discovered a high …

USPTO ISSUES TRADEMARK: WEALTH VISOR

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 14 -- The trademark WEALTH VISOR (Reg. No. 3959658) was issued on May 10 by the USPTO.

Owner: Orchestra Wealth, Inc. CORPORATION DELAWARE 301 West Crockett Street Seattle WASHINGTON 98119.

The trademark application serial number 85032444 was filed on May 6, 2010 and was registered on May 10.

Goods and Services: Providing a searchable online advertising website and informational guide featuring the goods and services of other vendors via the Internet in the field of financial advisors; Providing a web site where users can post ratings, reviews and recommendations on products and services for commercial purposes. FIRST USE: 20100701. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 20100701

Financial services, namely, providing information in the fields of foreign currency, commodities, financial derivatives, interest rate products, and equities via the Internet and intranet systems; Providing a web site featuring personal financial information and financial advice; Providing a web site where users can post ratings, reviews and recommendations on stocks, bonds, mutual funds and other financial instruments; Providing information and advice in the field of finance, financial investments, financial valuations, and the financial aspects of retirement; Providing on-line financial calculators. FIRST USE: 20100701. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 20100701

For any query with respect to this article or any other content requirement, please contact Editor at htsyndication@hindustantimes.com

Reunion set to continue.

ORGANISERS of the joint reunion of Withinfields Primary School, Southowram, and Victoria Secondary School, Brighouse, have decided the show will go on.

The future of the reunion hung in the balance as organisers, Barry Chapman, Peter Edwards and Jacqueline Mallett, announced they were standing down last month.

But during the reunion at the Lightcliffe Club on Friday night Mr Chapman and Mr Edwards did an unexpected U-turn as they decided to continue organising the reunion.

Mr Chapman said everyone wanted it to continue but no one wanted to take it on. "It is my baby and I realised that I didn't want to give it up and Peter offered to help so we decided to do it again. Everyone gave us a round of applause."

Mrs Mallett nee Pape who has been organising the reunion for the past three years announced during the speeches that she would still be stepping down due to health problems but that she will help the duo where she could.

The sad part of the evening, which was attended by more than 70 people, was the reading of the names of eight people who had died since last year's reunion. They were John Rukin, 66, Jean Barrett, 74, Eric Hemingway, 85, Ken Heath, 85, Barry Holdsworth, 55, Ann Oxtoby, 65, Conrad Thompson, 77, and Keith Belshaw, 65.

Next year's event has been booked at Lightcliffe Club for Friday, October 12, 2012.

Landlord's Eviction Attempt May Be an End Run Around the Law

Q My landlord is a friend of a friend and has been wonderful fortwo years. We never had a lease, but we've gotten along famously. Weeven exchanged Christmas gifts. But now his mother and new wife -- he already lived upstairs -- have moved in. Since then, he hastaken away my garden privileges and started acting strangely.

They have also started making a lot of noise and have cut off ourcable and Internet service, which were always included in the rent.My landlord then served me with an eviction notice, saying I haven'tpaid rent since December! However, the amount of back rent he quoteddoesn't add up. We live paycheck to paycheck. What should I do? -- Washington

ARenting without a written lease is never a good idea. A leaseprovides a rubric to help you understand your rights and duties as atenant, and it protects you from illegal actions by your landlord.

Because you don't have a lease, however, check out your localhousing office's resources.

Karyn-Siobhan Robinson, a spokeswoman for the District'sDepartment of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, suggests that youinvestigate whether your landlord properly registered his unit withthe D.C. government. Landlords in the District are required toobtain a basic business license and certificate of occupancy. Somelandlords might skip this process, Robinson said, because of theextra work involved, including a safety check.

Your landlord should have had D.C. Superior Court serve you withan eviction notice. If your notice was not from Superior Court,write a letter to your landlord disputing the allegation, Robinsonsays. Gather proof of all your rental payments, which ideally weremade by check or direct deposit.

Also, consult the DCRA's Office of the Tenant Advocate, whichhelps tenants in complicated, contentious or confusing situations."This is not something a tenant should be doing on her own. That'swhy the Office of Tenant Advocate was created," Robinson said. "Youmay find out the landlord was doing everything right, but if not,the office is there to help further."

The office was established almost two years ago to help educaterenters on their legal rights, help them navigate mediation andadjudication services, and provide free legal help to those in need.Learn more by calling 202-442-4400 or visiting www.dcra.dc.gov.

Find out your rights before giving in to what seems like anunfair, sudden change in your living situation.

I live in a basement apartment, and I can hear every noise madeby my landlords (who live upstairs) and their two daughters, who areboth under age 3. They walk or run on the floor upstairs; also, thechildren constantly cry from the minute they get home until they goto bed.

I have gotten somewhat used to it in the year I have lived here,but it's unpleasant. Apartment buildings often have a rule that acertain percentage of the floor has to be covered by a carpet so asnot to disturb people below. What are my rights to remedy this? Dothey have to cover their floors? I think this takes away from the"quiet enjoyment" of my apartment.

-- Washington.

Rules that landlords of apartment buildings make regardingcarpeting are not legal requirements, which means your landlordshave no obligation to cover their floors. And unless the family isloud enough to disturb the general peace (which includes otherneighbors), walking and crying noises are unlikely to violate yourright to quiet enjoyment.

However, this does not mean you are out of luck. Talk to yourlandlords and ask whether they would be willing to put down carpetor help you otherwise soundproof your living space. Judging from thescene you have painted, they are unlikely to disagree that there isa lot of noise. Make sure they understand that you do not feelrelaxed or properly cared for as a tenant. If they want to keep you,they will do what they can to help.

Alternative means of dampening the sound include using big piecesof furniture, high-powered ear plugs or a white-noise machine. Oryou can move.

I just moved to a new building and realized that the laundry roomis open only from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Is this a normal practice inapartment buildings? It seems difficult to do laundry if I workduring those hours. So do a lot of other people, so weekends seem tobring out the masses to fight over the machines. -- Burlington,Vt.

Landlords have the authority to set laundry-room access times andprocedures, but they usually they give their tenants more hours toaccess laundry facilities.

Ask your landlord about the policy. It's possible that there issomething you don't know -- crime or chaos in the laundry room maybe what led to the limits.

Of course, maybe there is a way to access the facilities after 4p.m. but no one has told you.

If there's not, suggest that management reconsider the hours orcontrol the access in another way so that residents can use itanytime. You can also ask your neighbors for tips on how they cope.If that doesn't work, consider visiting a local laundry at a timethat better suits your schedule.

Do you have questions, comments or ideas about apartment life?Contact Sara Gebhardt via e-mail at aptlife@gmail.com or by mail, c/o Real Estate Editor, The Washington Post, 1150 15th St. NW,Washington, D.C. 20071.

Heeding a call to arms, heading to the front line

Growing up in Fairfax as the son of Libyan dissidents, HeshamMansur was well aware of the horrors of Col. Moammar Gaddafi'sgovernment.

But when the U.S.-born computer networking student registered forclasses this semester at George Mason University, he had no ideathat he would soon be in Libya, trying to overthrow that governmenthimself.

"One of the Facebook comments was, 'If you're so brave, go do ityourself,' " Mansur, 27, said, recalling the flurry of Internetmessages between Libyans abroad as the uprising gained steam. So onFeb. 28, less than two weeks after the protests began, he packed upmedical supplies donated from Libyans in the United States, flew toCairo and crossed into Libya by land.

