Unable to cope, mother kills baby in Australia
July 30th, 2010 - 2:26 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, July 30 (IANS) A newborn baby in Australia died of head injuries after his mother pushed him out of his cot because she found it "hard to cope" with very little ... Read more...
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Australian kills prostitute, has sex with body
July 23rd, 2010 - 3:50 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, July 23 (IANS) A schizophrenic Australian man stabbed a prostitute to death and then had sex with her body, a court heard Friday.
Malcolm Robert Potts, 42, was sentenced to 21 years ... Read more...
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Five Australian ‘jihadis’ sentenced for terrorism plot
February 15th, 2010 - 1:36 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Feb 15(ANI): Five Australian men convicted of plotting to commit violent jihad on Australian soil have been jailed for minimum terms ranging from 17 years and three months to 21 years.Justice ... Read more...
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Oz woman raped 500 times in compensation battle
December 2nd, 2009 - 2:00 pm ICT by ANI
Perth, Dec 2 (ANI): The New South Wales Supreme Court has ordered a review of compensation for a woman who was raped about 500 times from the age of five to 16 ... Read more...
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Convicted Oz-Indian homeopath in dock over ‘threatening to kill’ lawyers, judge
November 3rd, 2009 - 4:39 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Nov 3(ANI): A Sydney-based Indian homeopath convicted over the death of his nine-month-old daughter for failing to provide her proper medical treatment, is fighting charges that he threatened lawyers and the ... Read more...
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Indian-Australian couple jailed for manslaughter of their daughter
September 28th, 2009 - 4:39 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Sep 28(ANI): The New South Wales Supreme Court has sentenced an Indian-Australian couple Thomas Sam and his wife Manju to at least six years and four years in jail respectively for ... Read more...
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Girl sues KFC for $10M over brain damage from Chicken Twister
August 3rd, 2009 - 3:44 pm ICT by ANI
KFC sued after salmonella from Chicken Twister damages 7yr-old girl's brainMelbourne, August 3 (ANI): A healthy seven-year-old girl was crippled and brain damaged from salmonella poisoning after eating a Chicken Twister from ... Read more...
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Man found guilty of killing daughter, now accused of threatening legal team
July 2nd, 2009 - 2:11 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, July 2 (ANI): A man found guilty of killing his baby daughter after treating her severe excema with homeopathic remedies has been arrested for threatening his legal team.Thomas Sam and his ... Read more...
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Indian couple in Australia held guilty of daughter’s death (Lead)
June 6th, 2009 - 3:21 pm ICT by IANS
By Neena Bhandari
Sydney, June 6 (IANS) An Indian couple in Australia is in the news, but for the wrong reasons. A Sydney-based homeopath and his wife have been found guilty of causing ... Read more...
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Sydney-based Indian couple held guilty of daughter’s death
June 6th, 2009 - 1:46 pm ICT by IANS
By Neena Bhandari
Sydney, June 6 (IANS) A Sydney-based Indian homeopath and his wife have been found guilty of causing the death of their nine-month-old daughter, Gloria Thomas, by failing to provide her ... Read more...
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NSW court jury declares Indian-origin parents guilty for baby’s eczema death
June 5th, 2009 - 2:02 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, June 5 (ANI): A New South Wales Supreme Court jury of eight women and four retired men took a little over 24 hours to declare a homeopath and his wife guilty ... Read more...
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Oz Govt. admits inadequate evidence to declare Haneefs guilty
December 23rd, 2008 - 11:50 am ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Dec 23 (ANI): The Australian Government has admitted that mistakes were made at the highest level in Indian born doctor Mohamed Haneefs case, adding that no action will be taken ... Read more...
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Cartoon porn kids based on Simpsons are people, rules judge
December 8th, 2008 - 1:29 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, December 8 (ANI): A judge has ruled against an appeal made by a man charged with showing porn based on children from the animated series The Simpsons, saying that cartoon ... Read more...
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Ex Oz Olympian Thorpe to sue French paper over dope charge
August 4th, 2008 - 2:03 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Aug.4 (ANI): Former Australian Olympic swimming champion Ian Thorpe has decided to pursue legal proceedings against a French newspaper and the journalist he alleges defamed him by publishing claims he ... Read more...
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Haneef case: Oz detective who interviewed him to give evidence
August 4th, 2008 - 1:37 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Aug.4 (ANI): A police officer who interviewed terrorism suspect Mohamed Haneef after his arrest last July will this week give evidence at the inquiry into the bungled case.
According to news.com.au, ... Read more...
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Details of Haneef’s travails may remain secret
July 28th, 2008 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
By Neena Bhandari
Sydney, July 28 (IANS) Most details relating to Indian doctor Muhammad Haneef's incarceration on terror charge and subsequent release will remain an enigma as the judge heading the judicial ... Read more...
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Haneef affair may remain shrouded in secrecy
July 28th, 2008 - 4:56 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, July 28 (ANI): New South Wales Supreme Court Judge John Clarke has said that he is ready close his inquiry into the Mohamed Haneef affair on grounds that much of ... Read more...
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Haneef’s legal team gets required immigration documents
June 17th, 2008 - 11:23 am ICT by IANS
By Neena Bhandari
Sydney, June 17 (IANS) The legal team of Indian doctor Muhammad Haneef Tuesday succeeded in getting 250 documents from the Australian immigration department as the judicial inquiry into Haneef's false ... Read more...