He was not alone. For Libyans living in the United States,Germany, Sweden, Britain and elsewhere, the sight of theircountrymen rising against Gaddafi's 41-year rule inspired them toput their own lives on hold and race out to help.

"I felt like I'd done all the Twittering I could do," said AhmedHnesh, 29, a management consultant from Falls Church who is friendswith Mansur and arrived here a few days before him.

The returnees number in the hundreds, if not more. Many weredissidents or are the children of dissidents. They came back toprovide humanitarian aid, moral support, expertise and front-linemuscle.

The rebels' provisional government includes a number of returneesfrom abroad, their cosmopolitanism and fluency in European languageshelping them build diplomatic relationships. For those who choose tofight, overseas experience tends to be less helpful, though the self-proclaimed rebel army commander, Gen. Khalifa Haftr, spent yearsliving in Fairfax.

Hnesh left the United States without telling his parents. Othersliving abroad have received tentative blessings from parents tornbetween fear for their safety and pride at their actions.

"For two weeks I pestered my mum," said Zackariya Waheishi, 22, aU.K.-born Londoner who was in his last semester at his universitywhen he withdrew to travel to his father's home city. "Finally shesaid, 'Well, it looks like you're going to go, so go, but don't befoolish.' "

Waheishi brought along an olive-green Urban Spirit jacket and hisTimberland boots, and headed to the front line.

"I was provided with a gun there," he said, adding, "When theysee that you're from the U.K., it's a morale booster for them."

The Kalashnikov was the first weapon he had ever handled, and hestood with it on the front line, ready to shoot if Gaddafi'ssoldiers approached. "I guess I haven't tried it yet," he said. "Ihope I won't have to."

Not all the new arrivals are young and of fighting age. AliTarhouni, 60, a professor of economics at the University ofWashington, sent a long e-mail to his students in February,explaining why he could not finish out the semester. Then he got ona plane, leaving his wife and children in Seattle.

"Everyone in my family understood," said Tarhouni, who wasrecently named the provisional council's head of finance, economicsand oil, and now spends his days meeting with diplomats and tryingto reel in oil revenue for the rebel-held east. "My students arecheering for me."

Tarhouni had been an activist as a student in Libya, and he saidthat after he came to the United States in the 1970s, he wassentenced to death in absentia. Returning now was exhilarating, hesaid. "I thought I'd never see my birth country again," he said. "Ithought I would die away. Many people died and never saw thiscountry."

Those who come acknowledge the risks. With Gaddafi's forcesadvancing toward Benghazi last week and the front line fluid,residents know they could wake any morning to find the citybesieged. But once the newcomers arrive, apprehensions about safetytend to fall away as they share the elation of a populace that iswilling to sacrifice much to hold on to its new freedoms.

Hnesh, Mansur and other friends from the United States have beenstaying here, helping to organize humanitarian aid. Four of them satlast week at Mansur's cousin's house, drinking Turkish coffee andwatching TV coverage of the uprising. Outside, shots rang out.

When Gaddafi forces shelled Benghazi last month, sendingresidents fleeing, the friends stayed as the alleyways becomefactories for Molotov cocktails.

"I think being here, your sense of normal just gets skewed," saidHnesh, who flew home briefly last month before returning. "Rightnow, normal is hearing guns and grenades flying. And seeing thecharacters that you do, walking around with major guns, and you goback to work and open your laptop and sit in your cube and you'regoing: 'Am I really here? When yesterday I was walking around takingpart in a revolution?' It doesn't compare."

Hnesh is not sure how long he will be able to stay, but Mansurand Waheishi vowed they will remain in Libya until Gaddafi leaves.

"To be honest, me personally, I don't think I'll make adifference," Waheishi said. "But I do believe that many stones makea mountain. There's strength in numbers. And the more people wehave, the higher morale is. And it makes me feel good to know that Iam part of that."

The passion drawing people to this revolution has led to thedisappearance of at least one American who is not of Libyan descent.Matthew VanDyke, 31, a Georgetown graduate from Baltimore, arrivedin Libya on March 6 hoping to make a documentary about the uprising.

On March 12, VanDyke said he wanted to go to the town of Brega toshoot some footage, said Nouri Fonas, the Libyan friend whom VanDykewas staying with in Benghazi.

But on March 14, Brega fell to Gaddafi forces and VanDyke stoppedanswering his phone. His mother, Sharon VanDyke, said she has askedthe State Department for help locating him.

Fonas, a tall man in khaki fatigues who is a writer in civilianlife but is now fighting for the rebels, looked down, his lipstrembling. "Never came back," he said of his friend.

"Matthew not only has family in America, he has family in Libya,"he said. "I'd sell my soul to find my friend. He came to help withfreedom."

bahrampourt@washpost.com

U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for Jan. 23

To: NATIONAL EDITORS

Contact: Rick Reed of the U.S. Census Bureau, +1-301-763-2812,fax: +1-301-763-3762, Richard.Thomas.Reed-at-census.gov

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is thedaily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090226/CENSUSLOGO)

SATURDAY, JANUARY 23: OATMEAL

Profile America-- Saturday, January 23rd. Foods come and go inpopularity -- but one seems to stay high on the list when it comesto breakfast -- oatmeal, especially in cold weather. In fact, thisis Oatmeal Month, set aside to recognize the long-term favorite forits up-to-date health characteristics -- low fat, no sodium, and theability to help lower the risk of heart disease. Oatmeal also fitstoday's time pressures, since a bowl can be made in seconds in themicrowave. And, of course, most people love oatmeal cookies. TheU.S. is the world's fourth largest oat producer -- after Russia,Canada and Poland, with oats grown on some 46,000 acres of farmland.Each year, Americans eat an average of nearly five pounds of oats.You can find these and more facts about America from the U.S. CensusBureau, now preparing for the 2010 Census on April 1st.

Sources: Chase's Calendar of Events 2010, p. 68

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United States

Statistical Abstract of the United States 2009, t. 209

Profile America is produced by the Public Information Office ofthe U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available asproduced segments, ready to air, on a monthly CD or on the Internetat http://www.census.gov(look under the "Newsroom" button).

SOURCE U.S. Census Bureau

Oly: Phelps helps US overtake Australia on medal table

AAP General News (Australia)
08-18-2004
Oly: Phelps helps US overtake Australia on medal table

Repeating, restoring dropped word in sixth par

By Sharon Labi

ATHENS, Aug 17 AAP - The United States struck back to restrict Ian Thorpe and Australia
to one solitary silver medal on day four of the Olympics.

Australia's worst day at the Games so far saw the nation slip to third place on the
overall medal tally after being overtaken by the US.

Michael Phelps and the Americans ended Australia's domination of the men's 4x200m freestyle
event, denying Ian Thorpe another gold and fuelling the rivalry between the two swim teams.

Thorpe, together with teammates Grant Hackett, Michael Klim and Nicholas Sprenger,
had to settle for silver.

The relay win gave Phelps his third gold of the Games, one more than Thorpe. Earlier
tonight the American triumphed in the men's 200m butterfly.

Phelps's night of glory gave the US its fifth swimming gold medal, one more than the
Australians, powering the Americans into second place on the overall medal table.

China tonight led the medal tally with 10 gold.

Thorpe's hopes for a clean sweep of the 100m, 200m and 400m freestyle also took a dive
today after he qualified slowest for tomorrow's 100m final.

Thorpe may have hoped for a third Athens gold in the relay tonight, but he had too
much to make up on the final leg to clinch the win.

The 21-year-old swam the second fastest relay split in history but still couldn't pull
the Americans in.

"It's a disappointing result," Thorpe said.

"It was so close and yet so far. It was a good job, not a great job."

Phelps held two clenched fists to the crowd as the Americans celebrated after the race,
while the Australians stood with heads bowed and arms crossed.

In a mixed day for the Aussies at the tennis, medal contenders Todd Woodbridge and
Wayne Arthurs were bundled out of the men's doubles, losing their second-round match to
Germans Nicolas Kiefer and Rainer Schuettler.

However Alicia Molik's twin medal assault gathered pace when she won her singles and
doubles matches.

And Nicole Pratt will play world No.1 Justine Henin-Hardenne after overcoming Italian
Tathiana Garbin.

In team sports the volleyball team went down to Russia and the men's water polo team
lost to Italy.

Other teams delivered more promising results. The softballers and baseballers both
beat Italy, and the basketballers defeated Angola.

The Hockeyroos drew 2-2 with Argentina and the Matildas drew 1-1 with the United States
in the soccer.

In the men's soccer, the Olyroos are through to the quarter-finals of the Olympic football
tournament for the first time since 1992 despite a 1-0 loss to Argentina tonight.

At the Panathinaiko Stadium, world junior champion Tim Cuddihy kept Australia's hopes
of a medal alive in the archery by making it to the final eight.

Thirteen gold medals are up for grabs tomorrow with Australians a strong chance in
the cycling time trials, the equestrian events and in the 200m butterfly, where Petria
Thomas will be going for her third gold of the Games.

The climax of the swimming will be Thorpe's tilt at the 100m freestyle against Dutch
rival Pieter van den Hoogenband and South African Roeland Shoeman.

It promises to be quite a night.

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QLD: Wildlife officers shoot croc suspected of attack on girl

AAP General News (Australia)
04-10-2004
QLD: Wildlife officers shoot croc suspected of attack on girl

Wildlife officers have shot the 3.5 metre crocodile that's thought to have attacked
an 11-year-old girl at a remote Cape York Peninsula bay on Sunday.

The crocodile was shot within 200 metres of where HANNAH THOMPSON was grabbed by the
arm while swimming behind a boat at Margaret Bay near the top of the peninsula.

Skipper RAY TURNER dived on to the back of the crocodile and gouged its eye until it
let the girl go.

HANNAH received deep puncture wounds in her arm but has made a good recovery.

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Crik: Professor Buchanan joins ranks of academia

AAP General News (Australia)
02-04-2004
Crik: Professor Buchanan joins ranks of academia

Australian cricket coach JOHN BUCHANAN has joined the world of academia after accepting
a role as a part-time university professor.

BUCHANAN will be an Adjunct Associate Professor in Sports Management at Brisbane's
Griffith …

WEATHER NSW SYDNEY 4:20PM

AAP General News (Australia)
12-04-2003
WEATHER NSW SYDNEY 4:20PM

NEW SOUTH WALES REGIONAL OFFICE

300 Elizabeth St. Sydney, Ph [02] 9296 1555

RECENT WEATHER EVENTS FOR NSW

Issued at 4:20pm on Thursday the 4th of December 2003

RECENT EVENTS:

For the 6 hours to 3 PM

Highest Rainfall was 10 mm at Kempsey Ap AWS and Dorrigo.

Minimum Temperature Range was from 6 degs at Charlotte Pass to 23 degs at

Narrabri Ap AWS.

Maximum Temperature Range was from 15 degs at Thredbo AWS and Charlotte Pass to

39 degs at Coonamble.

A High pressure is over the far east Tasman Sea and a complex Low system with a

troughline moving through the west of the state. Thunderstorm activity

associated with these unsettled conditions was reported over most of the states

districts, notably in the far west and from the Tablelands to the coast. Light

to moderate rainfalls over most districts, except for trace amounts over the

Upper Western. Maximum temperatures were several degrees above average over most

districts. Cloudy conditions continued over all districts.

Winds were light to moderate over most districts, fresher along the coast with

the synoptic pattern maintaining a generally NW/NE flow over the state, except

for a NE/SE flow developing over the far southeast corner of the coastal

districts.

METROPOLITAN DETAILS:

|---------------------------------------------------------------|

| | MIN TEMP | RELATIVE | MAX TEMP | RELATIVE |

| STATION | (oC) | TO | (oC) | TO |
| | | AVERAGE | | AVERAGE |
|---------------------------------------------------------------|

SYDNEY 18 0 31 +6

BADGERYS CREEK 15 31

BANKSTOWN 16 32

CANTERBURY R/C 16 32

HOMEBUSH 17 33

LIVERPOOL 16 33

PARRAMATTA 16 -

PENRITH 17 31

RICHMOND 16 31

RIVERVIEW 16 -

SYDNEY AP 18 31

At Observatory Hill recorded 0.0 mm of rain to 3 PM

Rainfall from 1st of December 2003 At Observatory Hill recorded 11.6 mm on 3

days.

Total rainfall from 1st January 2003 to date 1152.4 mm on 129 days.

Total rainfall corresponding period last year 790.6 mm on 111 days

Average for 144 years for December 78.3 mm

Average annual rainfall for 144 years 1221.1 mm.

RELATIVE TO AVERAGE degrees of temperature above or below average.

AAP

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Fed: Drought recovery will be patchy: survey

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Fed: Drought recovery will be patchy: survey

By Shane Wright

CANBERRA, April 29 AAP - Recovery from the drought will be patchy, with new economicsurveys today showing confidence returning to country Australia.

A Macquarie Research analysis of the drought and its implications found recent rainhad pushed up confidence in the bush, with many areas now preparing for a bumper crop.

It said that while the rain was welcome, farmers would not get a boost to their walletsuntil the end of the year or even 2004.

And this would be patchy, with the Northern Territory and Queensland - both traditionallyreliant on livestock industries - slower to recover from the drought.

"Geographically, we suspect that there will continue to be disparities between theAustralian states and territories, due to the incidence of rainfall and also the compositionof agricultural production," it said.

"The expected rebound in crop production will have the greatest impact on farmers andassociated rural industries in NSW and Western Australia, which are Australia's two biggestcropping states."

Macquarie said although the drought had been one of the worst on record, farmers haddone better at riding it out than in the past.

A record season in 2001 for many farmers, and better financial management, has leftmost producers better placed to survive the big dry.

But Macquarie played down the strength of a post-drought recovery.

"Even though we expect a strong rebound in farm incomes, we are mindful some of thismay be offset by increased costs of production, a weaker outlook for commodity pricesand the ongoing appreciation of the Australian dollar," it said.

A National Australia Bank survey of agribusinesses also found confidence returningto country areas, but from a low base.

Chief economist Alan Oster said the post-farm gate production and processing sectorwas still recording very weak business conditions.

Although short-term confidence levels were up, there was still a lot of weakness acrossthe entire agribusiness sector.

"Despite some improvement in the March quarter, agribusiness export sales remainedweak and well below previous expectations," he said.