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Haneef lawyers win bid for withheld immigration papers
May 14th, 2008 - 10:35 pm ICT by admin
By Neena Bhandari
Sydney, May 14 (IANS) Indian doctor Muhammad Haneef's lawyers have succeeded in fast-tracking a court challenge securing the release of documents from the immigration department, which they say are crucial ... Read more...
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Australia allocates $2 mn more to fund Haneef inquiry
May 13th, 2008 - 8:16 pm ICT by admin
By Neena Bhandari
Sydney, May 13 (IANS) The Australian government has set aside an extra A$2.2 million (US$ 2 million) to fund the judicial inquiry into the way official agencies handled the terrorism ... Read more...
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Haneef lawyers appeal for release of immigration documents
May 9th, 2008 - 4:16 pm ICT by admin
By Neena Bhandari
Sydney, May 9 (IANS) Indian doctor Muhammad Haneef's case has taken yet another turn with the Immigration Department refusing to release documents and his lawyers appealing against it. An application ... Read more...
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Lawyers fail to get coercive powers in Haneef inquiry (Lead, superseding earlier story)
April 30th, 2008 - 5:09 pm ICT by admin
By Neena Bhandari
Sydney, April 30 (IANS) The much awaited judicial inquiry into the failed terrorism case against Indian doctor Muhammad Haneef heard fresh calls Wednesday for coercive powers to investigate the circumstances ... Read more...
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Oz judge rejects Haneef’s lawyer’s demand for an inquiry
April 30th, 2008 - 4:38 pm ICT by admin
Melbourne, Apr.30 (ANI): Former New South Wales Supreme Court judge John Clarke has rejected a request from Dr Haneef's lawyer Stephen Keim, to ask federal Attorney-General Robert McClelland for royal commission ... Read more...
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No coercive powers for Haneef’s lawyers during inquiry
April 30th, 2008 - 4:09 pm ICT by admin
By Neena Bhandari
Sydney, April 30 (IANS) The much awaited judicial inquiry into the failed terrorism case against Indian doctor Muhammad Haneef heard fresh calls Wednesday for coercive powers to investigate the circumstances ... Read more...
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Ex-Oz Minister Andrews’ to reveal that Haneef evidence was withheld
April 30th, 2008 - 12:34 pm ICT by admin
Melbourne, Apr.30 (ANI): Former Australian Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews is expected to tell an inquiry commission looking into the Dr. Mohamed Haneef case that Australian Federal Police did not inform him ... Read more...
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Judicial enquiry into Haneef’s saga begins Wednesday (Lead)
April 29th, 2008 - 9:25 pm ICT by admin
By Neena Bhandari
Sydney, April 29 (IANS) As the judicial enquiry into the handling of the bungled case against Indian doctor Muhammed Haneef begins Wednesday, his lawyers doubt whether there would be "full ... Read more...
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Australian police are still at it on Haneef case
April 4th, 2008 - 10:36 am ICT by admin
By Neena Bhandari
Sydney, April 4 (IANS) As unbelievable and unnecessary it may be, but eight months after Indian doctor Muhammad Haneef has returned home, there are still nine Australian federal police staff ... Read more...
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Haneef hopes for inquiry ‘clean slate’
March 17th, 2008 - 1:43 pm ICT by admin
Melbourne, Mar.17 (ANI): Former terror suspect Mohamed Haneef is hoping to be given a "clean slate" by the judicial inquiry in Australia so that he can get on with his life.
The ... Read more...
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Dr Haneef hires law firm to draw compensation from Oz govt for job loss
March 15th, 2008 - 12:11 pm ICT by admin
Sydney, Mar 15 (ANI): Indian doctor Mohammed Haneef is learnt to have hired a law firm specialised in compensation bids to get due monetary compensation from the Australian government for the ... Read more...
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Australia orders probe into Haneef episode
March 13th, 2008 - 8:24 pm ICT by admin
By Neena Bhandari
Melbourne, March 13 (IANS) Indian doctor Muhammed Haneef can look forward to justice, as Australia's Kevin Rudd-led Labor government kept its word and Thursday launched a judicial inquiry into the ... Read more...
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Australia appoints retired judge for Haneef case inquiry
March 13th, 2008 - 4:48 pm ICT by admin
Melbourne (ANI): A retired judge has been appointed by the Australian Government to hold an inquiry into the handling of the Mohamed Haneef case.
According to an ABC report, former immigration minister ... Read more...
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Kidman snapper to appeal loses defamation case
February 27th, 2008 - 5:24 pm ICT by admin
Sydney, Feb 27 (ANI): Sydney paparazzo Jamie Fawcett has lost the defamation case against Fairfax Media, involving actress Nicole Kidman.Fawcett had sued Fairfax Media over a 2005 article in The Sun-Herald that ... Read more...
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Desperate Oz Police broke rules during probe of terror suspect
November 14th, 2007 - 3:18 pm ICT by admin
Melbourne, Nov.14 (ANI): Australian Federal Police (AFP) were so desperate to elicit information from Izhar Ul-Haque that they questioned him in a maximum-security jail for two-and-half hours without cautioning him or telling ... Read more...
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Oz police was ordered to charge as many suspects as possible to test country’s terror laws’
November 14th, 2007 - 10:37 am ICT by admin
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