"Agribusiness expectations for exports continued to be revised lower, probably reflectingstill subdued global economic conditions as well as drought-affected supplies and a risingAustralian dollar."

Despite the rain, the bank's survey found the confidence for all but sugar and wineproducers lower than at the same time last year - before the drought hit.

Meanwhile, the Bureau of Meteorology said today it appeared the El Nino weather phenomenon- largely responsible for the drought - was over.

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Fed: Hill says decision on war weeks away

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Fed: Hill says decision on war weeks away

Defence Minister ROBERT HILL says a decision on war with Iraq is only weeks away.

But he says he's not too sure how many weeks it will be before the United Nations orthe United States takes action to force Iraq to disarm.

Senator HILL has told the Ten Network the US's preference is to get the support ofthe UN Security Council to enforce its resolution against Iraq.

But he says he doesn't sense the Americans are going to wait a lot longer.

He says that if the UN Security Council doesn't pass a second resolution on Iraq, it'llbe a message to other dictators that the UN doesn't enforce its resolutions.

AAP RTV sm/jmt

KEYWORD: IRAQ HILL (CANBERRA)

Fed: Telephone banking services not disrupted, says Westpac

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Fed: Telephone banking services not disrupted, says Westpac

Westpac says lunch-time stopwork meetings by staff in Sydney and Melbourne haven'tdisrupted telephone banking services.

The Finance Sector Union organised the stopwork meetings to protest against Westpac'splan to relocate call centres in Melbourne and Sydney to lower-cost operations in Brisbane,Launceston and Perth.

The union has estimated the relocations, announced in October, will cost 600 jobs.

A Westpac spokeswoman says the relocations, which are not due to happen for another18 months, won't result in the massive job losses predicted by the union.

The spokeswoman says the stopwork barbecues didn't affect bank services.

AAP RTV bja/clr/jas/rp

KEYWORD: WESTPAC (MELBOURNE)

Qld: Kelly urges restraint from sugar protesters

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Qld: Kelly urges restraint from sugar protesters

A federal government MP is urging protesting cane farmers to exercise restraint duringthe prime minister's trip to Cairns next week.

Prime Minister JOHN HOWARD and his ministerial colleagues plan to visit the north Queenslandcity next week for a federal cabinet meeting.

A large group of growers is expected to rally outside the meeting, seeking a $150 millionemergency aid fund from the federal government.

North Queensland National Party MP DE-ANNE KELLY, whose electorate includes a largenumber of canegrowers, says she doesn't support a rally.

But she says if they want to rally then it should be constructive and balanced.

The sugar industry is facing another year of low prices, mainly because of subsidiespaid by the key European and United States markets.

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KEYWORD: SUGAR (TOWNSVILLE)

NSW: Extra police training facility to train police

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NSW: Extra police training facility to train police

SYDNEY, Feb 28 AAP - An extra police training facility has been announced by the NSWgovernment to meet its election recruitment promise.

The facility at the University of Western Sydney Hawkesbury campus, in Richmond, willtake up to an extra 800 police this year.

Premier Bob Carr said the extra intake marked the third stage of the NSW Police restructure.

"I want our election commitment exceeded," Mr Carr said.

The NSW Government is on track to exceed the election commitment of 14,407 police byDecember 2003, a statement from the Premier's office …

NSW: Oppn to push for parliamentary fire inquiry

AAP General News (Australia)
12-30-2001
NSW: Oppn to push for parliamentary fire inquiry

SYDNEY, Dec 30 AAP - The NSW opposition will push for an inquiry into the Christmas
bushfires to upgrade prevention strategies and better equip police to deal with arsonists.

Opposition leader Kerry Chikarovski said the coalition, with support from minor parties,
would seek a wide-ranging inquiry when parliament resumed in February.

But she believed it should be bi-partisan, similar to the inquiry held following the
devastating bushfires of 1994.

"Such an inquiry would not seek to blame anyone or to find scapegoats but rather give
experts as well as those families directly affected by the fires an opportunity to have
a say and to make suggestions," Mrs Chikarovski said.

She said the terms of reference for the inquiry should include:

* The extent fire hazard reduction plans were put in place following the 1994 fires
and how the plans can be upgraded;

* Whether more resources are needed for emergency services and National Parks and Wildlife
Service to reduce fire hazards and fight bushfires; and

* A review of legal penalties for convicted arsonists and to ensure courts are adequately
equipped to deal with the crime.

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Vic: Man charged over stabbing murder

AAP General News (Australia)
08-18-2001
Vic: Man charged over stabbing murder

A man has been charged with murder as a result of a stabbing death in Boronia, in Melbourne's
north, this morning.

Police say a 26-year-old man from Valerie Street, Boronia, the scene of the stabbing,
has appeared before a bail justice at an out of sessions hearing.

He was remanded in custody, to appear at the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Monday.

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Vic: Animal activists to begin vigil for bats

AAP General News (Australia)
04-03-2001
Vic: Animal activists to begin vigil for bats

Animal activists are vowing to wrestle to the ground anyone attempting to shoot grey-headed
flying foxes in Melbourne's Royal Botanic Gardens.

Activists from the Humane Society for Animal Welfare will hold a protest outside the
garden's main gates at midday, before setting up tents near the Observatory cafe.

Society president LAWRENCE POPE says the plan by the gardens' management to cull the
bats represents an ecological crisis being responded to in a 1950s way.

He says members of his group will occupy the tents 24 hours a day, seven days a week,
in an attempt to ensure the animals' safety.

Mr POPE says members will wrestle the guns off the people doing the shooting.

Mr POPE says the group had attempted to raise concerns with garden's director Dr PHIL
MOORS and Environment Minister SHERYL GARBUTT but all pleas have fallen on deaf ears.

Last week, Dr MOORS confirmed the culling of an unspecified number of the 20,000-strong
bat population.

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NSW: Four cut free from Blue Mountains crash

AAP General News (Australia)
01-11-2001
NSW: Four cut free from Blue Mountains crash

SYDNEY, Jan 11 AAP - Four people were cut free from the wreckage of a car accident
in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, today.

Three people were taken by ambulance to Nepean Hospital with fractures while a woman
with chest and abdominal injuries was flown by …

Fed: Weapons inspector says Baghdad still hiding weapons

AAP General News (Australia)
08-22-2000
Fed: Weapons inspector says Baghdad still hiding weapons

By Max Blenkin

CANBERRA, Aug 22 AAP - As the United Nations prepares to send weapons inspectors back
to Iraq, a veteran of 30 previous inspections warned there were still weapons to be found.

But Rod Barton said an end to the decade long standoff was in sight.

Dr Barton, a Canberra biochemist and pioneer member of the UN Special Commission (UNSCOM)
under Australian diplomat Richard Butler, said international pressure to accept a solution

was set to rise.

He said one potentially crucial issue was escalating oil prices which could ease if
Iraq resumed full Iraqi production.

"There should be an end to this and I have put forward various plans about how we could
come to an end. The real problem is knowing when you are at the end," he told AAP.

"In that process we should be doing some sort of threat assessment. I believe we could
quantify that.

"If we had a presence in the country and were monitoring to make sure they don't add
to that weapons capability, maybe the world could live with that."

Dr Barton made 30 UNSCOM visits to Iraq and played a crucial role in uncovering Iraq's
biological warfare program. He participated in the first visit in May 1991 and the last
in December 1998.

Iraq has barred further visits of UN inspectors on grounds that they were spies working
for the United States.

The UN has now formed a new inspection organisation, the UN Monitoring, Verification
and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) headed by Hans Blix. The first team of 60 inspectors
has completed training.

However, Iraq has yet to say they can come, demanding an end to no-fly zones and sanctions
as pre-conditions for entry.

That has raised the prospect of a new confrontation akin to December 1998 which prompted
four nights of American and British air strikes.

Dr Barton said he believed there were still weapons to be found, possibly small quantities
of the nerve agent VX and biological agent anthrax.

"We have enough evidence to indicate that there is something left. Whether that is
weapons or just equipment to make the weapons, it is hard to say," he said.

"There will be pressure on Iraq to let the inspectors in. This time Iraq does not even
have its friends, the Russians and Chinese, completely on side.

"My guess is that we will be allowed into Iraq next year."

Dr Barton said US and British aircraft continued to patrol the no-fly zones over Iraq,
raising another potential problem.

"Sooner or later an aircraft is going to come down, just through engine failure or
something. It will happen," he said.

"To have an American pilot paraded through the streets of Baghdad is not something
that any administration wants. After the election my guess is that the Americans may take
a different direction."

"It may well be that Iraq will then accept the inspectors."

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KEYWORD: BARTON

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FED: Protesers storm PM tree planting

AAP General News (Australia)
04-07-2000
FED: Protesers storm PM tree planting

Hundreds of protesters who stormed a tree planting ceremony attended by Prime Minister
JOHN HOWARD in the Blue Mountains today have warned of more demonstrations.

The protesters, wielding banners and screaming chants against mandatory sentencing
and the Stolen Generation report, swamped Jackson Park in Faulconbridge late this morning.

One protester was arrested and police were forced to form a barricade to prevent the
protesters getting close to the ceremony.

Sydney branch organiser of socialist youth group Resistance, BEA BREAR says more protest
action is planned for next week.

She says it's a national week of action over the racism of the HOWARD government.

As a local school band played the Australian anthem, the protesters shouted Shame Howard
Shame, Justice Yes - Racism No and Mandatory Sentencing Has to Go.

Mr HOWARD says the protesters are appalling for shouting down kids.

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VIC: New rules crack down on power ski riders

AAP General News (Australia)
01-10-2000
VIC: New rules crack down on power ski riders

MELBOURNE, Jan 10 AAP - The Victorian government will crack down on unruly power ski
riders, including setting up zones to separate them them from swimmers.

Ports Minister Candy Broad said power ski riders would be separated from other boat
users and swimmers under new rules planned for bayside Carrum, southeast of Melbourne.

Ms Broad said the "no personal water craft (PWC)" zones would be set up either side
of the Patterson River to combat dangerous behaviour by some power ski users.

The exclusion zone would extend about 900 metres north and …

VIC: Earthquake shakes northern Melbourne suburbs

AAP General News (Australia)
08-20-1999
VIC: Earthquake shakes northern Melbourne suburbs

A shallow earthquake measuring 2.4 on the richter scale has shaken Melbourne's northern
suburbs this morning.

Mill Park Police Station, which reported being hit by the quake just after 3 am, says it's
received up to 40 calls from concerned members of the public over the tremor.

The Seismology Research Centre says the epicentre of the small quake was located under the
northern suburb of Epping, about 20 kms north of Melbourne CBD.

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VIC: Unionists spurn Brumby and walk out of ALP conference

AAP General News (Australia)
02-27-1999
VIC: Unionists spurn Brumby and walk out of ALP conference

MELBOURNE, Feb 27 AAP - Building unions delivered a slap in the face to Victorian
Opposition Leader John Brumby when he arrived to address the party's state conference in
Melbourne this morning

Unions walked out on his speech and called for federal Opposition Leader Kim Beazley to
restore unity.

Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union state secretary Martin Kingham said Mr Brumby
was not the man to lead the party, warning that not only was the next state election a
"write-off" but that the party risked losing seats.

…

FED: US an exception to demand for human rights Robertson

AAP General News (Australia)
12-09-1998
FED: US an exception to demand for human rights Robertson

By Debra Way

CANBERRA, Dec 9 AAP - The US was a tragic exception to the international human rights
movement, planning to put to death nearly as many people as had died under Chilean dictator
Augusto Pinochet, human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson said today.

Mr Robertson told a National Press Club luncheon that there was cause for optimism in human
rights as the world headed into a new millennium, but that this must be tempered by the
dreadful failures of the past.

"(These include) the utter failure of the United Nations, with all that high level
rhetoric, with its bureaucratic and at times corrupt machinery who implement the policies of
the universal declaration," he said.

"Thats why I see the real hope outside the United Nations, in the pressure that a mass
peoples movement can put on governments."

China remained a problem in terms of human rights but had made a start this year when it
signed the civil and political communique, he said.

"And then, of course, theres America ... which refused to approve the landmines
convention last year, and voted this year, along with Libya and Saudi Arabia, against an
international criminal court.

"This is a country which plans to kill almost as many people as General Pinochet, namely
the 3,512 men and women on death row currently in 41 of its states.

"It remains a great super power with pretensions to police the world, a tragic exception to
the demand for universal human rights."

In the new millennium the human rights movement would have to take more seriously the
economic and social rights in the universal declaration.

"Civil rights and political rights may be more fundamental but they cant be enjoyed on an
empty stomach," he said.

"Talk to your holocaust survivors and they tell you race, hate and slavery werent their
main concern in the camps, it was just an aching and all pervasive hunger."

Mr Robertson said the international community had a chance to take stock of its human
rights obligations as the world headed into a new century and a new millennium.

"We are, after all, at the fag end of a century in which 160 million human lives have been
lost, wasted by war, by genocide, by torture," he said.

"The best we can do to remember those whom weve failed by our pledgings because we failed
to take them seriously, is to determine that in the future were going to make things stick."

Mr Robertson, a human rights lawyer, was speaking to mark the 50th anniversary of the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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KEYWORD: RIGHTS ROBERTSON

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NT:Teenager taken by crocodile in NT

AAP General News (Australia)
02-20-2011
NT:Teenager taken by crocodile in NT

DARWIN, Feb 20 AAP - A 14-year-old boy has been taken by a crocodile while playing
in a creek at a remote Northern Territory community.

NT police said they had been told the boy was playing with his brothers when the crocodile
attacked on Milingimbi Island on Sunday morning.

There has been no sign of the boy despite a search of the …

NSW:Pedestrian injured at intersection crash

AAP General News (Australia)
08-23-2011
NSW:Pedestrian injured at intersection crash

A 50-year-old man is in a critical condition in hospital with serious head and abdominal
injuries after he was hit by a car in Sydney's eastern suburbs.

Police say emergency services were called to the intersection of Oxford and Newland
Streets at Bondi Junction following an accident involving a pedestrian and a car about
8.25 (AEST) last night.

The 50-year-old man was taken to St Vincents Hospital where he remains in a critical
condition after undergoing emergency surgery.

The 49-year-old driver of a BMW sedan was taken to hospital for mandatory blood and
urine samples and is assisting police with inquiries.

Police have appealed for witnesses.

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WA: The main stories in the 0900 ABC news

AAP General News (Australia)
02-20-2008
WA: The main stories in the 0900 ABC news

PERTH, Feb 20 AAP - The main stories in the 0900 ABC news:

- The chief of the Australian Defence Force says it is time for Australian troops to leave Iraq.

- A policewoman injured in a brawl at a Meekatharra hotel says tougher sentences are
needed for people who assault police.

- The federal opposition says it's change of heart on industrial relations is a recognition
of the will of the Australian people.

- Destructive winds from cyclone Nicholas appear to be over but Coral Bay …

FED:Hunger strike continues at Curtin

AAP General News (Australia)
04-26-2011
FED:Hunger strike continues at Curtin

PERTH, April 26 AAP - Asylum seekers continue to hunger strike at Western Australia's
Curtin Immigration Detention Centre, but officials and refugee supporters differ over
numbers involved.

A peaceful protest at the Kimberley facility continued on Tuesday as Immigration Minister
Chris Bowen announced government plans to toughen laws to deter violent behaviour at detention
centres.

The proposed changes would mean anyone convicted of criminal conduct while in immigration
detention would automatically be denied a protection visa under character test rules.

The move follows riots and the burning of accommodation tents at the Christmas Island
detention centre in March and recent riots at Villawood in Sydney, where detainees burned
down buildings.

An immigration spokeswoman said on Tuesday that 12 detainees at Curtin had advised
staff they were on "voluntary starvation", as part of a peaceful protest that started
at the centre on Saturday.

"Beyond that there have been some detainees who have skipped meals over the past couple of days.

"But that's not necessarily unusual and snack food is available to them," she said.

Around 80 mainly Afghan detainees were on Tuesday engaged in a peaceful protest at
the centre but numbers fluctuated, the spokeswoman said.

On Monday, around 20 protesting detainees required minor treatment at the facility's
medical centre after being out in the heat.

Refugee Action Coalition spokesman Ian Rintoul, who has been protesting with refugee
supporters outside the centre, said on Tuesday that 109 detainees were on full hunger
strike.

He said up to 500 people did not report for breakfast on Tuesday morning, in a continuing
protest over delays in processing asylum claims.

Mr Rintoul said some asylum seekers at the centre had been waiting over 20 months for
ASIO security clearances, after being told they had been granted refugee status.

"Chris Bowen's draconian laws will not stop the protests," he said.

"Chris Bowen needs to address the underlying problems of lives being devastated by
mandatory detention," Mr Rintoul said.

In a protest outside the Curtin centre on Monday, refugee supporters knocked down a
temporary fence after learning they had been refused permission for a delegation to meet
asylum seekers.

On Sunday, 15 protesters outside the centre were issued with move-on notices by police
after obstructing a road near the centre.

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NT:Six detainees hospitalised, 11 arrested= 2

AAP General News (Australia)
02-11-2011
NT:Six detainees hospitalised, 11 arrested= 2

Late Thursday afternoon a disturbance at the same centre involving several detainees
led to unrest between other detainees, the spokesman said.

One asylum seeker was taken to hospital with minor injuries.

The spokesman confirmed about 20 detainees started protest action just outside the perimeter.

He said police and staff engaged the group, brought the situation under control quickly
and returned the detainees to the facility.

Photographs published by the Northern Territory News show police wearing riot gear.

The NT News is reporting that four young men were bashed as tensions between ethnic
groups flared.

The detainees told the News Ltd paper they were mentally exhausted after being locked
up for two years.

The Immigration spokesman told AAP the first of the "small altercations" occurred on
Wednesday afternoon and that a number of detainees were treated at the scene for minor
cuts and bruises.

The detention centre's service provider Serco will investigate and report back to the
Immigration Department.

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FED:Toddler tried to escape sex attack

AAP General News (Australia)
08-27-2010
FED:Toddler tried to escape sex attack

EDS: Please note graphic content throughout



By Andrew Drummond

SYDNEY, Aug 27 AAP - The 14-month-old girl had an inkling of the imminent sexual attack on her.

She tried desperately to crawl away from the man, but was grabbed by the legs and dragged
across the bed so that the vile assault could begin, a Sydney court has been told.

She screamed and struggled in vain as her nappy was ripped off...

The toddler was one of eight victims molested by David Shane Whitby, who in July was
found guilty of 120 child sex offences.

He assaulted children over a 10-year period, photographing and filming the acts.

Another of Whitby's victims rushed crying from Sydney's Downing Centre District Court
during sentencing submissions on Friday, as details of his attack on the toddler were
read out by Crown prosecutor Mark Tedeschi.

During the trial, which was heard without a jury, Judge Peter Berman viewed the videos
and photographs made by Whitby.

One of those videos showed the attack of the baby girl.

"The child sees the offender approaching her, she exhibits extreme fear ... she obviously
had some inkling of what was about to happen. He grabs her by the legs, pulls her towards
him and commits the offences," Mr Tedeschi said in court on Friday.

Whitby sat in the dock of the court, occasionally shaking his head as the details were read.

He claimed during the trial that he was not the offender. The offender was a man he
used to know but with whom he no longer had any contact, he said.

In some videos, Whitby wears items including a pink fairy outfit, a black mask, a black
body suit, black high heels or a suspender belt and stockings - as do some of his victims.

A sign on the door of the court warned people of the graphic nature of the case.

Details of the assault on the toddler were harrowingly graphic.

"Screams and struggles are heard from the child ... that would send chills down the
spine of any reasonable person," Mr Tedeschi said of the video.

"This toddler did all that she could to get away from the offender in a vain attempt
to avoid the offending behaviour.

"The offender's only motivation ... is to obtain sexual gratification from his conduct
with a very young child."

Judge Berman asked if this was the attack that ended with Whitby ejaculating on the
child's torso, to which Mr Tedeschi replied: "Yes, after attempting to ejaculate in the
child's mouth".

Earlier on Friday, another of Whitby's victims - now an adult mother of three - said
that being forced to relive the details during the prosecution case had "ruined her life".

"I feel like I'm worthless as a mother now because I'm so consumed about what happened
to me I can't look after my kids. I don't cope with daily life at all," said the tearful
woman, who can't be identified.

Her brother was raped and assaulted by Whitby - charges involving the boy totalling 91.

Mr Tedeschi said Whitby sexually conditioned his victims and that the assaults would
sometimes take place while the children were watching television or talking on the phone.

"The offender committed the acts for his own immediate gratification and also for the
purposes of recording the acts for his later sexual titillation," Mr Tedeschi said.

The sentencing submissions continue.

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The main stories on today's 1700 ABC 702 news

AAP General News (Australia)
04-20-2010
The main stories on today's 1700 ABC 702 news

SYDNEY, April 20 AAP - Main stories in today's 1700 ABC 702 news:

- KEVIN RUDD has struck a deal to reform Australia's Hospital System .. with all states but WA.

- NSW premier says $800 million for additional beds sealed deal for her .. the new
systems starts July 1.

- Qantas says it won't risk putting planes back in the air before Friday with more
volcanic activity in Iceland today .. Qantas says with flights up to 14 hours duration
there is too much risk of aircraft being stranded.

- Seismologists say today's earthquake at Kalgoorlie Boulder is largest in the area's history

- A Victorian jail inmate will return to court in three months charged with murder
of CARL WILLIAMS .. Victorian corruption cases could be jeopardized by WILLIAMS death

- 14 members of military who helped rescue asylum seekers after an explosion killed
5 have been presented with commendations.

- FINANCE

- Economists says interest rate rise more likely next month after the release of the
RBA's board minutes

- All Ords up 10 points .. ASX 200 up 10 as well .. Australian dollars buys US92.89 cents

- SPORT

- In Rugby League .. Nth Queensland drops 4 players.

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Fed: Coalition policy will cost enormously less than Labor scheme

AAP General News (Australia)
12-07-2009
Fed: Coalition policy will cost enormously less than Labor scheme

CANBERRA, Dec 7 AAP - Tony Abbott has refused to comment on reports his treasury spokesman
had estimated the cost of the new opposition leader's climate policy at more than $50
billion.

Mr Abbott has not denied a "tense" discussion took place between himself and Joe Hockey
in shadow cabinet about climate policy during the coalition's recent internal ructions.

"The last thing I would do is attribute emotion into those discussions," Mr Abbott
told ABC Radio on Monday.

The cost of any new coalition climate policy would depend on what was agreed by the
party room, but it would be less than Labor's $120 billion carbon pollution reduction
scheme.

"I'm confident that we can achieve, well and truly, mandatory (emission) targets for
an enormous amount less than that," Mr Abbott said.

The opposition leader is not holding much prospect for a significant agreement at the
UN climate summit in Copenhagen, which begins on Monday.

"I don't think there are going to be too many concrete commitments other than those
that have already been given."

AAP srj/rl/maur

KEYWORD: CLIMATE ABBOTT

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Vic: Pig safe to eat - farmers

AAP General News (Australia)
04-29-2009
Vic: Pig safe to eat - farmers

Farmers say all pork in Australia is safe to eat .. and there's no risk from swine flu.

Victorian Farmers Federation pig group president AEGER KINGMA says the Australian pork
industry has a worlds-best health herd status.

He says swine flu's a human health issue .. not an animal health or food safety issue.

Mr KINGMA says tough biosecurity procedures are in place to protect the health and
well being of animals .. and imported pork undergoes rigorous importation protocols.

The World Organisation for Animal Health has recommended a more appropriate name for
the virus would be "North-American influenza".

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NSW: National Holiday Road remains at 25 on Christmas eve

AAP General News (Australia)
12-24-2008
NSW: National Holiday Road remains at 25 on Christmas eve

The national holiday road toll stands at 25 after four people died this morning in
separate incidents in Victoria .. Queensland .. and New South Wales.

In Victoria .. a 63-year-old man died when his car collided head-on with a truck in
Heatherton .. about 8.40 (AEDT) this morning.

A second Victorian man died when the car he was travelling in collided with a taxi
in Melbourne's CBD about 5.40am (AEDT).

In Queensland .. a man riding a motorbike was killed after being hit by a bus in Brisbane's
northern suburb of Boondall just before six am (AEST).

And in NSW a woman was killed when a car .. in which she was a passenger .. ran off
the Pacific Highway and crashed into a signpost and trees near Port Macquarie just after
five am (AEDT).





Victoria tops the road toll with eight deaths .. followed by NSW on seven.

Queensland's toll sits at four .. there have been three deaths in WA .. two in the
Northern Territory .. one in South Australia .. while Tasmania and the ACT remain fatality
free.


STATE FATALITIES

Queensland - 4

NSW - 7

ACT - 0

Victoria - 8

Tasmania - 0

South Australia - 1

Northern Territory - 2

Western Australia - 3

TOTAL - 25





(EDS: National road toll figures are for the period 0001 December 19 to 2359 January
2. Some states and territories have different periods.)

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Ath: Athletics results today = 9

AAP General News (Australia)
08-18-2008
Ath: Athletics results today = 9



WOMEN

100m (final) (wind: 0.0 m/s):

1. Shelly-Ann Frazer (JAM) 10.78

2. Sherone Simpson (JAM) 10.98

2. Kerron Stewart (JAM) 10.98

4. Lauryn Williams (USA) 11.03

5. Muna Lee (USA) 11.07

6. Jeanette Kwakye (GBR) 11.14

7. Debbie Ferguson (BAH) 11.19

8. Torri Edwards (USA) 11.20



3000m steeplechase final

1. Gulnara Galkina-Samitova (RUS) 8:58.81 (WR)

2. Eunice Jepkorir Kertich (KEN) 9:07.41

3. Ekaterina Volkova (RUS) 9:07.64

4. Tatiana Petrova (RUS) 9:12.33

5. Cristina Casandra (ROM) 9:16.85

6. Ruth Bosibori Nyangau (KEN) 9:17.35

7. Zemzem Ahmed Deko (ETH) 9:17.85

8. Wioletta Frankiewicz - Janowska (POL) 9:21.76

9. Jennifer Barringer (USA) 9:22.26

10. Anna Willard (USA) 9:25.63

11. Elena Romagnolo (ITA) 9:30.04

12. Zulema Fuentes Pila (ESP) 9:35.16

13. Habiba Ghribi (TUN) 9:36.43

14. Roisin Mcgettigan (EIR) 9:55.89

. Marta Dominguez (ESP) ABD

Triple jump final

1. Francoise Mbango Etone (CMR) 15.39 m

2. Tatiana Lebedeva (RUS) 15.32

3. Chrysopigi Devetzi (GRE) 15.23

4. Olga Rypakova (KAZ) 15.11

5. Yargeris Savigne (CUB) 15.05

6. Marija Sestak (SLO) 15.03

7. Victoria Gurova (RUS) 14.77

8. Anna Pyatykh (RUS) 14.73

9. Olga Saladukha (UKR) 14.70

10. Kaire Leibak (EST) 14.13

11. Tricia-Kaye Smith (JAM) 14.12

12. Xie Limei (CHN) 14.09



100m hurdles (1st round - first 2 from each heat and 6 best times qualify for next round):

Heat 1 (wind: -0.2 m/s)

1. Josephine Nnkiruka Onyia (ESP) 12.68 Q

2. Susanna Kallur (SWE) 12.68 Q

3. Nevin Yanit (TUR) 12.94 q

4. Aurelia Kollasch (POL) 12.98 q

5. Micol Cattaneo (ITA) 13.13

6. Lucie Skrobakova (CZE) 13.18

7. Katsiaryna Paplauskaya (BLR) 13.39

8. Miriam Bobkova (SVK) 13.65

Heat 2 (wind: -0.1 m/s)

1. Vonnette Dixon (JAM) 12.69 Q

2. Priscilla Lopes-Schliep (CAN) 12.75 Q

3. Damu Cherry (USA) 12.92 q

4. Carolin Nytra (GER) 12.95 q

5. Aleksandra Antonova (RUS) 13.18

6. Derval O'Rourke (EIR) 13.22

7. Maila Machado (BRA) 13.45

8. Fadwa Albouza (SYR) 14.24

Heat 3 (wind: -0.1 m/s)

1. Deloreen Ennis-London (JAM) 12.82 Q

2. Sally McLellan (AUS) 12.83 Q

3. Sarah Claxton (GBR) 12.97 q

4. Yulia Kondakova (RUS) 13.07

5. Angela Whyte (CAN) 13.11

6. Yenima Barrizontes (CUB) 13.43

7. Flora Rentoumi (GRE) 13.56

8. Edit Vari (HUN) 13.59

Heat 4 (wind: -0.6 m/s)

1. LoLo Jones (USA) 12.71 Q

2. Anay Tejeda (CUB) 12.84 Q

3. Reina Okori (FRA) 12.98 q

4. Christina Vukicevic (NOR) 13.05

5. Tatiana Dektyareva (RUS) 13.05

6. Natalya Ivoninskaya (KAZ) 13.20

7. Olutoyin Augustine (NGR) 13.34

8. Jeimmy Julissa Bernardez Santos (HON) 14.29

Heat 5 (wind: +0.4 m/s)

1. Bridgitte Foster-Hylton (JAM) 12.69 Q

2. Dawn Harper (USA) 12.73 Q

3. Anastassiya Pilipenko (KAZ) 12.99

4. Aleesha Barber (TRI) 13.01

5. Ievgeniia Snigur (UKR) 13.06

6. Nadine Faustin (HAI) 13.25

7. Dedeh Erawati (INA) 13.49

. Fatmata Fofanah (GUI) ABD



100m (Semifinals - first 4 from each heat qualify for final):

Heat 1 (wind: -0.7 m/s)

1. Shelly-Ann Frazer (JAM) 11.00 Q

2. Muna Lee (USA) 11.06 Q

3. Lauryn Williams (USA) 11.10 Q

4. Sherone Simpson (JAM) 11.11 Q

5. Chandra Sturrup (BAH) 11.22

6. Lina Grincikaite (LTU) 11.50

7. Ivet Lalova (BUL) 11.51

8. Vida Anim (GHA) 11.51



Heat 2 (wind: -0.2 m/s)

1. Kerron Stewart (JAM) 11.05 Q

2. Torri Edwards (USA) 11.18 Q

3. Jeanette Kwakye (GBR) 11.19 Q

4. Debbie Ferguson (BAH) 11.22 Q

5. Yuliya Nestsiarenka (BLR) 11.26

6. Kim Gevaert (BEL) 11.30

7. Evgeniya Polyakova (RUS) 11.38

8. Damola Osayomi (NGR) 11.44



400m hurdles (1st round - first 3 from each heat and 4 best times qualify for next round):

Heat 1

1. Tiffany Ross-Williams (USA) 55.51 Q

2. Irina Obedina (RUS) 55.71 Q

3. Satomi Kubokura (JPN) 55.82 Q

4. Shevon Stoddart (JAM) 56.52

5. Ieva Zunda (LAT) 57.43

6. Lucimar Teodoro (BRA) 57.68



Heat 2

1. Tasha Danvers (GBR) 55.19 Q

2. Anastasia Ott (RUS) 55.34 Q

3. Nickiesha Wilson (JAM) 55.75 Q

4. Angela Morosanu (ROM) 56.07 q

5. Sheena Johnson (USA) 56.12 q

6. Nikolina Horvat (CRO) 56.65

7. Michelle Carey (EIR) 57.99



Heat 3

1. Melaine Walker (JAM) 54.46 Q

2. Anastasiya Rabchenyuk (UKR) 55.18 Q

3. Cvetelina Kirilova (BUL) 55.22 Q

4. Queen Quedith Harrison (USA) 55.96 q

5. Aissata Soulama (BUR) 56.37 q

6. Carole Madeleine Kaboud Mebam (CMR) 57.81

7. Galina Pedan (KGZ) 1:00.31



Heat 4

1. Ekaterina Bikert (RUS) 55.15 Q

2. Anna Jesien (POL) 55.35 Q

3. Zuzana Hejnova (CZE) 55.91 Q

4. Tatyana Azarova (KAZ) 56.88

5. Muna Gabir (SUD) 57.16

6. Josanne Lucas (TRI) 57.76

7. Laia Forcadell (ESP) 58.64



400m (Semifinals - first 2 from each heat and 2 best times qualify for final):

Heat 1

1. Christine Ohuruogu (GBR) 50.14 Q

2. Shericka Williams (JAM) 50.28 Q

3. Tatiana Firova (RUS) 50.31 q

4. Allann Pompey (GUY) 50.93

5. Mary Wineberg (USA) 51.13

6. Indira Terrero (CUB) 51.80

7. Ajoke Odumosu (NGR) 52.45

8. Gabriela Medina (MEX) 52.97



Heat 2

1. Sanya Richards (USA) 49.90 Q

2. Anastasia Kapachinskaya (RUS) 50.30 Q

3. Novelene Williams (JAM) 51.06

4. Christine Amertil (BAH) 51.51

5. Joy Amechi Eze (NGR) 51.87

6. Lee Mcconnell (GBR) 52.11

7. Carline Muir (CAN) 52.37

8. Rachael Nachula (ZAM) 52.67



Heat 3

1. Yulia Gushchina (RUS) 50.48 Q

2. Amantle Montsho (BOT) 50.54 Q

3. Rosemarie Whyte (JAM) 50.63 q

4. Nicola Sanders (GBR) 50.71

5. Libania Grenot Martinez (ITA) 50.83

6. Folashade Abugan (NGR) 51.30

7. Deedee Trotter (USA) 51.87

8. Nwal Eljack (SUD) 54.18



MEN

Hammer final:

1. Primoz Kozmus (SLO) 82.02 m

2. Vadim Devyatovskiy (BLR) 81.61

3. Ivan Tsikhan (BLR) 81.51

4. Krisztian Pars (HUN) 80.96

5. Koji Murofushi (JPN) 80.71

6. Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (FIN) 79.59

7. Szymon Ziolkowski (POL) 79.22

8. Libor Charfreitag (SVK) 78.65

9. Markus Esser (GER) 77.10

10. Andras Haklits (CRO) 76.58

11. Dilshod Nazarov (TJK) 76.54

12. James Steacy (CAN) 75.72



1500m (semi-finals - first 5 from each heat and 2 best times qualify for final):

Heat 1

1. Asbel Kipruto Kiprop (KEN) 3:37.04 Q

2. Abd Alaati Iguider (MAR) 3:37.21 Q

3. Leon Higuero (ESP) 3:37.31 Q

4. Christian Obrist (ITA) 3:37.47 Q

5. Belal Mansoor Ali (BRN) 3:37.60 Q

6. Juan van Deventer (RSA) 3:37.75 q

7. Daham Najm Bashair (QAT) 3:37.77 q

8. Carsten Schlangen (GER) 3:37.94

9. Nathan Brannen (CAN) 3:39.10

10. Mulugeta Wendimu Genbere (ETH) 3:40.16

11. Antar Zerguelaine (ALG) 3:40.64

12. Lopez Lomong (USA) 3:41.00



Heat 2

1. Rasheed Ramzi (BRN) 3:37.11 Q

2. Mehdi Baala (FRA) 3:37.47 Q

3. Andy Baddeley (GBR) 3:37.47 Q

4. Augustine Choge (KEN) 3:37.54 Q

5. Nick Willis (NZL) 3:37.54 Q

6. Bernard Lagat (USA) 3:37.79

7. Deresse Mekonnen Tsigu (ETH) 3:37.85

8. Tarek Boukenza (ALG) 3:39.73

9. Kevin Sullivan (CAN) 3:40.30

10. Mohamed Moustaoui (MAR) 3:40.90

11. Arturo Casado (ESP) 3:41.57

12. Leonel Leonel (USA) 3:50.33

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